5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _R_TE

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Possible answers

BRUTE CRATE GRATE IRATE TRITE WRITE WROTE

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 15 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: BRUTE (August 22, 2024); CRATE (August 3, 2021); GRATE (September 24, 2022); IRATE (July 4, 2023); TRITE (July 20, 2022); WRITE (August 28, 2023); WROTE (November 25, 2021).

Top-ranked splitter AWING
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
2.81 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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AWING does not fit this page's clues. WRITE keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.86 (3 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: _RATE

CRATE, GRATE, IRATE differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; AWING tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _R_TE?

All 15 matching words are shown above. 7 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

A 60% I 33% U 20% W 20% O 13% F 13%

Words with five different letters

87% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BRUTE CRATE GRATE IRATE WRITE

Common letter pairs

TE 25% RA 13% AT 13% RI 7% IT 7%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 67% · three or more: 33%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _R_TE?
15 five-letter words match _R_TE 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, IRATE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.83 bits against the possible answers.
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