5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _L_O_

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Possible answers

ALLOT ALLOW ALLOY ALOOF BLOOD BLOOM ELBOW FLOOD FLOOR GLOOM SLOOP

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 37 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: ALLOT (January 31, 2026); ALLOW (March 19, 2022); ALLOY (June 4, 2026); ALOOF (January 26, 2024); BLOOM (February 14, 2026); ELBOW (March 26, 2025); FLOOD (June 7, 2022); FLOOR (October 14, 2022); plus 1 more.

Top-ranked splitter BAFTS
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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BAFTS does not fit this page's clues. FLOOD keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.64 (4 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: ALLO_

ALLOT, ALLOW, ALLOY differ only in the fifth position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; BAFTS tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _L_O_?

All 37 matching words are shown above. 11 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

A 35% S 32% P 22% T 16% F 14% B 14%

Words with five different letters

32% of the matches have no repeated letters.

ELBOW ALCOS ALGOR ALGOS ALIOS

Common letter pairs

LO 15% OO 12% AL 9% OS 6% OT 3%

Vowels

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

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _L_O_?
37 five-letter words match _L_O_ 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, ALTOS has the highest feedback entropy at 5.22 bits against the possible answers.
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