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Five-letter words matching __GH_

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Possible answers

EIGHT FIGHT LIGHT MIGHT NIGHT OUGHT RIGHT SIGHT TIGHT WIGHT

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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: 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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Pattern guide

What fits __GH_?

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

More about these matches

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 25% IG 16% HT 14% HS 8% UG 6%

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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