5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _RO_E

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Possible answers

AROSE BROKE CRONE DRONE DROVE ERODE FROZE GROPE GROVE PROBE PRONE PROSE

4 more possible answers are in the full list below.

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 36 words in the Wordle guess list; 16 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 16 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: BROKE (April 22, 2023); CRONE (July 15, 2023); DRONE (May 26, 2025); DROVE (June 28, 2024); ERODE (October 28, 2021); FROZE (July 22, 2023); GROVE (October 21, 2022); PROBE (December 16, 2022); plus 6 more.

Top-ranked splitter PAVAN
Average remaining
2.5
Worst branch
4
Information
2.83 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

Hard Mode Use PROVE instead.

PAVAN does not fit this page's clues. PROVE keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 4.5 (7 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: PRO_E

PROBE, PRONE, PROSE, PROVE differ only in the fourth position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; PAVAN tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _RO_E?

All 36 matching words are shown above. 16 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

P 25% N 19% D 19% K 17% T 17% S 11%

Words with five different letters

86% of the matches have no repeated letters.

AROSE BROKE CRONE DRONE DROVE

Common letter pairs

RO 25% ON 5% NE 5% PR 5% OK 3%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 89% · three or more: 11%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _RO_E?
36 five-letter words match _RO_E in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 16 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, AROSE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.77 bits against the possible answers.
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