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Five-letter words matching B__S_

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Showing 48 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

48 matching words2 not previously used12 past answers

Position 2R 23%O 19%L 17%A 15%

Position 3A 17%I 17%S 17%U 13%

Position 5E 23%T 21%Y 17%A 10%

14 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess BRASS

Still undecided: 2nd letter: A, E, L, O, R, U·3rd letter: A, E, I, L, O, R, S, U·5th letter: A, H, K, S, T, Y

Possible answers

BALSA BEAST BLAST BLESS BLISS BLUSH BOAST BOOST BOSSY BRASH BRASS BRISK

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

BALSA used BEAST used BLAST used BLESS possible BLISS used BLUSH used BOAST used BOOST used BOSSY used BRASH used BRASS used BRISK used BRUSH used BURST possible BAGSY guess BAISA guess BASSE guess BASSI guess BASSO guess BASSY guess BEISA guess BIOSE guess BIRSE guess BIRSY guess BITSY guess BLASE guess BLASH guess BLEST guess BLIST guess BOOSE guess BOSSA guess BOUSE guess BOUSY guess BOWSE guess BOYSY guess BRAST guess BRISE guess BRISS guess BROSE guess BROSY guess BRUSK guess BRUST guess BUIST guess BULSE guess BURSA guess BURSE guess BUSSU guess BYSSI guess

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Splits these words most evenly: BLASE of the 48 words here

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Useful letters still to test

A 38% R 33% E 31% I 29% O 27% U 25%

Words with five different letters

65% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BEAST BLAST BLUSH BOAST BRASH

Common letter pairs

AS 12/48 words (25%) SS 12/48 words (25%) BR 11/48 words (23%) SE 11/48 words (23%) ST 10/48 words (21%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 50% · two: 40% · three or more: 10%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match B__S_?: 48 five-letter words match B__S_ 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, BLASE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.38 bits against the possible answers.

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