- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 1.0 bits
It fits the clues and can win immediately, while still splitting the alternatives well.
Five-letter words matching _XI_E
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8 matching words0 not previously used2 past answersBest matching test word: AXILE
Position 1E 38%O 38%A 25%
Position 4L 25%N 25%T 25%D 13%
used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer
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This pattern has 8 words in the Wordle guess list; 2 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 2 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.
Previously used by Wordle: EXILE (July 12, 2025); OXIDE (April 21, 2022).
It is legal under the clues represented on this page. If you also have yellow-position information, check that extra detail 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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What fits _XI_E?
All 8 matching words are shown above. 2 are possible answers.
Letters that fit the blanks
- 1st letter A, E, O
- 4th letter D, L, M, N, T
Meanings and answer history
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EXILE
The state of being banished from one's home or country.
“He lived in exile.”
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Past Wordle answer: July 12, 2025.
OXIDE
A binary chemical compound of oxygen with another chemical element.
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Past Wordle answer: April 21, 2022.
AXILE
Situated in the axis of anything; as an embryo which lies in the axis of a seed.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
AXITE
A type of smokeless gunpowder.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
EXINE
The outer layer of a pollen grain or spore; the exosporium.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
EXITE
An additional lobe on the outer side of the protopodite of a crustacean limb.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
OXIME
Any of a class of organic compounds, of general formula RR'C=NOH, derived from the condensation of an aldehyde (R' = H) or ketone with hydroxylamine.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
OXINE
8-hydroxyquinoline when used to form complexes with metal ions in inorganic analysis.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
Common questions
- How many five-letter words match _XI_E?
- 8 five-letter words match _XI_E in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 2 are possible answers.
- Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
- Among all matching words, AXILE has the highest feedback entropy at 4.83 bits against the possible answers.