5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _I_EN

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What the remaining words have in common

18 matching words2 not previously used7 past answersBest matching test word: SIRENTight family: LI_EN (3)

Position 1L 22%R 17%M 11%S 11%
Position 3Z 22%V 17%M 11%X 11%

Possible answers

GIVEN LIKEN LINEN LIVEN RIPEN RISEN SIREN VIXEN WIDEN

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This pattern has 18 words in the Wordle guess list; 9 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 9 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: GIVEN (October 22, 2023); LIKEN (May 6, 2026); LINEN (March 3, 2026); RISEN (March 23, 2024); SIREN (December 31, 2025); VIXEN (June 12, 2025); WIDEN (September 5, 2024).

Top-ranked splitter VIRLS
Average remaining
1.22
Worst branch
2
Information
2.95 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

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VIRLS does not fit this page's clues. RIVEN keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.11 (3 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: LI_EN

LIKEN, LINEN, LIVEN differ only in the third position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; VIRLS tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _I_EN?

All 18 matching words are shown above. 9 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

V 28% L 28% R 22% Z 22% M 22% S 17%

Words with five different letters

94% of the matches have no repeated letters.

GIVEN LIKEN LIVEN RIPEN RISEN

Common letter pairs

EN 18/18 words (100%) LI 4/18 words (22%) IZ 4/18 words (22%) ZE 4/18 words (22%) IV 3/18 words (17%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 100% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _I_EN?
18 five-letter words match _I_EN in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 9 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, SIREN has the highest feedback entropy at 5.59 bits against the possible answers.