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Five-letter words matching A_E__

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Showing 77 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

77 matching words1 not previously used6 past answers

Position 2R 22%L 13%B 12%M 8%

Position 4A 19%N 18%R 16%E 9%

Position 5S 22%E 16%T 14%A 8%

7 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess ALERT

Still undecided: 2nd letter: D, G, H, L, M, R, V·4th letter: A, N, P, R·5th letter: A, D, T

Possible answers

ADEPT AGENT AHEAD ALERT AMEND ARENA AVERT

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

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Splits these words most evenly: ALERT of the 77 words here

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Useful letters still to test

R 43% L 23% S 22% T 21% N 21% B 14%

Words with five different letters

45% of the matches have no repeated letters.

ADEPT AGENT ALERT AMEND AVERT

Common letter pairs

AR 20/77 words (26%) RE 17/77 words (22%) EA 15/77 words (19%) EN 14/77 words (18%) ER 14/77 words (18%)

Vowels

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

Common questions

How many five-letter words match A_E__?: 77 five-letter words match A_E__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 7 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, ALERT has the highest feedback entropy at 5.74 bits against the possible answers.

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