Five-letter words matching BA_L_

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What the remaining words have in common

11 matching words0 not previously used1 past answerBest matching test word: BAILE

Position 3L 27%I 18%A 9%D 9%
Position 5S 45%E 18%Y 18%K 9%

BADLY is the only possible answer that fits.

The other 10 matches are valid Wordle guesses, but not possible answers.

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What fits BA_L_?

All 11 matching words are shown above. 1 is a possible answer.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

64% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

BA 11/11 words (100%) LS 5/11 words (45%) AL 4/11 words (36%) LL 3/11 words (27%) LY 2/11 words (18%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 36% · two: 55% · three or more: 9%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match BA_L_?
11 five-letter words match BA_L_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 1 is a possible answer.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, BAILE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.43 bits against the possible answers.