5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _L__N

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Possible answers

ALIEN ALIGN BLOWN CLEAN CLOWN ELFIN FLOWN GLEAN OLDEN PLAIN SLAIN

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 35 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: 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 1 more.

Top-ranked splitter CEBID
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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CEBID 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; CEBID tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _L__N?

All 35 matching words are shown above. 11 are possible answers.

More about these matches

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 11% AL 6% EL 6% LA 5% LO 4%

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 5.6 bits against the possible answers.
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