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Five-letter words matching E__C_

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What the remaining words have in common

20 matching words3 not previously used5 past answersBest matching test word: ERICA

Position 2R 25%D 15%P 15%M 10%

Position 3I 40%A 20%E 20%U 15%

Position 5T 50%S 30%A 5%E 5%

Possible answers

EDICT EJECT ELECT ENACT EPOCH ERECT EVICT EXACT

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

EDICT used EJECT used ELECT possible ENACT used EPOCH used ERECT possible EVICT possible EXACT used ERICA guess EXECS guess EDUCE guess EDUCT guess EMACS guess EMICS guess EPACT guess EPICS guess ERICK guess ERICS guess ERUCT guess ETICS guess

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The top-ranked splitter is shown in the shortlist note below. Add a gray or yellow clue here to recalculate after the position changes.

Previously used by Wordle: EDICT (June 22, 2024); EJECT (December 1, 2022); ENACT (July 13, 2024); EPOCH (December 6, 2021); EXACT (August 18, 2023).

Top-ranked splitter ADRIP

Average remaining: 1.5
Worst branch: 2
Information: 2.5 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

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ADRIP does not fit this page's clues. ERICA keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.25 (3 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: E_ECT

EJECT, ELECT, ERECT differ only in the second position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; ADRIP tests the family more efficiently.

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Splits these words most evenly: ERICA of the 20 words here

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T 55% I 40% S 30% A 25% R 25% D 15%

Words with five different letters

75% of the matches have no repeated letters.

EDICT ENACT EPOCH EVICT EXACT

Common letter pairs

CT 10/20 words (50%) IC 8/20 words (40%) CS 6/20 words (30%) ER 5/20 words (25%) EC 4/20 words (20%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 90% · three or more: 10%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match E__C_?: 20 five-letter words match E__C_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 8 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, ERICA has the highest feedback entropy at 5.37 bits against the possible answers.

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