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Five-letter words matching _WE__

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Showing 35 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

35 matching words2 not previously used10 past answers

Position 1S 46%T 26%D 9%A 6%

Position 4E 40%L 14%R 14%A 11%

Position 5T 20%L 17%S 14%R 11%

Possible answers

DWELL DWELT SWEAR SWEAT SWEEP SWEET SWELL SWEPT TWEAK TWEED TWEEN TWEET

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

DWELL used DWELT used SWEAR possible SWEAT used SWEEP used SWEET used SWELL used SWEPT possible TWEAK used TWEED used TWEEN used TWEET used SWEDE guess AWEEL guess AWETO guess DWEEB guess EWERS guess EWEST guess KWELA guess LWEIS guess OWERS guess SWEAL guess SWEED guess SWEEL guess SWEER guess SWEES guess SWEIR guess SWELT guess SWERF guess SWEYS guess TWEEL guess TWEEP guess TWEER guess TWERK guess TWERP guess

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Previously used by Wordle: DWELL (September 7, 2023); DWELT (April 16, 2023); SWEAT (February 20, 2023); SWEEP (March 15, 2023); SWEET (March 8, 2022); SWELL (November 9, 2024); TWEAK (January 22, 2024); TWEED (October 18, 2021); plus 2 more.

Top-ranked splitter ANTES

Average remaining: 1.17
Worst branch: 2
Information: 3.42 bits

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

Hard Mode Use TWEED instead.

ANTES does not fit this page's clues. TWEED keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.5 (2 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: TWEE_

TWEED, TWEEN, TWEET differ only in the fifth position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; ANTES tests the family more efficiently.

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Splits these words most evenly: SWEAR of the 35 words here

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Useful letters still to test

S 57% T 46% L 29% R 26% A 20% D 17%

Words with five different letters

43% of the matches have no repeated letters.

DWELT SWEAR SWEAT SWEPT TWEAK

Common letter pairs

WE 35/35 words (100%) SW 16/35 words (46%) EE 14/35 words (40%) TW 9/35 words (26%) EL 8/35 words (23%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 26% · two: 68% · three or more: 6%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _WE__?: 35 five-letter words match _WE__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 12 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, SWEAR has the highest feedback entropy at 5.16 bits against the possible answers.

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