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Five-letter words matching _L_NE

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9 matching words0 not previously used3 past answersBest matching test word: SLANE

Position 1A 33%C 22%P 22%F 11%
Position 3A 44%I 22%O 22%E 11%

Possible answers

ALONE CLONE PLANE

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This pattern has 9 words in the Wordle guess list; 3 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 3 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: ALONE (October 9, 2021); CLONE (March 7, 2024); PLANE (October 5, 2025).

Top-ranked splitter ALONE
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
1.58 bits

It fits the clues and can win immediately, while still splitting the alternatives well.

Hard Mode ALONE keeps every stated clue.

It is legal under the clues represented on this page. If you also have yellow-position information, check that extra detail in the full Solver.

No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.

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What fits _L_NE?

All 9 matching words are shown above. 3 are possible answers.

Letters that fit the blanks

  • 1st letter A, C, F, P, S
  • 3rd letter A, E, I, O
Meanings and answer history

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ALONE

By oneself, solitary.

“I can't ask for help because I am alone.”

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

Past Wordle answer: October 9, 2021.

CLONE

A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.

“This new species is a clone of the mimosa plant.”

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

Past Wordle answer: March 7, 2024.

PLANE

Of a surface: flat or level.

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

Past Wordle answer: October 5, 2025.

ALANE

Aluminium hydride, AlH₃.

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.

ALINE

In line.

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

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CLINE

A gradation in a character or phenotype within a species, deme, or other systematic group.

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

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FLANE

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

PLENE

With matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels) written out.

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.

SLANE

A one-eared spade for cutting turf or peat, consisting of an iron flat-bladed head and a long wooden shaft.

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 _L_NE?
9 five-letter words match _L_NE in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 3 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.