5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _RA_H

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BRASH CRASH GRAPH TRASH WRATH

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This pattern has 7 words in the Wordle guess list; 5 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 5 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: BRASH (May 21, 2023); GRAPH (October 16, 2023); TRASH (April 29, 2022); WRATH (August 13, 2023).

Top-ranked splitter ABETS
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
2.32 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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ABETS does not fit this page's clues. TRASH keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.4 (2 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: _RASH

BRASH, CRASH, TRASH differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; ABETS tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _RA_H?

All 7 matching words are shown above. 5 are possible answers.

Letters that fit the blanks

  • 1st letter B, C, G, O, T, W
  • 4th letter C, P, S, T
Meanings and answer history

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BRASH

Overly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive, tactless or impudent; shameless.

“a brash young businessman; a brash tabloid; a brash sense of humour”

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Past Wordle answer: May 21, 2023.

CRASH

A sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals.

“The piece ended in a crescendo, building up to a crash of cymbals.”

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

GRAPH

A data chart (graphical representation of data) intended to illustrate the relationship between a set (or sets) of numbers (quantities, measurements or indicative numbers) and a reference set, whose elements are indexed to those of the former set(s) and may or may not be numbers.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Past Wordle answer: October 16, 2023.

TRASH

Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Past Wordle answer: April 29, 2022.

WRATH

Great anger; (countable) an instance of this.

“Homer relates an episode in the Trojan War that reveals the tragic consequences of the wrath of Achilles.”

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Past Wordle answer: August 13, 2023.

BRACH

Originally, a synonym of scent hound (“a hunting dog that tracks prey using its sense of smell rather than by its vision”); later, any female hound; a bitch hound.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

ORACH

The saltbush: any of several plants of the genus Atriplex

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _RA_H?
7 five-letter words match _RA_H in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 5 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, TRASH has the highest feedback entropy at 5.32 bits against the possible answers.
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