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Five-letter words starting with A and ending in D (A___D)

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Showing 62 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

62 matching words1 not previously used7 past answers

Position 2L 15%R 13%B 10%C 10%

Position 3O 15%A 10%E 8%L 8%

Position 4E 48%I 15%A 10%N 6%

8 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess AHEAD

Still undecided: 2nd letter: B, C, H, L, M, P, V, W·3rd letter: A, E, H, L, O, R·4th letter: A, E, I, N, R, U

Possible answers

ABLED ACRID AHEAD ALOUD AMEND APHID AVOID AWARD

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

ABLED possible ACRID used AHEAD used ALOUD used AMEND used APHID used AVOID used AWARD used ACTED guess ADDED guess AIDED guess AIMED guess AIRED guess ARMED guess ASKED guess AAHED guess ABAND guess ABBED guess ABJAD guess ABJUD guess ABORD guess ACHED guess ACNED guess ACOLD guess ACRED guess ADEAD guess ADRAD guess ADRED guess ADZED guess AFALD guess AGOOD guess AGUED guess AHIND guess AHOLD guess AILED guess AKSED guess ALAND guess ALBID guess ALCID guess ALGID guess ALKYD guess ALLOD guess ALMUD guess ALOED guess AMPED guess ANTED guess APAID guess APAYD guess APTED guess ARCED guess AREAD guess AREDD guess ARKED guess ARLED guess AROID guess ARSED guess ASHED guess ASSED guess AUDAD guess AWNED guess AXLED guess AXOID guess

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13% possible answers

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Splits these words most evenly: ARLED of the 62 words here

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Useful letters still to test

E 56% L 26% R 24% I 23% O 16% C 13%

Words with five different letters

65% of the matches have no repeated letters.

ABLED ACRID ALOUD AMEND APHID

Common letter pairs

ED 31/62 words (50%) ID 10/62 words (16%) AL 10/62 words (16%) AD 9/62 words (15%) AR 9/62 words (15%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 2% · two: 71% · three or more: 27%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match A___D?: 62 five-letter words match A___D in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 8 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, ARLED has the highest feedback entropy at 5.5 bits against the possible answers.

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