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Five-letter words matching __T_M

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10 matching words0 not previously used2 past answersBest matching test word: SATEM

Position 1N 20%R 20%S 20%D 10%
Position 2O 30%A 20%E 20%H 10%
Position 4E 40%U 40%A 20%

Possible answers

DATUM TOTEM

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This pattern has 10 words in the Wordle guess list; 2 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 2 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: DATUM (June 5, 2025); TOTEM (September 4, 2021).

Top-ranked splitter DATUM
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1.0 bits

It fits the clues and can win immediately, while still splitting the alternatives well.

Hard Mode DATUM keeps every stated clue.

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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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What fits __T_M?

All 10 matching words are shown above. 2 are possible answers.

Letters that fit the blanks

  • 1st letter D, L, M, N, R, S, T
  • 2nd letter A, E, H, I, O, U
  • 4th letter A, E, U
Meanings and answer history

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DATUM

Something known or assumed as fact, and is made the basis of reasoning or inference which an intellectual system of any sort (such as knowledge or theoretical framework) is constructed.

“a datum of experience”

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Past Wordle answer: June 5, 2025.

TOTEM

Any natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe, clan or family; the representation of such an object or creature.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Past Wordle answer: September 4, 2021.

LITEM

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

MUTUM

A Meitei surname from Manipuri

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Not listed among past Wordle answers.

NOTAM

Alternative form of NOTAM.

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NOTUM

The back; the dorsal side of the thorax in insects or nudibranches.

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RETAM

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RETEM

A shrub with white flowers, possibly Retama raetam; the juniper of the (King James Version) Old Testament.

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Not listed among past Wordle answers.

SATEM

Of or relating to a Proto-Indo-European language group that produced sibilants from a series of palatovelar stops.

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Not listed among past Wordle answers.

SHTUM

Silent; speechless; dumb.

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Not listed among past Wordle answers.

Common questions
How many five-letter words match __T_M?
10 five-letter words match __T_M in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 2 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, SATEM has the highest feedback entropy at 5.37 bits against the possible answers.