5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _RO_D

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BROAD BROOD CROWD FROND PROUD

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This pattern has 10 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: BROAD (September 14, 2024); BROOD (March 24, 2026); CROWD (June 9, 2024); FROND (April 1, 2024); PROUD (June 15, 2024).

Top-ranked splitter ABUNA
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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ABUNA does not fit this page's clues. BROND keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.8 (2 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 _RO_D?

All 10 matching words are shown above. 5 are possible answers.

Letters that fit the blanks

  • 1st letter A, B, C, D, F, P, T
  • 4th letter A, D, I, N, O, U, W
Meanings and answer history

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BROAD

Wide in extent or scope.

“three feet broad”

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

Past Wordle answer: September 14, 2024.

BROOD

The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.

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

Past Wordle answer: March 24, 2026.

CROWD

To press forward; to advance by pushing.

“The man crowded into the packed room.”

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

Past Wordle answer: June 9, 2024.

FROND

The leaf of a fern, especially a compound leaf.

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 1, 2024.

PROUD

Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.

“We're proud of having won / to have won.”

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

Past Wordle answer: June 15, 2024.

DROID

A robot, especially one made with some physical resemblance to a human (an android).

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.

AROID

Any plant of the family Araceae, found chiefly in the tropics.

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BROND

A sword.

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Not listed among past Wordle answers.

PRODD

A kind of crossbow used to shoot pebbles or pellets

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Not listed among past Wordle answers.

TROAD

Obsolete spelling of trode.

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 _RO_D?
10 five-letter words match _RO_D 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, TROAD has the highest feedback entropy at 5.35 bits against the possible answers.
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