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Five-letter words matching B__I_

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What the remaining words have in common

50 matching words0 not previously used10 past answers

Position 2E 22%A 20%R 16%I 14%

Position 3S 14%A 10%N 10%R 8%

Position 5N 16%S 16%E 14%D 12%

10 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess BRAIN

Still undecided: 2nd letter: A, E, R·3rd letter: A, F, G, L, O, S·5th letter: C, D, E, L, N, S, T

Possible answers

BASIC BASIL BASIN BASIS BEFIT BEGIN BELIE BRAID BRAIN BROIL

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BASIC used BASIL used BASIN used BASIS used BEFIT used BEGIN used BELIE used BRAID used BRAIN used BROIL used BOWIE guess BAGIE guess BANIA guess BARIC guess BASIJ guess BATIK guess BAVIN guess BEDIM guess BELIT guess BEMIX guess BENIS guess BESIT guess BETID guess BEWIG guess BEZIL guess BHAIS guess BIBIS guess BIDIS guess BIFID guess BIKIE guess BINIT guess BIRIS guess BIVIA guess BLAIN guess BLUID guess BOGIE guess BOLIX guess BONIE guess BORIC guess BOSIE guess BOVID guess BRAIL guess BREID guess BREIS guess BRUIN guess BRUIT guess BUDIS guess BUNIA guess BURIN guess BUYIN guess

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Opening information

Splits these words most evenly: BRAIL of the 50 words here

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Useful letters still to test

E 38% A 34% S 28% N 26% R 24% L 18%

Words with five different letters

80% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BASIC BASIL BASIN BEFIT BEGIN

Common letter pairs

BE 11/50 words (22%) BA 10/50 words (20%) IN 9/50 words (18%) IS 8/50 words (16%) BR 8/50 words (16%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 80% · three or more: 20%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match B__I_?: 50 five-letter words match B__I_ 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, BRAIL has the highest feedback entropy at 5.15 bits against the possible answers.

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