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Five-letter words matching B_S__

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What the remaining words have in common

59 matching words5 not previously used7 past answers

Position 2A 42%E 17%U 17%O 15%
Position 4E 19%T 17%S 14%I 12%
Position 5S 22%Y 14%N 12%I 8%

12 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess BASIS

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

Possible answers

BASAL BASIC BASIL BASIN BASIS BASTE BESET BISON BOSOM BOSSY BUSED BUSHY

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What fits B_S__?

All 59 matching words are shown above. 12 are possible answers.

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Useful letters still to test

A 47% E 36% O 29% I 27% T 24% U 19%

Words with five different letters

49% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BASIC BASIL BASIN BASTE BISON

Common letter pairs

BA 25/59 words (42%) AS 25/59 words (42%) ES 13/59 words (22%) SE 12/59 words (20%) ST 10/59 words (17%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 26% · two: 71% · three or more: 3%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match B_S__?
59 five-letter words match B_S__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 12 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, BASTE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.3 bits against the possible answers.