5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _I_TH

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Possible answers

BIRTH FIFTH FILTH GIRTH MIRTH NINTH SIXTH WIDTH

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This pattern has 14 words in the Wordle guess list; 8 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 8 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: BIRTH (March 12, 2023); FIFTH (May 16, 2025); GIRTH (June 9, 2022); MIRTH (August 25, 2025); NINTH (February 6, 2023); SIXTH (November 1, 2024); WIDTH (October 2, 2025).

Top-ranked splitter BARFS
Average remaining
1.75
Worst branch
2
Information
2.25 bits

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

Hard Mode Use FIRTH instead.

BARFS does not fit this page's clues. FIRTH keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.75 (3 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: _IRTH

BIRTH, GIRTH, MIRTH differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; BARFS tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _I_TH?

All 14 matching words are shown above. 8 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

R 50% F 21% L 14% S 14% B 7% G 7%

Words with five different letters

71% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BIRTH FILTH GIRTH MIRTH SIXTH

Common letter pairs

TH 25% IR 12% RT 12% FI 5% IL 4%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 86% · two: 14% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _I_TH?
14 five-letter words match _I_TH in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 8 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, AIRTH has the highest feedback entropy at 5.23 bits against the possible answers.
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