5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _P__E

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Possible answers

APPLE OPINE SPACE SPADE SPARE SPATE SPICE SPIKE SPINE SPIRE SPITE SPOKE

2 more possible answers are in the full list below.

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 34 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: APPLE (February 7, 2023); OPINE (November 18, 2025); SPACE (September 1, 2023); SPADE (October 16, 2022); SPARE (April 8, 2025); SPATE (April 21, 2025); SPICE (August 22, 2023); SPIKE (August 5, 2021); plus 5 more.

Top-ranked splitter ACORN
Average remaining
1.29
Worst branch
2
Information
3.52 bits

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

Hard Mode Use SPIRE instead.

ACORN does not fit this page's clues. SPIRE keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.86 (4 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: SPI_E

SPICE, SPIKE, SPINE, SPIRE, SPITE differ only in the fourth position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; ACORN tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _P__E?

All 34 matching words are shown above. 14 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

S 68% A 32% I 29% O 21% R 18% U 18%

Words with five different letters

74% of the matches have no repeated letters.

OPINE SPACE SPADE SPARE SPATE

Common letter pairs

SP 16% PI 7% PA 7% DE 4% RE 4%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 3% · two: 68% · three or more: 29%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _P__E?
34 five-letter words match _P__E 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, SPARE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.55 bits against the possible answers.
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