5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching __EC_

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Possible answers

BEECH CHECK EJECT ELECT ERECT FLECK LEECH NIECE PIECE SPECK WRECK

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 32 words in the Wordle guess list; 11 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 11 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: CHECK (March 4, 2025); EJECT (December 1, 2022); LEECH (August 23, 2024); NIECE (May 24, 2026); PIECE (March 14, 2025); SPECK (July 21, 2024); WRECK (May 20, 2026).

Top-ranked splitter PERLE
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
3.46 bits

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

Hard Mode Use ELECT instead.

PERLE does not fit this page's clues. ELECT keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.27 (3 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: E_ECT

EJECT, ELECT, ERECT differ only in the second position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; PERLE tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits __EC_?

All 32 matching words are shown above. 11 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

K 38% H 25% L 25% R 22% T 19% P 19%

Words with five different letters

41% of the matches have no repeated letters.

FLECK SPECK WRECK ALECK ALECS

Common letter pairs

EC 25% CK 9% LE 6% CH 5% RE 5%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 38% · two: 44% · three or more: 19%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match __EC_?
32 five-letter words match __EC_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 11 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, ALECS has the highest feedback entropy at 5.29 bits against the possible answers.
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