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Five-letter words matching C__N_

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Showing 64 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

64 matching words3 not previously used14 past answers

Position 2H 20%R 20%L 19%O 16%

Position 3I 25%A 19%R 17%O 16%

Position 5S 27%E 17%K 17%G 9%

17 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess CLANK

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

Possible answers

CANNY CHANT CHINA CHUNK CLANG CLANK CLING CLINK CLONE CLUNG CLUNK CORNY

5 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

CANNY used CHANT used CHINA possible CHUNK used CLANG used CLANK possible CLING used CLINK used CLONE used CLUNG used CLUNK used CORNY used COUNT used CRANE used CRANK used CRONE used CRONY possible CHANG guess CHING guess CHINO guess CLANS guess CLINT guess COINS guess CAINS guess CANNA guess CANNS guess CARNE guess CARNS guess CARNY guess CERNE guess CHANA guess CHANK guess CHINE guess CHINK guess CHINS guess CHONS guess CHYND guess CIONS guess CLINE guess CLONK guess CLONS guess CONNE guess CONNS guess COONS guess CORNI guess CORNO guess CORNS guess CORNU guess CRANS guess CRENA guess CRINE guess CRINK guess CRINS guess CRONK guess CRONS guess CRUNK guess CRYNE guess CTENE guess CUING guess CUNNY guess CURNS guess CURNY guess CYANO guess CYANS guess

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Splits these words most evenly: CRANE of the 64 words here

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Useful letters still to test

R 38% A 33% O 33% I 28% S 27% H 20%

Words with five different letters

83% of the matches have no repeated letters.

CHANT CHINA CHUNK CLANG CLANK

Common letter pairs

NS 17/64 words (27%) IN 16/64 words (25%) AN 15/64 words (23%) CH 13/64 words (20%) CR 13/64 words (20%)

Vowels

No vowels: 2% · one: 59% · two: 39% · three or more: 0%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match C__N_?: 64 five-letter words match C__N_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 17 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, CRANE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.73 bits against the possible answers.

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