5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching __A_M

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Possible answers

ALARM CHARM CHASM CLAIM PSALM QUALM REALM REARM SPASM SWARM

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This pattern has 31 words in the Wordle guess list; 10 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 10 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: ALARM (May 21, 2025); CHARM (September 2, 2022); CHASM (January 15, 2026); PSALM (February 17, 2024); QUALM (April 11, 2023); REALM (March 29, 2024); SPASM (October 3, 2025).

Top-ranked splitter CARLS
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
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 REALM instead.

CARLS does not fit this page's clues. REALM keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.6 (2 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues 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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Pattern guide

What fits __A_M?

All 31 matching words are shown above. 10 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

R 42% L 39% S 35% H 26% I 19% P 19%

Words with five different letters

71% of the matches have no repeated letters.

CHARM CHASM CLAIM PSALM QUALM

Common letter pairs

AR 8% RM 8% AL 6% HA 6% SM 6%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 48% · two: 48% · three or more: 3%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match __A_M?
31 five-letter words match __A_M in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 10 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, REALM has the highest feedback entropy at 5.37 bits against the possible answers.
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