5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _LIN_

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Possible answers

BLIND BLINK CLING CLINK FLING FLINT GLINT SLING SLINK

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 19 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: BLINK (June 30, 2025); CLING (August 10, 2022); CLINK (January 22, 2026); FLING (October 25, 2021); FLINT (January 16, 2025); GLINT (December 23, 2025); SLING (July 7, 2026).

Top-ranked splitter GECKS
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.

Hard Mode Use BLING instead.

GECKS does not fit this page's clues. BLING keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.56 (3 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: _LINK

BLINK, CLINK, SLINK differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; GECKS tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _LIN_?

All 19 matching words are shown above. 9 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

B 32% G 32% K 21% C 21% T 21% S 16%

Words with five different letters

95% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BLIND BLINK CLING CLINK FLING

Common letter pairs

LI 25% IN 25% BL 8% NG 7% NK 5%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 79% · two: 16% · three or more: 5%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _LIN_?
19 five-letter words match _LIN_ 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, ALINE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.63 bits against the possible answers.
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