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Five-letter words matching _LAN_

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Possible answers

BLAND BLANK CLANG CLANK FLANK GLAND PLANE PLANK PLANT SLANG SLANT

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This pattern has 31 words in the Wordle guess list; 11 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 11 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: BLAND (July 13, 2022); BLANK (July 20, 2025); CLANG (May 29, 2026); FLANK (July 20, 2023); GLAND (February 24, 2025); PLANE (October 5, 2025); PLANK (May 17, 2023); PLANT (April 22, 2022); plus 1 more.

Top-ranked splitter BECKS
Average remaining
1.55
Worst branch
2
Information
2.91 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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BECKS does not fit this page's clues. KLANG keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 3.36 (4 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: _LANK

BLANK, CLANK, FLANK, PLANK differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; BECKS tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _LAN_?

All 31 matching words are shown above. 11 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

S 35% K 19% G 19% P 19% E 19% C 16%

Words with five different letters

81% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BLAND BLANK CLANG CLANK FLANK

Common letter pairs

LA 25% AN 25% NS 6% PL 5% NK 4%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 61% · two: 35% · three or more: 3%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _LAN_?
31 five-letter words match _LAN_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 11 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, SLANE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.77 bits against the possible answers.
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