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Five-letter words matching _RAC_

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What the remaining words have in common

16 matching words2 not previously used5 past answersBest matching test word: TRACETight family: _RACE (3)

Position 1B 25%T 19%D 13%F 13%
Position 5K 38%E 19%T 19%H 13%

Possible answers

BRACE CRACK GRACE TRACE TRACK TRACT WRACK

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

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This pattern has 16 words in the Wordle guess list; 7 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 7 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: BRACE (August 16, 2024); GRACE (December 24, 2023); TRACE (August 21, 2026); TRACK (March 11, 2025); TRACT (June 28, 2023).

Top-ranked splitter BEWET
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
2.81 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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BEWET does not fit this page's clues. TRACE keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.86 (2 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: TRAC_

TRACE, TRACK, TRACT differ only in the fifth position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; BEWET tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _RAC_?

All 16 matching words are shown above. 7 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

K 38% T 31% B 25% E 19% O 19% D 12%

Words with five different letters

88% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BRACE GRACE TRACE TRACK WRACK

Common letter pairs

RA 16/16 words (100%) AC 16/16 words (100%) CK 6/16 words (38%) BR 4/16 words (25%) CE 3/16 words (19%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 63% · two: 37% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _RAC_?
16 five-letter words match _RAC_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 7 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, TRACE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.82 bits against the possible answers.