- Average remaining
- 1.18
- Worst branch
- 2
- Information
- 3.28 bits
It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.
Five-letter words matching __I_N
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Shortlist note
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This pattern has 23 words in the Wordle guess list; 11 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 11 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.
Previously used by Wordle: ALIEN (August 6, 2022); ALIGN (June 10, 2026); AVIAN (July 11, 2026); FEIGN (July 8, 2021); ONION (September 2, 2023); UNION (August 23, 2025).
OREAD does not fit this page's clues. AFION keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.27 (3 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
Tight family:
_EIGN
DEIGN, FEIGN, REIGN differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; OREAD tests the family more efficiently.
Compare two plays
Choose any two plays. The figures use the same 11 possible answers.
ALIEN
used
ALIGN
used
AVIAN
used
AXION
possible
CAIRN
possible
DEIGN
possible
FEIGN
used
ONION
used
REIGN
possible
SCION
possible
UNION
used
AFION
guess
ANION
guess
APIAN
guess
AVION
guess
BAIRN
guess
COIGN
guess
DJINN
guess
INION
guess
PRIAN
guess
PRION
guess
PSION
guess
TYIYN
guess
Pattern guide
What fits __I_N?
All 23 matching words are shown above. 11 are possible answers.
More about these matches
Common questions
- How many five-letter words match __I_N?
- 23 five-letter words match __I_N in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 11 are possible answers.
- Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
- Among all matching words, ALIEN has the highest feedback entropy at 5.6 bits against the possible answers.