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Five-letter words matching _R_W_

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Showing 36 matching words

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Shortlist

What the remaining words have in common

36 matching words3 not previously used12 past answers

Position 1C 22%B 17%D 14%G 11%

Position 3O 53%A 31%E 17%

Position 5S 42%L 22%N 22%E 6%

Possible answers

BRAWL BRAWN BROWN CRAWL CROWD CROWN DRAWL DRAWN DROWN FROWN GROWL GROWN

3 more possible answers are in the full list below.

used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer

BRAWL possible BRAWN used BROWN used CRAWL used CROWD used CROWN used DRAWL possible DRAWN used DROWN possible FROWN used GROWL used GROWN used PRAWN used PROWL used TRAWL used BROWS guess CREWS guess CROWS guess DRAWS guess GROWS guess BRAWS guess BREWS guess CRAWS guess CREWE guess CROWL guess DROWS guess FROWS guess FROWY guess GREWS guess KREWE guess PROWK guess PROWS guess TREWS guess TROWS guess VROWS guess WRAWL guess

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The top-ranked splitter is shown in the shortlist note below. Add a gray or yellow clue here to recalculate after the position changes.

Previously used by Wordle: BRAWN (December 22, 2024); BROWN (November 25, 2024); CRAWL (January 10, 2025); CROWD (June 9, 2024); CROWN (August 27, 2024); DRAWN (September 8, 2024); FROWN (October 25, 2024); GROWL (October 24, 2021); plus 4 more.

Top-ranked splitter ABLED

Average remaining: 1.67
Worst branch: 3
Information: 3.32 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

Hard Mode Use DROWN instead.

ABLED does not fit this page's clues. DROWN keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.47 (4 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: _ROWN

BROWN, CROWN, DROWN, FROWN, GROWN differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; ABLED tests the family more efficiently.

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Statistics

42% possible answers

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Opening information

Splits these words most evenly: TRAWL of the 36 words here

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Useful letters still to test

O 53% S 42% A 31% L 22% N 22% C 22%

Words with five different letters

92% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BRAWL BRAWN BROWN CRAWL CROWD

Common letter pairs

RO 19/36 words (53%) OW 19/36 words (53%) WS 15/36 words (42%) RA 11/36 words (31%) AW 11/36 words (31%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 94% · two: 6% · three or more: 0%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _R_W_?: 36 five-letter words match _R_W_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 15 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, TRAWL has the highest feedback entropy at 5.02 bits against the possible answers.

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