5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _O_SE

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Possible answers

COPSE GOOSE HORSE HOUSE LOOSE LOUSE MOOSE MOUSE NOISE NOOSE POISE POSSE

2 more possible answers are in the full list below.

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 40 words in the Wordle guess list; 14 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 14 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: GOOSE (June 11, 2022); HORSE (March 7, 2023); HOUSE (December 11, 2023); LOUSE (April 11, 2024); MOOSE (March 1, 2023); MOUSE (May 29, 2023); NOISE (November 1, 2023); POISE (December 24, 2022); plus 3 more.

Top-ranked splitter PROUL
Average remaining
1.86
Worst branch
3
Information
3.04 bits

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

Hard Mode Use ROOSE instead.

PROUL does not fit this page's clues. ROOSE keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 5.0 (7 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: _OUSE

HOUSE, LOUSE, MOUSE, ROUSE differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; PROUL tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _O_SE?

All 40 matching words are shown above. 14 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

R 25% U 22% W 20% P 10% I 10% T 10%

Words with five different letters

65% of the matches have no repeated letters.

COPSE HORSE HOUSE LOUSE MOUSE

Common letter pairs

SE 25% OS 6% OU 6% US 6% OR 5%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 50% · three or more: 50%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _O_SE?
40 five-letter words match _O_SE in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 14 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, TORSE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.73 bits against the possible answers.
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