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Five-letter words matching _RIE_

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Showing 25 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

25 matching words6 not previously used3 past answers

Position 1P 16%B 12%C 12%D 12%

Position 5R 28%S 28%D 24%F 12%

Possible answers

BRIEF CRIED CRIER DRIED DRIER FRIED GRIEF PRIED TRIED

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

BRIEF used CRIED possible CRIER possible DRIED possible DRIER possible FRIED used GRIEF used PRIED possible TRIED possible ARIEL guess CRIES guess DRIES guess FRIES guess TRIES guess BRIER guess BRIES guess FRIER guess ORIEL guess PRIEF guess PRIER guess PRIES guess TRIER guess WRIED guess WRIER guess WRIES guess

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The top-ranked splitter is shown in the shortlist note below. Add a gray or yellow clue here to recalculate after the position changes.

Previously used by Wordle: BRIEF (January 11, 2024); FRIED (February 10, 2024); GRIEF (May 19, 2023).

Top-ranked splitter DEFAT

Average remaining: 1.67
Worst branch: 2
Information: 2.5 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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DEFAT does not fit this page's clues. CRIED keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.56 (4 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: _RIED

CRIED, DRIED, FRIED, PRIED, TRIED differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; DEFAT tests the family more efficiently.

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36% possible answers

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Splits these words most evenly: ARIEL of the 25 words here

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Useful letters still to test

D 32% S 28% F 24% P 16% B 12% C 12%

Words with five different letters

68% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BRIEF CRIED FRIED GRIEF PRIED

Common letter pairs

RI 25/25 words (100%) IE 25/25 words (100%) ER 7/25 words (28%) ES 7/25 words (28%) ED 6/25 words (24%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 92% · three or more: 8%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _RIE_?: 25 five-letter words match _RIE_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 9 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, ARIEL has the highest feedback entropy at 5.77 bits against the possible answers.

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