5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _I_HT

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Possible answers

EIGHT FIGHT LIGHT MIGHT NIGHT RIGHT SIGHT TIGHT WIGHT

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This pattern has 22 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: EIGHT (January 9, 2026); LIGHT (January 31, 2022); MIGHT (September 2, 2025); NIGHT (July 12, 2022); RIGHT (September 24, 2023); SIGHT (November 15, 2023).

Top-ranked splitter FERMS
Average remaining
2.33
Worst branch
4
Information
2.28 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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FERMS does not fit this page's clues. WISHT keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 5.67 (7 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: _IGHT

EIGHT, FIGHT, LIGHT, MIGHT, NIGHT, RIGHT, SIGHT, TIGHT, WIGHT differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; FERMS tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _I_HT?

All 22 matching words are shown above. 9 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

G 68% C 27% S 14% L 9% M 9% N 9%

Words with five different letters

91% of the matches have no repeated letters.

EIGHT FIGHT LIGHT MIGHT NIGHT

Common letter pairs

HT 25% IG 17% GH 17% IC 7% CH 7%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 91% · two: 9% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _I_HT?
22 five-letter words match _I_HT 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, RICHT has the highest feedback entropy at 4.76 bits against the possible answers.
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