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Five-letter words with B and C in the middle
Our Wordle guess list has 10 five-letter words with B and C inside the middle three positions. Use this list when other clues place these letters somewhere in those positions.
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This list has 10 Wordle guesses; 2 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 2 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: ABACK (October 7, 2021).
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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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Where these letters usually land
You know these letters are in the word (yellow tiles) but not where. Across the 10 matching words, here's where each one tends to sit, which can help place your next guess.
- B most often the 2nd letter (60% of these words), also 4th (30%), 3rd (10%).
- C most often the 4th letter (60% of these words), also 2nd (30%), 3rd (10%).
Word notes
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ABACK
By surprise; startled; dumbfounded. (see usage)
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Past Wordle answer: October 7, 2021.
SCUBA
An apparatus carried by a diver, which includes a tank holding compressed, filtered air and a regulator which delivers the air to the diver at ambient pressure which can be used underwater.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
ABACA
Musa textilis, a species of banana tree native to the Philippines grown for its textile, rope- and papermaking fibre.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
ABACI
plural of abacus
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
ABACS
plural of abac
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
ABCEE
Alternative form of absey (“alphabet book”).
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PUBCO
A large business enterprise that owns a number of pubs under tenant agreements, or as managed houses.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
SCABS
plural of scab
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
SCOBE
A chav or ned; a delinquent.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
UBACS
plural of ubac
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
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