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Five-letter words matching _OTE_

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Showing 32 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

32 matching words0 not previously used4 past answers

Position 1M 19%B 13%T 13%D 9%

Position 5S 31%D 25%R 13%L 9%

Possible answers

HOTEL MOTEL TOTEM VOTER

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

HOTEL used MOTEL used TOTEM used VOTER used NOTED guess NOTES guess VOTED guess VOTES guess BOTEH guess BOTEL guess BOTES guess BOTEW guess COTED guess COTES guess DOTED guess DOTER guess DOTES guess HOTEN guess LOTES guess MOTED guess MOTEN guess MOTES guess MOTET guess MOTEY guess NOTER guess POTED guess POTES guess ROTED guess ROTES guess TOTED guess TOTER guess TOTES 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: HOTEL (July 3, 2023); MOTEL (November 1, 2025); TOTEM (September 4, 2021); VOTER (March 25, 2023).

Top-ranked splitter MOTEL

Average remaining: 1.0
Worst branch: 1
Information: 2.0 bits

It fits the clues and can win immediately, while still splitting the alternatives well.

Hard Mode MOTEL keeps every stated clue.

It is legal under the clues represented on this page. If you also have yellow-position information, check that extra detail 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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12% possible answers

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Splits these words most evenly: ROTES of the 32 words here

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Useful letters still to test

D 31% S 31% M 22% R 19% N 16% L 12%

Words with five different letters

81% of the matches have no repeated letters.

HOTEL MOTEL VOTER BOTEH BOTEL

Common letter pairs

OT 32/32 words (100%) TE 32/32 words (100%) ES 10/32 words (31%) ED 8/32 words (25%) MO 6/32 words (19%)

Vowels

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

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _OTE_?: 32 five-letter words match _OTE_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 4 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, ROTES has the highest feedback entropy at 5.48 bits against the possible answers.

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