- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 1.59 bits
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Five-letter words matching _R_AN
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This pattern has 7 words in the Wordle guess list; 3 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 3 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.
Previously used by Wordle: GROAN (August 6, 2025); ORGAN (June 5, 2024); URBAN (March 2, 2024).
ABODE does not fit this page's clues. ARGAN keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.0 (1 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 _R_AN?
All 7 matching words are shown above. 3 are possible answers.
Letters that fit the blanks
- 1st letter A, G, O, P, U
- 3rd letter B, G, I, M, O, Y
Meanings and answer history
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GROAN
A low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief.
“let out a groan”
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Past Wordle answer: August 6, 2025.
ORGAN
The larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.
“bodily organs”
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Past Wordle answer: June 5, 2024.
URBAN
Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place, especially when contrasted with the countryside.
“urban life”
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Past Wordle answer: March 2, 2024.
ARGAN
A tree of species Sideroxylon spinosum (formerly Argania spinosa), of southwestern Morocco, particularly prized for its oil.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
PRIAN
Alternative form of pryan.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
PRYAN
A soft, white clay.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
URMAN
Synonym of taiga (a kind of subarctic forest)
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
Common questions
- How many five-letter words match _R_AN?
- 7 five-letter words match _R_AN in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 3 are possible answers.
- Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
- Among all matching words, PRIAN has the highest feedback entropy at 5.19 bits against the possible answers.