5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _RIM_

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Possible answers

CRIME CRIMP GRIME GRIMY PRIME PRIMO PRIMP

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This pattern has 14 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: CRIME (June 14, 2023); CRIMP (January 23, 2022); GRIME (December 3, 2021); GRIMY (January 10, 2023); PRIME (November 22, 2022); PRIMO (June 15, 2022); PRIMP (November 13, 2024).

Top-ranked splitter BECAP
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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BECAP does not fit this page's clues. CRIMP keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.57 (2 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: PRIM_

PRIME, PRIMO, PRIMP differ only in the fifth position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; BECAP tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _RIM_?

All 14 matching words are shown above. 7 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

P 57% S 29% E 21% C 21% G 14% Y 14%

Words with five different letters

86% of the matches have no repeated letters.

CRIME CRIMP GRIME GRIMY PRIME

Common letter pairs

RI 25% IM 25% PR 12% MS 7% CR 5%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 57% · two: 43% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _RIM_?
14 five-letter words match _RIM_ 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, CRIME has the highest feedback entropy at 5.23 bits against the possible answers.
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