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Five-letter words matching F_I__

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What the remaining words have in common

50 matching words4 not previously used11 past answers

Position 2R 36%L 32%A 18%O 8%

Position 4T 20%N 14%E 12%S 12%

Position 5S 34%T 18%E 12%K 6%

15 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess FLIRT

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

Possible answers

FAINT FAIRY FAITH FEIGN FLICK FLIER FLING FLINT FLIRT FOIST FRIAR FRIED

3 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

FAINT used FAIRY possible FAITH used FEIGN used FLICK used FLIER possible FLING used FLINT used FLIRT used FOIST used FRIAR possible FRIED used FRILL used FRISK possible FRITZ used FAILS guess FAIRE guess FAIRS guess FLIES guess FLIPS guess FRIES guess FAIKS guess FAINE guess FAINS guess FEINT guess FEIST guess FLICS guess FLIED guess FLIMP guess FLIMS guess FLIRS guess FLISK guess FLITE guess FLITS guess FLITT guess FOIDS guess FOILS guess FOINS guess FRIBS guess FRIER guess FRIGS guess FRISE guess FRIST guess FRITA guess FRITE guess FRITH guess FRITS guess FRITT guess FRIZE guess FRIZZ guess

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

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Useful letters still to test

R 48% S 46% L 38% T 34% E 30% A 22%

Words with five different letters

88% of the matches have no repeated letters.

FAINT FAIRY FAITH FEIGN FLICK

Common letter pairs

FR 18/50 words (36%) RI 18/50 words (36%) FL 16/50 words (32%) LI 16/50 words (32%) IT 10/50 words (20%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 44% · two: 52% · three or more: 4%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match F_I__?: 50 five-letter words match F_I__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 15 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, FAIRE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.41 bits against the possible answers.

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