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Five-letter words matching D_A__

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Showing 62 matching words

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12 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess DRAWN

Still undecided: 2nd letter: E, I, R, W·4th letter: F, I, K, L, M, N, P, R, T, W·5th letter: A, E, F, H, K, L, N, T, Y

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Possible answers

DEALT DEATH DIARY DRAFT DRAIN DRAKE DRAMA DRANK DRAPE DRAWL DRAWN DWARF

DEALT possible DEATH used DIARY used DRAFT used DRAIN used DRAKE used DRAMA used DRANK possible DRAPE used DRAWL possible DRAWN used DWARF used DEALS guess DEANS guess DIALS guess DIANA guess DIANE guess DRACO guess DRAGS guess DRAWS guess DAALS guess DBAGS guess DEADS guess DEAIR guess DEARE guess DEARN guess DEARS guess DEARY guess DEASH guess DEAVE guess DEAWS guess DEAWY guess DHABA guess DHAKS guess DHALS guess DIACT guess DIAZO guess DOABS guess DOATS guess DRABS guess DRACK guess DRAFF guess DRAIL guess DRAMS guess DRANT guess DRAPS guess DRAPY guess DRATS guess DRAVE guess DRAYS guess DUADS guess DUALS guess DUANS guess DUARS guess DWAAL guess DWALE guess DWALM guess DWAMS guess DWAMY guess DWANG guess DWAUM guess DYADS guess

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Useful letters still to test

R 48% S 42% E 31% W 21% L 18% N 16%

Words with five different letters

82% of the matches have no repeated letters.

DEALT DEATH DIARY DRAFT DRAIN

Common letter pairs

DR 9% RA 9% DE 6% EA 6% AL 4%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 39% · two: 52% · three or more: 10%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match D_A__?: 62 five-letter words match D_A__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 12 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, DEALT has the highest feedback entropy at 5.55 bits against the possible answers.

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Best matching test word: DEALT (5.55 bits)

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