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Five-letter words matching B__O_

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65 matching words4 not previously used10 past answers

Position 2O 22%A 18%E 17%I 17%

Position 3O 15%L 11%S 11%T 11%

Position 5S 25%N 18%M 9%T 8%

14 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess BLOOM

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

Possible answers

BACON BARON BATON BAYOU BELOW BIGOT BISON BLOOD BLOOM BOSOM BROOD BROOK

2 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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

BACON used BARON used BATON used BAYOU used BELOW used BIGOT possible BISON possible BLOOD used BLOOM used BOSOM possible BROOD used BROOK used BROOM used BUXOM possible BABOO guess BALOI guess BALON guess BALOO guess BALOT guess BASON guess BATOS guess BAZOO guess BEBOP guess BEFOG guess BEGOB guess BEGOT guess BELON guess BEROB guess BESOM guess BESOT guess BETON guess BEVOR guess BHOOT guess BIDON guess BIGOS guess BIHON guess BIJOU guess BIPOD guess BIROS guess BISOM guess BITOS guess BITOU guess BLOOK guess BLOOP guess BOBOL guess BOBOS guess BODOH guess BOHOS guess BOKOS guess BOLOS guess BOMOH guess BOMOR guess BORON guess BOSON guess BOTOS guess BOYOS guess BOZOS guess BRIOS guess BROOL guess BROOS guess BUDOS guess BUFOS guess BUKOS guess BUROO guess BUTOH guess

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Splits these words most evenly: BALOT of the 65 words here

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Useful letters still to test

S 35% R 20% L 20% I 20% A 18% N 18%

Words with five different letters

52% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BACON BARON BATON BAYOU BELOW

Common letter pairs

OS 18/65 words (28%) BO 16/65 words (25%) OO 14/65 words (22%) BA 12/65 words (18%) ON 12/65 words (18%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 88% · three or more: 12%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match B__O_?: 65 five-letter words match B__O_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 14 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, BALOT has the highest feedback entropy at 5.06 bits against the possible answers.

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