5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _L_R_

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Possible answers

ALARM ALERT BLARE BLURB BLURT CLERK FLARE FLIRT FLORA GLARE GLORY SLURP

1 more possible answer is in the full list below.

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 35 words in the Wordle guess list; 13 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 13 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: ALARM (May 21, 2025); ALERT (March 6, 2025); BLARE (July 9, 2024); BLURB (January 21, 2023); BLURT (November 5, 2021); CLERK (May 23, 2023); FLARE (November 5, 2023); FLIRT (January 28, 2023); plus 4 more.

Top-ranked splitter ABETS
Average remaining
1.15
Worst branch
2
Information
3.55 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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ABETS does not fit this page's clues. BLART keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.92 (3 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: _LARE

BLARE, FLARE, GLARE differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; ABETS tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _L_R_?

All 35 matching words are shown above. 13 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

A 49% E 29% U 29% F 26% O 26% T 23%

Words with five different letters

86% of the matches have no repeated letters.

ALERT BLARE BLURT CLERK FLARE

Common letter pairs

LA 9% AR 9% LU 6% UR 6% FL 6%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 60% · two: 37% · three or more: 3%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _L_R_?
35 five-letter words match _L_R_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 13 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, ALERT has the highest feedback entropy at 5.74 bits against the possible answers.
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