5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _P__T

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Possible answers

APART SPELT SPENT SPILT SPLAT SPLIT SPORT SPOUT SPURT UPSET

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 29 words in the Wordle guess list; 10 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 10 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: APART (February 23, 2024); SPELT (March 18, 2024); SPENT (December 13, 2023); SPLAT (October 19, 2023); SPLIT (August 28, 2025); SPORT (May 27, 2025); SPOUT (August 31, 2024); SPURT (October 4, 2023); plus 1 more.

Top-ranked splitter LOUIE
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
3.32 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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LOUIE does not fit this page's clues. SPELT keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.8 (3 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.

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Pattern guide

What fits _P__T?

All 29 matching words are shown above. 10 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

S 69% A 38% R 34% E 34% I 28% O 28%

Words with five different letters

90% of the matches have no repeated letters.

SPELT SPENT SPILT SPLAT SPLIT

Common letter pairs

SP 15% RT 6% IT 5% PA 4% PE 4%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 48% · two: 52% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _P__T?
29 five-letter words match _P__T in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 10 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, APERT has the highest feedback entropy at 5.43 bits against the possible answers.
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