5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching __L_T

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Possible answers

ALLOT ECLAT FILET INLET ISLET PILOT SPLAT SPLIT UNLIT VALET

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This pattern has 39 words in the Wordle guess list; 10 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 10 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: ALLOT (January 31, 2026); FILET (August 24, 2024); INLET (April 8, 2026); ISLET (September 22, 2021); PILOT (October 17, 2021); SPLAT (October 19, 2023); SPLIT (August 28, 2025); UNLIT (February 4, 2023); plus 1 more.

Top-ranked splitter ACNES
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
3.32 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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ACNES does not fit this page's clues. ISLET keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.2 (2 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.

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Pattern guide

What fits __L_T?

All 39 matching words are shown above. 10 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

E 64% A 36% I 33% U 26% O 21% S 15%

Words with five different letters

90% of the matches have no repeated letters.

ECLAT FILET INLET ISLET PILOT

Common letter pairs

LE 11% ET 11% AL 6% EL 4% LI 4%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 15% · two: 82% · three or more: 3%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match __L_T?
39 five-letter words match __L_T in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 10 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, SALET has the highest feedback entropy at 5.84 bits against the possible answers.
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