5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching __OC_

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Possible answers

BLOCK CHOCK CLOCK CROCK EPOCH FLOCK FROCK KNOCK MOOCH POOCH SHOCK SMOCK

1 more possible answer is in the full list below.

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 34 words in the Wordle guess list; 13 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 13 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: BLOCK (January 25, 2024); CHOCK (November 28, 2024); CLOCK (May 12, 2026); CROCK (April 30, 2026); EPOCH (December 6, 2021); FLOCK (July 18, 2022); FROCK (January 16, 2023); KNOCK (December 10, 2022); plus 3 more.

Top-ranked splitter SHELF
Average remaining
1.62
Worst branch
2
Information
3.09 bits

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

Hard Mode Use CHOCS instead.

SHELF does not fit this page's clues. CHOCS keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.69 (4 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: S_OCK

SHOCK, SMOCK, STOCK differ only in the second position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; SHELF tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits __OC_?

All 34 matching words are shown above. 13 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

K 44% H 38% S 26% R 24% L 21% P 15%

Words with five different letters

59% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BLOCK EPOCH FLOCK FROCK SHOCK

Common letter pairs

OC 25% CK 11% CH 8% RO 6% LO 5%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 59% · two: 38% · three or more: 3%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match __OC_?
34 five-letter words match __OC_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 13 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, PLOCE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.15 bits against the possible answers.
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