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Five-letter words matching __C_T

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What the remaining words have in common

31 matching words1 not previously used5 past answers

Position 1D 13%L 13%F 10%R 10%
Position 2I 32%A 19%E 19%N 10%
Position 4H 42%E 19%I 13%O 13%

Possible answers

ASCOT FACET RECUT TACIT UNCUT YACHT

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 31 words in the Wordle guess list; 6 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 6 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: ASCOT (February 15, 2024); FACET (April 18, 2024); TACIT (February 20, 2022); UNCUT (August 27, 2026); YACHT (March 18, 2023).

Top-ranked splitter AAHED
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
2.58 bits

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

Hard Mode Use TACET instead.

AAHED does not fit this page's clues. TACET keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.0 (1 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 __C_T?

All 31 matching words are shown above. 6 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

I 45% E 42% H 42% A 29% O 23% U 19%

Words with five different letters

84% of the matches have no repeated letters.

ASCOT FACET RECUT YACHT AUCHT

Common letter pairs

CH 13/31 words (42%) HT 13/31 words (42%) IC 10/31 words (32%) AC 6/31 words (19%) CE 6/31 words (19%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 35% · two: 65% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match __C_T?
31 five-letter words match __C_T in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 6 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, LACET has the highest feedback entropy at 5.54 bits against the possible answers.