Five-letter words matching _LC__

Green letters (right spot)
Yellow letters (wrong spots)

Add every position where a present letter cannot go. Use Must contain twice for two copies, or the Solver for full guess rows.

Have completed coloured rows? Continue in Solver
Showing 6 matching words
Copy

ULCER is the only possible answer that fits.

The other 5 matches are valid Wordle guesses, but not possible answers.

Refine this pattern

You know the green letters. Add the gray and yellow letters from your guesses to get a live next-word suggestion and the answers still in play.

Possible answers

Pattern guide

What fits _LC__?

All 6 matching words are shown above. 1 is a possible answer.

Letters that fit the blanks

  • 1st letter A, E, U
  • 4th letter E, H, I, O
  • 5th letter A, D, I, R, S
Meanings and answer history

Definitions do not affect whether Wordle accepts a word. Report a correction.

ULCER

An open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous membrane, often caused by an initial abrasion and generally maintained by an inflammation and/or an infection.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Past Wordle answer: February 11, 2022.

ALCEA

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

ALCES

plural of alce

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

ALCID

A bird of the family Alcidae, including auks, auklets, razorbills, dovekies, guillemots, and puffins.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

ALCOS

plural of alco

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

ELCHI

An envoy, a messenger or an ambassador in Turkic and Persianate contexts, notably the Ottoman Empire and Qajar Iran.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _LC__?
6 five-letter words match _LC__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 1 is a possible answer.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, ALCES has the highest feedback entropy at 5.32 bits against the possible answers.
Keep going
More Wordle tools