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Five-letter words matching D__A_

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Showing 66 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

66 matching words1 not previously used5 past answers

Position 2E 32%O 20%I 15%A 14%

Position 3C 11%R 11%W 11%N 9%

Position 5S 23%L 17%N 12%R 12%

6 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess DECAL

Still undecided: 2nd letter: E, R·3rd letter: B, C, E, L·5th letter: D, L, M, R, Y

Possible answers

DEBAR DECAL DECAY DELAY DREAD DREAM

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

DEBAR possible DECAL used DECAY used DELAY used DREAD used DREAM used DIVAS guess DADAH guess DADAS guess DAMAN guess DAMAR guess DARAF guess DATAL guess DAWAH guess DAYAL guess DAYAN guess DEBAG guess DECAD guess DECAF guess DECAN guess DEDAL guess DEFAT guess DEGAS guess DEMAN guess DENAR guess DENAY guess DERAT guess DERAY guess DETAG guess DEVAS guess DEWAN guess DEWAR guess DEWAX guess DIKAS guess DINAR guess DIRAM guess DISAS guess DITAL guess DITAS guess DIVAN guess DIWAN guess DIYAS guess DOGAL guess DOGAN guess DOMAL guess DONAH guess DONAS guess DOPAS guess DORAD guess DOSAI guess DOSAS guess DOTAL guess DOUAR guess DOWAK guess DOWAR guess DREAR guess DRYAD guess DRYAS guess DUCAL guess DUCAT guess DUKAS guess DUMAS guess DUNAM guess DURAL guess DURAS guess DWAAL guess

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Splits these words most evenly: DERAT of the 66 words here

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Useful letters still to test

E 36% R 29% S 24% N 21% O 20% L 18%

Words with five different letters

73% of the matches have no repeated letters.

DEBAR DECAL DECAY DELAY DREAM

Common letter pairs

DE 21/66 words (32%) AS 15/66 words (23%) DO 13/66 words (20%) AL 11/66 words (17%) DI 10/66 words (15%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 3% · two: 94% · three or more: 3%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match D__A_?: 66 five-letter words match D__A_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 6 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, DERAT has the highest feedback entropy at 5.57 bits against the possible answers.

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