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Five-letter words matching A_R__

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Showing 58 matching words

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58 matching words1 not previously used6 past answers

Position 2U 16%C 12%R 12%B 9%

Position 4I 28%E 22%A 21%O 14%

Position 5S 26%D 9%T 9%E 7%

7 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess AORTA

Still undecided: 2nd letter: C, G, O, P, R, T·4th letter: A, E, I, O, T·5th letter: A, D, E, N, W, Y

Possible answers

ACRID AGREE AORTA APRON ARRAY ARROW ATRIA

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

ACRID used AGREE used AORTA used APRON used ARRAY possible ARROW used ATRIA used ACRES guess AIRED guess AARGH guess AARTI guess ABRAM guess ABRAY guess ABRIM guess ABRIN guess ABRIS guess ACRAL guess ACRED guess ACRON guess ACROS guess ACRYL guess ADRAD guess ADRAW guess ADRED guess ADRET guess ADRIP guess AERIE guess AEROS guess AFRET guess AFRIT guess AFROS guess AGRIA guess AGRIN guess AGROS guess AGRUM guess AIRER guess AIRNS guess AIRTH guess AIRTS guess AMRIT guess APRES guess ARRAH guess ARRAS guess ARRET guess ARRIS guess ARROZ guess ATRIP guess AURAE guess AURAL guess AURAR guess AURAS guess AUREI guess AURES guess AURIC guess AURIS guess AURUM guess AYRES guess AYRIE guess

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Splits these words most evenly: AEROS of the 58 words here

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Useful letters still to test

I 40% E 29% S 26% T 19% U 17% O 16%

Words with five different letters

55% of the matches have no repeated letters.

ACRID APRON ABRIM ABRIN ABRIS

Common letter pairs

RI 16/58 words (28%) RE 13/58 words (22%) RA 12/58 words (21%) AR 10/58 words (17%) AU 9/58 words (16%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 2% · two: 65% · three or more: 33%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match A_R__?: 58 five-letter words match A_R__ 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, AEROS has the highest feedback entropy at 5.54 bits against the possible answers.

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