- 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.
Five-letter words matching _MBE_
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What the remaining words have in common
7 matching words0 not previously used3 past answersBest matching test word: AMBER
Position 1E 29%U 29%A 14%I 14%
Position 5R 57%D 29%L 14%
used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer
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This pattern has 7 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: AMBER (December 6, 2022); EMBED (February 8, 2026); EMBER (January 28, 2024).
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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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Pattern guide
What fits _MBE_?
All 7 matching words are shown above. 3 are possible answers.
Letters that fit the blanks
- 1st letter A, E, I, O, U
- 5th letter D, L, R
Meanings and answer history
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AMBER
A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent or transparent fossil resin from extinct coniferous trees of the pine genus, used for jewellery, decoration and later dissolved as a binder in varnishes. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight.
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Past Wordle answer: December 6, 2022.
EMBED
To lay (something) as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed.
“to embed something in clay, mortar, or sand”
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Past Wordle answer: February 8, 2026.
EMBER
A piece of coal or wood glowing by heat; a hot coal.
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Past Wordle answer: January 28, 2024.
IMBED
Alternative spelling of embed.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
OMBER
Alternative spelling of ombre.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
UMBEL
A flat-topped or rounded flower-cluster (= inflorescence) in which the individual flower stalks arise from the same point, the youngest flowers being at the centre.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
UMBER
A brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which contains iron and manganese oxides.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
Common questions
- How many five-letter words match _MBE_?
- 7 five-letter words match _MBE_ 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, AMBER has the highest feedback entropy at 4.86 bits against the possible answers.