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Five-letter words starting with A and ending in R (A___R)

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Showing 51 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

51 matching words4 not previously used9 past answers

Position 2L 12%R 12%S 10%B 8%

Position 3T 22%G 14%E 12%K 10%

Position 4E 57%A 24%O 12%I 4%

13 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess ACTOR

Still undecided: 2nd letter: B, C, F, I, L, M, N, R, S, U·3rd letter: B, D, G, H, M, T·4th letter: A, E, O, U

Possible answers

ABHOR ACTOR AFTER AIDER ALTAR ALTER AMBER ANGER ARBOR ARDOR ARMOR ASTER

1 more possible answer is in the full list below.

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

ABHOR used ACTOR used AFTER used AIDER possible ALTAR used ALTER used AMBER used ANGER used ARBOR used ARDOR used ARMOR possible ASTER possible AUGUR possible AMOUR guess ABEAR guess ABEER guess ABLER guess ACHAR guess ACHER guess ACKER guess ADDER guess AEGER guess AESIR guess AFEAR guess AGGER guess AIMER guess AIRER guess AIVER guess AKKER guess ALDER guess ALGOR guess ALLER guess ALVAR guess AMEER guess ANEAR guess ANKER guess ANTAR guess APGAR guess APTER guess AREAR guess ARMER guess ARTER guess ASKAR guess ASKER guess ASPER guess ASTIR guess ATTAR guess ATTER guess AUGER guess AURAR guess AWNER guess

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Opening information

Splits these words most evenly: ALTER of the 51 words here

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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Useful letters still to test

E 67% T 22% O 14% L 14% G 14% B 12%

Words with five different letters

47% of the matches have no repeated letters.

ABHOR ACTOR AFTER AIDER ALTER

Common letter pairs

ER 29/51 words (57%) AR 17/51 words (33%) OR 6/51 words (12%) TE 6/51 words (12%) AL 6/51 words (12%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 69% · three or more: 31%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match A___R?: 51 five-letter words match A___R in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 13 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, ALTER has the highest feedback entropy at 5.71 bits against the possible answers.

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