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Five-letter words matching B__A_

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74 matching words4 not previously used9 past answers

Position 2E 24%O 23%A 18%U 9%

Position 3L 12%E 9%G 9%R 9%

Position 5S 24%N 9%R 9%T 9%

13 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess BLEAK

Still undecided: 2nd letter: A, E, L, O, R, Y·3rd letter: E, G, I, L, N, O, R, S·5th letter: D, K, L, N, R, T, W, X

Possible answers

BANAL BASAL BEGAN BEGAT BLEAK BLEAT BLOAT BORAX BREAD BREAK BRIAR BROAD

1 more possible answer is in the full list below.

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

BANAL used BASAL possible BEGAN possible BEGAT possible BLEAK used BLEAT used BLOAT possible BORAX used BREAD used BREAK used BRIAR used BROAD used BYLAW used BABAS guess BADAM guess BAJAN guess BALAS guess BAMAS guess BANAK guess BASAN guess BASAS guess BAYAS guess BAZAR guess BAZAS guess BECAP guess BEDAD guess BEGAD guess BEGAR guess BEKAH guess BELAH guess BELAR guess BELAY guess BEMAD guess BEMAS guess BEPAT guess BERAY guess BESAT guess BESAW guess BETAS guess BEVAN guess BIGAE guess BILAL guess BILAT guess BIMAH guess BIMAS guess BINAL guess BLEAH guess BLEAR guess BOBAC guess BOBAK guess BOBAS guess BOGAN guess BOLAR guess BOLAS guess BOMAS guess BOOAI guess BOOAY guess BORAK guess BORAL guess BORAS guess BOTAS guess BOWAT guess BOYAR guess BOYAU guess BRAAI guess BREAM guess BUBAL guess BUBAS guess BUDAS guess BUGAN guess BUNAS guess BURAN guess BURAS guess BYWAY guess

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Splits these words most evenly: BELAR of the 74 words here

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Useful letters still to test

E 35% S 30% L 26% O 26% R 26% N 15%

Words with five different letters

66% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BEGAN BEGAT BLEAK BLEAT BLOAT

Common letter pairs

AS 20/74 words (27%) BA 18/74 words (24%) BE 18/74 words (24%) BO 17/74 words (23%) AN 9/74 words (12%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 3% · two: 90% · three or more: 7%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match B__A_?: 74 five-letter words match B__A_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 13 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, BELAR has the highest feedback entropy at 5.29 bits against the possible answers.

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