5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching __I_N

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What the remaining words have in common

23 matching words5 not previously used6 past answers

Position 1A 35%P 13%C 9%D 9%
Position 2N 17%E 13%A 9%L 9%
Position 4O 43%G 22%A 13%R 9%

Possible answers

ALIEN ALIGN AVIAN AXION CAIRN DEIGN FEIGN ONION REIGN SCION UNION

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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 (August 7, 2026); ONION (September 2, 2023); UNION (August 23, 2025).

Top-ranked splitter OREAD
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.

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OREAD does not fit this page's clues. ALIEN 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.

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Pattern guide

What fits __I_N?

All 23 matching words are shown above. 11 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

A 48% O 48% G 22% R 22% E 17% P 17%

Words with five different letters

65% of the matches have no repeated letters.

ALIEN ALIGN AXION CAIRN DEIGN

Common letter pairs

IO 10/23 words (43%) ON 10/23 words (43%) IG 5/23 words (22%) GN 5/23 words (22%) AN 4/23 words (17%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 9% · two: 48% · three or more: 43%

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 5.61 bits against the possible answers.