5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _R_SH

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Possible answers

BRASH BRUSH CRASH CRUSH FRESH TRASH

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This pattern has 9 words in the Wordle guess list; 6 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 6 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: BRASH (May 21, 2023); BRUSH (September 22, 2023); CRUSH (July 5, 2024); FRESH (July 11, 2021); TRASH (April 29, 2022).

Top-ranked splitter ABACA
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
2.58 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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ABACA does not fit this page's clues. BRASH keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.67 (2 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: _RASH

BRASH, CRASH, TRASH differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; ABACA tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _R_SH?

All 9 matching words are shown above. 6 are possible answers.

Letters that fit the blanks

  • 1st letter A, B, C, F, T
  • 3rd letter A, E, I, O, U
Meanings and answer history

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BRASH

Overly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive, tactless or impudent; shameless.

“a brash young businessman; a brash tabloid; a brash sense of humour”

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

Past Wordle answer: May 21, 2023.

BRUSH

An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.

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 22, 2023.

CRASH

A sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals.

“The piece ended in a crescendo, building up to a crash of cymbals.”

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.

CRUSH

A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.

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 5, 2024.

FRESH

Newly produced or obtained; recent.

“He followed the fresh hoofprints to find the deer.”

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 11, 2021.

TRASH

Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.

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 29, 2022.

ARISH

Alternative form of earsh.

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.

FROSH

A first-year student, at certain universities, and a first-or-second-year student at other universities.

“The frosh are really getting on my nerves!”

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.

FRUSH

To break up, smash.

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 _R_SH?
9 five-letter words match _R_SH in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 6 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, TRASH has the highest feedback entropy at 5.32 bits against the possible answers.
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