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Five-letter words matching B_N__

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What the remaining words have in common

86 matching words2 not previously used8 past answers

Position 2U 26%A 24%O 19%E 16%
Position 4D 17%E 12%G 12%T 12%
Position 5S 31%Y 17%E 10%A 8%

10 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess BONEY

Still undecided: 2nd letter: A, E, I, O, U·4th letter: A, C, E, G, J, N, U·5th letter: E, H, L, O, S, Y

Possible answers

BANAL BANJO BENCH BINGE BINGO BONEY BONGO BONUS BUNCH BUNNY

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Pattern guide

What fits B_N__?

All 86 matching words are shown above. 10 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

E 35% A 31% S 31% U 29% O 26% I 22%

Words with five different letters

78% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BANJO BENCH BINGE BINGO BONEY

Common letter pairs

BU 22/86 words (26%) UN 22/86 words (26%) BA 21/86 words (24%) AN 21/86 words (24%) BO 16/86 words (19%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 47% · two: 50% · three or more: 3%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match B_N__?
86 five-letter words match B_N__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 10 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, BONER has the highest feedback entropy at 5.13 bits against the possible answers.