5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching __O_H

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Possible answers

BOOTH BROTH CLOTH EPOCH FROTH MOOCH POOCH QUOTH SLOSH SLOTH SOOTH TOOTH

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 29 words in the Wordle guess list; 12 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 12 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: BOOTH (July 18, 2026); BROTH (April 10, 2024); CLOTH (March 6, 2022); EPOCH (December 6, 2021); FROTH (June 4, 2022); MOOCH (February 13, 2026); SLOSH (March 22, 2022); SLOTH (October 6, 2022); plus 1 more.

Top-ranked splitter BOLTS
Average remaining
1.33
Worst branch
2
Information
3.25 bits

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

Hard Mode Use SOOTH instead.

BOLTS does not fit this page's clues. SOOTH keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.33 (4 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: _OOTH

BOOTH, SOOTH, TOOTH differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; BOLTS tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits __O_H?

All 29 matching words are shown above. 12 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

T 41% C 31% S 31% R 24% B 14% L 14%

Words with five different letters

48% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BROTH CLOTH EPOCH FROTH QUOTH

Common letter pairs

OT 10% TH 10% OO 9% OC 7% CH 7%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 45% · two: 55% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match __O_H?
29 five-letter words match __O_H in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 12 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, SLOTH has the highest feedback entropy at 5.04 bits against the possible answers.
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