- 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.
Five-letter words matching _R_AD
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This pattern has 9 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: BREAD (March 30, 2023); BROAD (September 14, 2024); DREAD (July 8, 2025); TRIAD (December 7, 2021).
ABATE does not fit this page's clues. BREAD 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:
_READ
BREAD, DREAD, TREAD differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; ABATE tests the family more efficiently.
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Choose any two plays. The figures use the same 5 possible answers.
BREAD
used
BROAD
used
DREAD
used
TREAD
possible
TRIAD
used
AREAD
guess
DRYAD
guess
OREAD
guess
TROAD
guess
Pattern guide
What fits _R_AD?
All 9 matching words are shown above. 5 are possible answers.
Letters that fit the blanks
- 1st letter A, B, D, O, T
- 3rd letter E, I, O, Y
Meanings and answer history
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BREAD
A foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals.
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Past Wordle answer: March 30, 2023.
BROAD
Wide in extent or scope.
“three feet broad”
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Past Wordle answer: September 14, 2024.
DREAD
To fear greatly.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: July 8, 2025.
TREAD
To step or walk (on or across something); to trample.
“He trod back and forth wearily.”
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
TRIAD
A grouping of three.
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Past Wordle answer: December 7, 2021.
AREAD
To soothsay, prophesy.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
DRYAD
A female tree spirit; a woodnymph or tree nymph.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
OREAD
A mountain nymph; an anthropomorphic appearance of the spirit of a mountain.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
TROAD
Obsolete spelling of trode.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
Common questions
- How many five-letter words match _R_AD?
- 9 five-letter words match _R_AD 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, TREAD has the highest feedback entropy at 5.49 bits against the possible answers.