5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _O_TH

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Possible answers

BOOTH FORTH LOATH MONTH MOUTH NORTH SOOTH SOUTH TOOTH WORTH YOUTH

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 22 words in the Wordle guess list; 11 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 11 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: BOOTH (July 18, 2026); FORTH (August 13, 2021); LOATH (May 18, 2026); MONTH (March 9, 2022); MOUTH (September 23, 2025); NORTH (January 21, 2024); SOUTH (August 11, 2025); TOOTH (February 4, 2025); plus 1 more.

Top-ranked splitter BURNS
Average remaining
1.55
Worst branch
2
Information
2.91 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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BURNS does not fit this page's clues. ROUTH keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 3.91 (5 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: _OUTH

MOUTH, SOUTH, YOUTH differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; BURNS tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _O_TH?

All 22 matching words are shown above. 11 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

R 27% U 27% W 23% F 14% M 14% S 14%

Words with five different letters

82% of the matches have no repeated letters.

FORTH LOATH MONTH MOUTH NORTH

Common letter pairs

TH 25% OU 7% UT 7% OO 5% OT 5%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 41% · two: 59% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _O_TH?
22 five-letter words match _O_TH in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 11 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, LOATH has the highest feedback entropy at 5.17 bits against the possible answers.
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