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Five-letter words matching __I_D

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Possible answers

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

4 more possible answers are in the full list below.

Shortlist note

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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: 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); WEIRD (October 31, 2024).

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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Pattern guide

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 11% ED 11% RI 6% IR 4% RD 4%

Vowels

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

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.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, TRIED has the highest feedback entropy at 5.48 bits against the possible answers.
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