Five-letter words matching _O_T_

Green letters (right spot)
Yellow letters (wrong spots)

Add every position where a present letter cannot go. Use Must contain twice for two copies, or the Solver for full guess rows.

Have completed colored rows? Continue in Solver
Showing 182 matching words
Copy

Shortlist

What the remaining words have in common

182 matching words3 not previously used17 past answers

Position 1P 11%M 10%B 10%R 10%
Position 3R 15%T 14%O 13%U 11%
Position 5S 39%Y 20%E 12%H 12%

20 possible answers fit.

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

Still undecided: 1st letter: A, B, F, L, M, N, P, R, S, T, W, Y·3rd letter: A, F, N, O, R, T, U·5th letter: A, E, H, O, Y

Possible answers

8 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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

AORTA used BOOTH used BOOTY used FORTE used FORTH used FORTY used LOATH used LOFTY used MONTH used MOTTO used MOUTH used NORTH used POUTY used ROUTE used SOOTH possible SOOTY possible SOUTH used TOOTH used WORTH possible YOUTH used BOATS guess BOLTS guess BOOTS guess BOUTS guess COATS guess COLTS guess CONTE guess COSTA guess COSTS guess FONTS guess FOOTY guess FORTS guess GOATS guess GOTTA guess HOSTS guess LOTTA guess LOTTO guess MONTE guess MONTY guess POETS guess PORTE guess PORTS guess POSTS guess POTTS guess POTTY guess ROOTS guess SORTA guess SORTS guess VOLTS guess BOATY guess BOETI guess BOETS guess BOITE guess BORTS guess BORTY guess BORTZ guess BOTTE guess BOTTS guess BOTTY guess BOUTU guess BOXTY guess COATE guess COATI guess COITS guess COMTE guess CONTO guess COOTS guess COOTY guess COSTE guess COTTA guess COTTS guess COUTA guess COUTH guess DOATS guess DOETH guess DOITS guess DOLTS guess DORTS guess DORTY guess DOTTY guess DOUTS guess DOWTS guess FOOTS guess FOUTH guess FOWTH guess GOATY guess GOETH guess GOETY guess GOUTS guess GOUTY guess HOLTS guess HOOTS guess HOOTY guess HOSTA guess HOTTE guess HOTTY guess HOUTS guess HOWTO guess JOLTS guess JOLTY guess JONTY guess JORTS guess JOTTY guess KOFTA guess LOFTS guess LOOTS guess LOTTE guess LOUTS guess LOWTH guess LOWTS guess MOATS guess MOITS guess MOITY guess MOLTO guess MOLTS guess MOOTH guess MOOTS guess MORTS guess MOSTE guess MOSTO guess MOSTS guess MOTTE guess MOTTS guess MOTTY guess NOWTS guess NOWTY guess OONTS guess POETE guess POLTS guess PONTO guess PONTS guess PONTY guess POOTS guess POOTY guess PORTA guess PORTH guess PORTY guess POSTE guess POTTO guess POUTS guess ROATE guess RONTE guess RONTS guess ROOTY guess RORTS guess RORTY guess ROSTI guess ROSTS guess ROTTA guess ROTTE guess ROTTO guess ROTTY guess ROUTH guess ROUTS guess ROWTH guess ROWTS guess SOFTA guess SOFTS guess SOFTY guess SOOTE guess SOOTS guess SOTTO guess SOUTS guess SOWTH guess TOFTS guess TOITS guess TOITY guess TOLTS guess TOOTS guess TORTA guess TORTE guess TORTS guess TOTTY guess TOUTS guess TOWTS guess VOLTA guess VOLTE guess VOLTI guess WONTS guess WOOTZ guess WORTS guess ZOOTY guess

Refine this pattern

You know the green letters. Add the gray and yellow letters from your guesses to get a live next-word suggestion and the answers still in play.

Keep going
More Wordle tools

Pattern guide

What fits _O_T_?

All 182 matching words are shown above. 20 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

57% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

TS 71/182 words (39%) OT 50/182 words (27%) TY 36/182 words (20%) OR 27/182 words (15%) RT 27/182 words (15%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 39% · two: 55% · three or more: 6%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _O_T_?
182 five-letter words match _O_T_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 20 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, ROATE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.88 bits against the possible answers.