5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _O_ST

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Possible answers

BOAST BOOST COAST FOIST HOIST JOIST JOUST MOIST ROAST ROOST TOAST WORST

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 24 words in the Wordle guess list; 12 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 12 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: BOAST (December 16, 2024); BOOST (January 2, 2022); COAST (November 6, 2021); FOIST (July 15, 2025); HOIST (February 19, 2026); JOUST (December 7, 2022); MOIST (February 2, 2022); ROOST (February 16, 2026); plus 2 more.

Top-ranked splitter RUMBA
Average remaining
1.67
Worst branch
3
Information
3.02 bits

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

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RUMBA does not fit this page's clues. ROIST keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 3.83 (5 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: _OIST

FOIST, HOIST, JOIST, MOIST differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; RUMBA tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _O_ST?

All 24 matching words are shown above. 12 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

R 29% A 25% I 25% U 17% H 12% B 8%

Words with five different letters

83% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BOAST COAST FOIST HOIST JOIST

Common letter pairs

ST 25% OA 6% AS 6% OI 6% IS 6%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 12% · two: 88% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _O_ST?
24 five-letter words match _O_ST in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 12 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, ROAST has the highest feedback entropy at 5.65 bits against the possible answers.
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