Set the clues

Green letters

Letters you know are in the right spot

Yellow letters

Add every position where a present letter cannot go. Use Must contain twice for two copies, or the Solver for full guess rows.

Must contain

Letters known to appear somewhere in the word

Doesn't contain

Letters known to be absent after accounting for repeats

More options

Allow repeated letters (e.g. GEESE) Hide words ending in S

Have completed colored rows? Continue in Solver

Five-letter words matching _OO_E

Have completed colored rows? Continue in Solver

Showing 20 matching words

Group

Shortlist

What the remaining words have in common

20 matching words1 not previously used4 past answersBest matching test word: ROOSETight family: _OOSE (4)

Position 1N 15%B 10%C 10%D 10%

Position 4S 35%V 20%L 10%Z 10%

Possible answers

BOOZE GOOSE LOOSE MOOSE NOOSE

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

BOOZE used GOOSE used LOOSE used MOOSE used NOOSE possible NOONE guess BOOSE guess COOEE guess COOZE guess DOOCE guess DOOLE guess HOOVE guess LOOIE guess MOOVE guess NOOVE guess POOVE guess ROOSE guess SOOLE guess SOOTE guess WOOSE guess

Refine this pattern

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: BOOZE (September 12, 2022); GOOSE (June 11, 2022); LOOSE (August 15, 2026); MOOSE (March 1, 2023).

Top-ranked splitter BLING

Average remaining: 1.0
Worst branch: 1
Information: 2.32 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

Hard Mode Use GOOSE instead.

BLING does not fit this page's clues. GOOSE keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.2 (3 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: _OOSE

GOOSE, LOOSE, MOOSE, NOOSE differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; BLING tests the family more efficiently.

Compare two plays

Choose any two plays. The figures use the same 5 possible answers.

First word Second word

Put BLING into the Solver Try it from a fresh Practice board

Keep going

_OO_S _OO_Y _RO_E Refine in Finder →

More Wordle tools

Solver Daily Practice

Statistics

25% possible answers

Possible answers only

Opening information

Splits these words most evenly: ROOSE of the 20 words here

Need more detail?

Use the full Solver for complete guess-by-guess feedback, including repeated letters.

Open the full Solver Check repeated-letter clues

Browse A-Z word lists

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

S 45% L 20% V 20% N 15% C 15% Z 10%

Common letter pairs

OO 20/20 words (100%) OS 7/20 words (35%) SE 7/20 words (35%) OV 4/20 words (20%) VE 4/20 words (20%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 0% · three or more: 100%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _OO_E?: 20 five-letter words match _OO_E in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 5 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, ROOSE has the highest feedback entropy at 4.94 bits against the possible answers.

Look up a word

Start here

This game