Five-letter words matching __ST_

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Showing 119 matching words
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What the remaining words have in common

119 matching words6 not previously used15 past answers

Position 1M 11%P 9%B 8%C 8%
Position 2E 29%A 26%U 18%I 14%
Position 5S 44%Y 18%A 12%E 11%
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21 possible answers fit.

Among those candidates, PASTE produces the smallest worst-case feedback group.

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, C, D, G, H, L, M, N, P, R, T, V, W, Z·2nd letter: A, E, I, U·5th letter: A, E, O, Y

Possible answers

9 more possible answers are in the full list below.

used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer

BASTE used CASTE possible DUSTY used GUSTO possible GUSTY used HASTE used HASTY used LUSTY used MUSTY used NASTY used PASTA used PASTE possible PASTY possible PESTO possible RUSTY used TASTE used TASTY used TESTY used VISTA possible WASTE used ZESTY used BUSTS guess BUSTY guess CASTS guess COSTA guess COSTS guess FISTS guess GUSTS guess HOSTS guess LASTS guess LISTS guess MISTY guess NESTS guess PESTS guess POSTS guess RESTS guess TESTS guess VESTS guess BASTA guess BASTI guess BASTO guess BASTS guess BESTI guess BESTS guess BUSTI guess CESTA guess CESTI guess CISTS guess COSTE guess CYSTS guess DUSTS guess EASTS guess FASTI guess FASTS guess FESTA guess FESTS guess FESTY guess FISTY guess FUSTS guess FUSTY guess GASTS guess GESTE guess GESTS guess GISTS guess HASTA guess HESTS guess HISTS guess HOSTA guess JESTS guess JUSTE guess JUSTS guess KESTS guess KISTS guess KUSTI guess LESTS guess LUSTS guess MASTS guess MASTY guess MESTO guess MISTO guess MISTS guess MOSTE guess MOSTO guess MOSTS guess MUSTA guess MUSTH guess MUSTS guess NESTY guess OASTS guess OUSTS guess PASTS guess PESTA guess PESTY guess PISTE guess POSTE guess RASTA guess RESTO guess RESTY guess RISTS guess ROSTI guess ROSTS guess RUSTS guess SISTA guess SISTS guess TASTO guess TESTA guess TESTE guess VASTS guess VASTY guess VESTA guess VISTO guess WASTS guess WESTS guess WISTS guess XYSTI guess XYSTS guess YESTS guess YESTY guess ZESTS guess

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Pattern guide

What fits __ST_?

All 119 matching words are shown above. 21 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

45% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

ST 119/119 words (100%) TS 52/119 words (44%) ES 34/119 words (29%) AS 31/119 words (26%) US 22/119 words (18%)

Vowels

No vowels: 2% · one: 60% · two: 38% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match __ST_?
119 five-letter words match __ST_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 21 are possible answers.