Five-letter words matching _OT__

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What the remaining words have in common

116 matching words3 not previously used9 past answers

Position 1M 16%R 13%P 10%B 9%
Position 4E 28%T 22%A 13%O 9%
Position 5S 28%Y 12%H 9%D 8%
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12 possible answers fit.

Among those candidates, MOTEL produces the smallest worst-case feedback group.

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, H, M, N, R, T, V·4th letter: A, C, E, I, L, O, T·5th letter: F, H, L, M, O, R, Y

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

BOTCH possible HOTEL used HOTLY possible MOTEL used MOTIF used MOTOR used MOTTO used NOTCH used ROTOR possible TOTAL used TOTEM used VOTER used GOTTA guess LOTTA guess LOTTO guess LOTUS guess MOTHS guess NOTED guess NOTES guess POTTS guess POTTY guess VOTED guess VOTES guess BOTAS guess BOTEH guess BOTEL guess BOTES guess BOTEW guess BOTHY guess BOTOS guess BOTTE guess BOTTS guess BOTTY guess COTAN guess COTCH guess COTED guess COTES guess COTHS guess COTTA guess COTTS guess DOTAL guess DOTED guess DOTER guess DOTES guess DOTTY guess GOTCH guess GOTHS guess GOTHY guess HOTCH guess HOTEN guess HOTIS guess HOTTE guess HOTTY guess IOTAS guess JOTAS guess JOTTY guess JOTUN guess KOTCH guess KOTOS guess KOTOW guess LOTAH guess LOTAS guess LOTES guess LOTIC guess LOTOS guess LOTSA guess LOTTE guess MOTED guess MOTEN guess MOTES guess MOTET guess MOTEY guess MOTHY guess MOTIS guess MOTON guess MOTTE guess MOTTS guess MOTTY guess MOTUS guess MOTZA guess NOTAL guess NOTAM guess NOTER guess NOTUM guess OOTID guess POTAE guess POTAI guess POTCH guess POTED guess POTES guess POTIN guess POTOO guess POTRO guess POTSY guess POTTO guess ROTAL guess ROTAN guess ROTAS guess ROTCH guess ROTED guess ROTES guess ROTIS guess ROTLS guess ROTON guess ROTOS guess ROTTA guess ROTTE guess ROTTO guess ROTTY guess SOTHS guess SOTOL guess SOTTO guess TOTED guess TOTER guess TOTES guess TOTTY guess

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Pattern guide

What fits _OT__?

All 116 matching words are shown above. 12 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

58% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

OT 116/116 words (100%) TE 37/116 words (32%) TT 26/116 words (22%) TO 22/116 words (19%) TA 19/116 words (16%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 26% · two: 70% · three or more: 4%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _OT__?
116 five-letter words match _OT__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 12 are possible answers.