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Five-letter words matching _T__E

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Showing 44 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

44 matching words3 not previously used12 past answers

Position 1S 73%E 14%A 5%C 2%

Position 3A 23%O 20%E 14%I 14%

Position 4L 16%P 14%R 14%N 11%

15 possible answers fit.

Among those candidates, STALE produces the smallest worst-case feedback group.

Top-ranked next guess STALE

Still undecided: 1st letter: A, E, S, U·3rd letter: A, I, O, U, Y·4th letter: D, G, K, L, N, R, T, V

Possible answers

ATONE ETUDE STAGE STAKE STALE STARE STATE STAVE STOKE STOLE STONE STORE

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

ATONE used ETUDE used STAGE used STAKE used STALE used STARE used STATE used STAVE possible STOKE possible STOLE used STONE used STORE used STOVE used STYLE used UTILE possible ATOKE guess CTENE guess ETAGE guess ETAPE guess ETHNE guess ETTLE guess ETWEE guess MTEPE guess PTYPE guess STADE guess STANE guess STEDE guess STELE guess STEME guess STERE guess STILE guess STIME guess STIPE guess STIRE guess STIVE guess STOAE guess STOPE guess STRAE guess STUDE guess STUPE guess STURE guess STYME guess STYRE guess STYTE guess

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34% possible answers

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Splits these words most evenly: STARE of the 44 words here

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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Useful letters still to test

S 73% A 32% O 20% L 16% R 16% I 14%

Words with five different letters

66% of the matches have no repeated letters.

ATONE STAGE STAKE STALE STARE

Common letter pairs

ST 32/44 words (73%) TA 10/44 words (23%) TO 9/44 words (20%) TE 8/44 words (18%) LE 7/44 words (16%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 11% · two: 71% · three or more: 18%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _T__E?: 44 five-letter words match _T__E 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, STARE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.81 bits against the possible answers.

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