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Five-letter words matching B__L_

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Showing 52 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

52 matching words3 not previously used8 past answers

Position 2A 21%O 21%U 19%I 17%

Position 3L 27%I 12%A 10%R 10%

Position 5S 35%E 21%Y 17%A 6%

11 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess BILLY

Still undecided: 2nd letter: A, E, I, O, U·3rd letter: B, D, G, I, L, R, U·5th letter: D, E, T, Y

Possible answers

BADLY BELLE BELLY BIBLE BILLY BOULE BUGLE BUILD BUILT BULLY BURLY

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

BADLY used BELLE used BELLY used BIBLE possible BILLY possible BOULE possible BUGLE used BUILD used BUILT used BULLY used BURLY used BALLS guess BELLO guess BELLS guess BILLS guess BOILS guess BOWLS guess BRILL guess BULLS guess BAALS guess BAELS guess BAILE guess BAILS guess BALLO guess BALLY guess BAULK guess BAWLS guess BAYLE guess BBALL guess BEALS guess BELLI guess BHELS guess BIALI guess BIALY guess BIELD guess BIGLY guess BIRLE guess BIRLS guess BODLE guess BOGLE guess BOLLS guess BOOLS guess BOULT guess BOXLA guess BOYLA guess BOYLY guess BRULE guess BUHLS guess BULLA guess BURLS guess BUTLE guess BYRLS guess

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21% possible answers

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Opening information

Splits these words most evenly: BAILE of the 52 words here

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Useful letters still to test

E 37% A 35% S 35% I 31% U 27% O 25%

Words with five different letters

60% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BADLY BOULE BUGLE BUILD BUILT

Common letter pairs

LS 18/52 words (35%) LL 16/52 words (31%) BA 12/52 words (23%) LE 11/52 words (21%) BO 11/52 words (21%)

Vowels

No vowels: 2% · one: 40% · two: 52% · three or more: 6%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match B__L_?: 52 five-letter words match B__L_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 11 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, BAILE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.43 bits against the possible answers.

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