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Five-letter words matching B_U__

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Showing 55 matching words

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55 matching words4 not previously used8 past answers

Position 2L 33%R 31%O 25%A 7%

Position 4N 13%R 13%S 11%E 9%

Position 5S 25%E 15%T 13%D 7%

12 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess BLURT

Still undecided: 2nd letter: L, O, R·4th letter: E, F, G, L, N, R, S, T·5th letter: B, D, E, F, H, R, T

Possible answers

BLUER BLUFF BLUNT BLURB BLURT BLUSH BOUGH BOULE BOUND BRUNT BRUSH BRUTE

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

BLUER possible BLUFF used BLUNT used BLURB used BLURT used BLUSH used BOUGH used BOULE possible BOUND possible BRUNT possible BRUSH used BRUTE used BLUES guess BOUTS guess BAUDS guess BAUKS guess BAULK guess BAURS guess BHUNA guess BHUTS guess BLUBS guess BLUDE guess BLUDS guess BLUDY guess BLUED guess BLUET guess BLUEY guess BLUID guess BLUME guess BLUNK guess BLURS guess BOUGE guess BOUKS guess BOULT guess BOUNS guess BOURD guess BOURG guess BOURN guess BOUSE guess BOUSY guess BOUTU guess BRUCK guess BRUGH guess BRUHS guess BRUIN guess BRUIT guess BRUJA guess BRUJO guess BRULE guess BRUME guess BRUNG guess BRUSK guess BRUST guess BRUTS guess BRUVS guess

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Splits these words most evenly: BRUTE of the 55 words here

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Useful letters still to test

R 45% L 40% S 36% O 27% E 24% T 22%

Words with five different letters

93% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BLUER BLUNT BLURT BLUSH BOUGH

Common letter pairs

BL 18/55 words (33%) LU 18/55 words (33%) BR 17/55 words (31%) RU 17/55 words (31%) BO 14/55 words (25%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 38% · two: 55% · three or more: 7%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match B_U__?: 55 five-letter words match B_U__ 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, BRUTE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.14 bits against the possible answers.

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