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Five-letter words matching __GH_

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Showing 31 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

31 matching words3 not previously used7 past answers

Position 1B 10%H 10%S 10%A 6%

Position 2I 65%U 23%O 6%A 3%

Position 5T 55%S 32%A 3%E 3%

Possible answers

EIGHT FIGHT LIGHT MIGHT NIGHT OUGHT RIGHT SIGHT TIGHT WIGHT

used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer

EIGHT used FIGHT possible LIGHT used MIGHT used NIGHT used OUGHT used RIGHT used SIGHT used TIGHT possible WIGHT possible HIGHS guess SIGHS guess AIGHT guess AUGHT guess BAGHS guess BIGHA guess BIGHT guess DIGHT guess EUGHS guess GIGHE guess HIGHT guess HOGHS guess KIGHT guess MUGHO guess NIGHS guess PEGHS guess PIGHT guess SUGHS guess VUGHS guess VUGHY guess YOGHS guess

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The top-ranked splitter is shown in the shortlist note below. Add a gray or yellow clue here to recalculate after the position changes.

Previously used by Wordle: EIGHT (January 9, 2026); LIGHT (January 31, 2022); MIGHT (September 2, 2025); NIGHT (July 12, 2022); OUGHT (October 14, 2021); RIGHT (September 24, 2023); SIGHT (November 15, 2023).

Top-ranked splitter ELFIN

Average remaining: 3.0
Worst branch: 5
Information: 2.16 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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ELFIN does not fit this page's clues. EUGHS keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 5.2 (7 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: _IGHT

EIGHT, FIGHT, LIGHT, MIGHT, NIGHT, RIGHT, SIGHT, TIGHT, WIGHT differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; ELFIN tests the family more efficiently.

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Opening information

Splits these words most evenly: AIGHT of the 31 words here

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Useful letters still to test

I 65% T 55% S 35% U 23% E 13% O 13%

Words with five different letters

77% of the matches have no repeated letters.

EIGHT FIGHT LIGHT MIGHT NIGHT

Common letter pairs

GH 31/31 words (100%) IG 20/31 words (65%) HT 17/31 words (55%) HS 10/31 words (32%) UG 7/31 words (23%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 74% · two: 26% · three or more: 0%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match __GH_?: 31 five-letter words match __GH_ 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, AIGHT has the highest feedback entropy at 4.65 bits against the possible answers.

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