Five-letter words matching _MI_E

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This pattern has 8 words in the Wordle guess list; 2 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 2 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: SMILE (May 30, 2026); SMITE (June 24, 2022).

Top-ranked splitter AALII
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1.0
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1
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1.0 bits

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AALII does not fit this page's clues. SMILE keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.0 (1 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

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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What fits _MI_E?

All 8 matching words are shown above. 2 are possible answers.

Letters that fit the blanks

  • 1st letter A, I, S
  • 4th letter C, D, L, N, T, Z
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SMILE

A facial expression comprised by flexing the muscles of both ends of one's mouth, often showing the front teeth, without vocalisation, and in humans is a common involuntary or voluntary expression of happiness, pleasure, amusement, goodwill, or anxiety.

“She's got a perfect smile.”

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Past Wordle answer: September 27, 2023; May 30, 2026.

SMITE

To strike down or kill with godly force.

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Past Wordle answer: June 24, 2022.

AMICE

A hood, or cape with a hood, made of or lined with grey fur, formerly worn by the clergy.

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Not listed among past Wordle answers.

AMIDE

Any derivative of an oxoacid in which the hydroxyl group has been replaced with an amino or substituted amino group; especially such derivatives of a carboxylic acid, the carboxamides or acid amides

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AMINE

A functional group formally derived from ammonia by replacing one, two or three hydrogen atoms with hydrocarbon or other radicals.

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IMIDE

a form of amide in which the nitrogen atom is attached to two carbonyl groups - R₁CONHCOR₂

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IMINE

Any of a class of organic nitrogen compounds having the general formula R₂C=NR; they are tautomeric with enamines.

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SMIZE

To smile with one's eyes.

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Not listed among past Wordle answers.

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _MI_E?
8 five-letter words match _MI_E in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 2 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, SMILE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.24 bits against the possible answers.
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