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Five-letter words matching __I_D

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Showing 40 matching words

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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

BLIND used BUILD used CHILD used CRIED possible DRIED possible FRIED used GRIND used GUILD used PLIED possible PRIED possible SHIED possible SPIED possible THIRD used TRIAD used TRIED possible WEIRD used LAIRD guess AHIND guess CAIRD guess CLIED guess ELIAD guess FLIED guess HOIED guess ILIAD guess IVIED guess NAIAD guess OBIED guess POIND guess RAIRD guess REIRD guess SCIND guess SKIED guess SNIED guess STIED guess TEIID guess TEIND guess TRILD guess WRIED guess YAIRD guess YRIVD 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: 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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Opening information

Splits these words most evenly: TRIED of the 40 words here

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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.
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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