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Five-letter words matching __FI_

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What the remaining words have in common

27 matching words1 not previously used6 past answers

Position 1R 19%E 11%K 11%B 7%
Position 2A 26%E 26%I 15%N 15%
Position 5S 19%X 19%E 11%T 11%

Possible answers

AFFIX BEFIT ELFIN KEFIR MAFIA REFIT UNFIT

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This pattern has 27 words in the Wordle guess list; 7 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 7 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: AFFIX (December 26, 2024); BEFIT (March 26, 2026); ELFIN (April 13, 2026); KEFIR (August 13, 2025); MAFIA (June 8, 2026); UNFIT (August 8, 2022).

Top-ranked splitter ABEAR
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
2.81 bits

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

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ABEAR does not fit this page's clues. BEFIT keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.29 (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 __FI_?

All 27 matching words are shown above. 7 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

E 44% A 30% R 26% X 22% N 22% S 19%

Words with five different letters

63% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BEFIT ELFIN KEFIR REFIT UNFIT

Common letter pairs

FI 27/27 words (100%) AF 8/27 words (30%) EF 7/27 words (26%) IX 5/27 words (19%) IS 5/27 words (19%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 81% · three or more: 19%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match __FI_?
27 five-letter words match __FI_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 7 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, REFIT has the highest feedback entropy at 5.06 bits against the possible answers.