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Five-letter words matching B_E__

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Showing 53 matching words

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53 matching words2 not previously used9 past answers

Position 2R 36%L 30%E 15%O 9%

Position 4A 13%E 13%R 13%N 9%

Position 5S 42%D 11%T 9%E 8%

11 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess BLEED

Still undecided: 2nd letter: E, L, R·4th letter: A, C, E, F, N, S·5th letter: D, H, K, P, S, T, Y

Possible answers

BEECH BEEFY BLEAK BLEAT BLEED BLEEP BLEND BLESS BREAD BREAK BREED

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BEECH possible BEEFY used BLEAK used BLEAT used BLEED used BLEEP used BLEND used BLESS possible BREAD used BREAK used BREED used BEERS guess BEETS guess BRENT guess BAELS guess BEEDI guess BEEFS guess BEEPS guess BEERY guess BHELS guess BIELD guess BIERS guess BLEAH guess BLEAR guess BLEBS guess BLECH guess BLEES guess BLENT guess BLERT guess BLEST guess BLETS guess BLEYS guess BOEPS guess BOERS guess BOETI guess BOETS guess BOEUF guess BREAM guess BREDE guess BREDS guess BREEM guess BREER guess BREES guess BREID guess BREIS guess BREME guess BRENS guess BRERE guess BRERS guess BREVE guess BREWS guess BREYS guess BUENA guess

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Splits these words most evenly: BLEAR of the 53 words here

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R 47% S 43% L 36% A 17% T 17% D 17%

Words with five different letters

58% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BLEAK BLEAT BLEND BREAD BREAK

Common letter pairs

BR 19/53 words (36%) RE 19/53 words (36%) BL 16/53 words (30%) LE 16/53 words (30%) EE 15/53 words (28%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 30% · two: 62% · three or more: 8%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match B_E__?: 53 five-letter words match B_E__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 11 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, BLEAR has the highest feedback entropy at 5.27 bits against the possible answers.

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