5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching __I_F

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Possible answers

BRIEF CHIEF CLIFF GRIEF SKIFF SNIFF STIFF THIEF WHIFF

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This pattern has 15 words in the Wordle guess list; 9 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 9 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: BRIEF (January 11, 2024); CHIEF (August 29, 2022); CLIFF (January 24, 2026); GRIEF (May 19, 2023); SKIFF (August 12, 2024); STIFF (February 9, 2024); THIEF (April 14, 2023); WHIFF (April 17, 2023).

Top-ranked splitter BENCH
Average remaining
1.22
Worst branch
2
Information
2.95 bits

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

Hard Mode Use CHIEF instead.

BENCH does not fit this page's clues. CHIEF keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.89 (3 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: S_IFF

SKIFF, SNIFF, STIFF differ only in the second position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; BENCH tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits __I_F?

All 15 matching words are shown above. 9 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

R 33% E 33% S 27% H 20% G 20% T 20%

Words with five different letters

33% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BRIEF CHIEF GRIEF THIEF PRIEF

Common letter pairs

IF 17% FF 17% RI 8% IE 8% EF 8%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 60% · two: 40% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match __I_F?
15 five-letter words match __I_F in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 9 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, PRIEF has the highest feedback entropy at 4.88 bits against the possible answers.
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