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Five-letter words matching _R_ST

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What the remaining words have in common

19 matching words1 not previously used6 past answersBest matching test word: CREST

Position 1T 21%C 16%F 16%W 16%
Position 3E 26%I 21%U 21%O 16%

Possible answers

CREST CRUST FROST TRUST TRYST WREST WRIST

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This pattern has 19 words in the Wordle guess list; 7 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 7 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: CREST (April 14, 2025); CRUST (July 12, 2021); FROST (June 20, 2023); TRUST (November 16, 2023); TRYST (July 22, 2022); WRIST (April 5, 2024).

Top-ranked splitter CHEWY
Average remaining
1.29
Worst branch
2
Information
2.52 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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CHEWY does not fit this page's clues. TREST keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.43 (3 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_ST?

All 19 matching words are shown above. 7 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

E 26% U 21% I 21% C 16% O 16% F 16%

Words with five different letters

79% of the matches have no repeated letters.

CREST CRUST FROST WREST WRIST

Common letter pairs

ST 19/19 words (100%) RE 5/19 words (26%) ES 5/19 words (26%) RU 4/19 words (21%) US 4/19 words (21%)

Vowels

No vowels: 5% · one: 95% · two: 0% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _R_ST?
19 five-letter words match _R_ST in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 7 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, CREST has the highest feedback entropy at 5.44 bits against the possible answers.