5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching __I_D

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What the remaining words have in common

40 matching words7 not previously used9 past answers

Position 1S 15%T 15%C 10%P 8%
Position 2R 25%L 15%A 13%E 10%
Position 4E 43%R 18%N 15%A 10%

Possible answers

BLIND BUILD CHILD CRIED DRIED FRIED GRIND GUILD PLIED PRIED SHIED SPIED

4 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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

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Can you finish __I_D?

Set your guesses left, add the feedback you already have, and explore what each next guess could reveal. This planner starts with __I_D as your green-letter clues.

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Shortlist note

How to play this shortlist

This pattern has 40 words in the Wordle guess list; 16 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 16 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: BLIND (September 7, 2026); BUILD (February 21, 2024); CHILD (December 29, 2023); FRIED (February 10, 2024); GRIND (June 16, 2024); GUILD (October 6, 2021); THIRD (December 20, 2022); TRIAD (December 7, 2021); plus 1 more.

Top-ranked splitter CREPT
Average remaining
1.62
Worst branch
3
Information
3.45 bits

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

Hard Mode Use CRIED instead.

CREPT does not fit this page's clues. CRIED keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.62 (4 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: _RIED

CRIED, DRIED, FRIED, PRIED, TRIED differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; CREPT tests the family more efficiently.

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What fits __I_D?

All 40 matching words are shown above. 16 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

E 55% R 42% L 28% A 22% N 20% T 18%

Words with five different letters

82% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BLIND BUILD CHILD CRIED FRIED

Common letter pairs

IE 17/40 words (42%) ED 17/40 words (42%) RI 10/40 words (25%) IR 7/40 words (18%) RD 7/40 words (18%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 18% · two: 65% · three or more: 17%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match __I_D?
40 five-letter words match __I_D in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 16 are possible answers.