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Five-letter words matching _L__N

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Showing 35 matching words

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Shortlist

What the remaining words have in common

35 matching words1 not previously used10 past answers

Position 1A 23%E 23%B 9%F 9%

Position 3A 17%O 17%E 14%L 9%

Position 4I 46%A 17%E 14%W 14%

Possible answers

ALIEN ALIGN BLOWN CLEAN CLOWN ELFIN FLOWN GLEAN OLDEN PLAIN SLAIN

used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer

ALIEN used ALIGN used BLOWN used CLEAN used CLOWN used ELFIN used FLOWN used GLEAN used OLDEN used PLAIN used SLAIN possible ALLAN guess ALLEN guess SLOAN guess ALGIN guess ALKIN guess ALLIN guess ALOIN guess BLAIN guess BLAWN guess ELAIN guess ELDIN guess ELMEN guess ELOIN guess ELSIN guess ELVAN guess ELVEN guess FLAWN guess FLYIN guess GLUON guess OLEIN guess PLEIN guess PLEON guess ULMIN guess ULPAN guess

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The top-ranked splitter is shown in the shortlist note below. Add a gray or yellow clue here to recalculate after the position changes.

Previously used by Wordle: ALIEN (August 6, 2022); ALIGN (June 10, 2026); BLOWN (June 17, 2022); CLEAN (November 26, 2022); CLOWN (August 25, 2022); ELFIN (April 13, 2026); FLOWN (November 12, 2024); GLEAN (August 11, 2022); plus 2 more.

Top-ranked splitter ABCEE

Average remaining: 1.18
Worst branch: 2
Information: 3.28 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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ABCEE does not fit this page's clues. PLEIN keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.73 (3 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: _LOWN

BLOWN, CLOWN, FLOWN differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; ABCEE tests the family more efficiently.

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31% possible answers

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Opening information

Splits these words most evenly: ALIEN of the 35 words here

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Useful letters still to test

A 54% I 51% E 46% O 29% W 14% G 11%

Words with five different letters

86% of the matches have no repeated letters.

ALIEN ALIGN BLOWN CLEAN CLOWN

Common letter pairs

IN 16/35 words (46%) AL 8/35 words (23%) EL 8/35 words (23%) LA 7/35 words (20%) LO 6/35 words (17%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 17% · two: 69% · three or more: 14%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _L__N?: 35 five-letter words match _L__N 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, ALIEN has the highest feedback entropy at 5.61 bits against the possible answers.

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