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Five-letter words matching F_A__

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Showing 62 matching words

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62 matching words2 not previously used14 past answers

Position 2L 45%R 31%E 15%O 5%

Position 4R 13%M 11%T 10%I 8%

Position 5S 39%E 16%Y 10%K 8%

16 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess FLAKE

Still undecided: 2nd letter: E, L, O, R·4th letter: C, I, K, M, N, R, S, U·5th letter: D, E, H, K, L, R, T, Y

Possible answers

FEAST FLACK FLAIL FLAIR FLAKE FLAKY FLAME FLANK FLARE FLASH FLASK FOAMY

4 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

FEAST used FLACK possible FLAIL used FLAIR used FLAKE used FLAKY used FLAME used FLANK used FLARE used FLASH used FLASK used FOAMY used FRAIL used FRAME used FRANK used FRAUD possible FEARS guess FEATS guess FLAGS guess FLAPS guess FLATS guess FLAWS guess FRANC guess FEALS guess FEARD guess FEARE guess FEART guess FEASE guess FEAZE guess FIARS guess FIATS guess FLABS guess FLAFF guess FLAKS guess FLAMM guess FLAMS guess FLAMY guess FLANE guess FLANS guess FLARY guess FLAVA guess FLAWN guess FLAWY guess FLAXY guess FLAYS guess FNARR guess FOALS guess FOAMS guess FRABS guess FRACK guess FRACT guess FRAGS guess FRAIM guess FRAIS guess FRAPE guess FRAPS guess FRASS guess FRATE guess FRATI guess FRATS guess FRAUS guess FRAYS guess

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Splits these words most evenly: FRATE of the 62 words here

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Useful letters still to test

L 50% S 45% R 45% E 26% T 15% K 13%

Words with five different letters

85% of the matches have no repeated letters.

FEAST FLACK FLAIR FLAKE FLAKY

Common letter pairs

FL 28/62 words (45%) LA 28/62 words (45%) FR 19/62 words (31%) RA 19/62 words (31%) FE 9/62 words (15%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 52% · two: 43% · three or more: 5%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match F_A__?: 62 five-letter words match F_A__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 16 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, FRATE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.46 bits against the possible answers.

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