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Five-letter words matching F_E__

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What the remaining words have in common

50 matching words4 not previously used6 past answers

Position 2L 30%R 24%I 18%E 16%

Position 4E 16%R 16%L 10%N 10%

Position 5S 30%D 10%E 10%T 10%

10 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess FREED

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

Possible answers

FIELD FIEND FIERY FLECK FLEET FLESH FREAK FREED FREER FRESH

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

FIELD used FIEND used FIERY used FLECK possible FLEET possible FLESH used FREAK used FREED possible FREER possible FRESH used FEEDS guess FEELS guess FLEAS guess FREES guess FUELS guess FAENA guess FAERY guess FEEBS guess FEELY guess FEENS guess FEERS guess FEESE guess FEEZE guess FIEFS guess FIENT guess FIERE guess FIERI guess FIERS guess FIEST guess FJELD guess FLEAM guess FLEEK guess FLEER guess FLEES guess FLEGS guess FLEME guess FLEUR guess FLEWS guess FLEXI guess FLEXO guess FLEYS guess FOEHN guess FREET guess FREIT guess FREMD guess FRENA guess FREON guess FRERE guess FRETS guess FUERO guess

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Opening information

Splits these words most evenly: FREIT of the 50 words here

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Useful letters still to test

R 42% L 40% S 38% I 22% N 14% D 12%

Words with five different letters

56% of the matches have no repeated letters.

FIELD FIEND FIERY FLECK FLESH

Common letter pairs

EE 16/50 words (32%) FL 15/50 words (30%) LE 15/50 words (30%) RE 13/50 words (26%) FR 12/50 words (24%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 18% · two: 70% · three or more: 12%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match F_E__?: 50 five-letter words match F_E__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 10 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, FREIT has the highest feedback entropy at 5.17 bits against the possible answers.

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