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Five-letter words matching F_L__

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Showing 48 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

48 matching words5 not previously used6 past answers

Position 2I 40%E 19%O 19%A 10%

Position 4L 25%E 15%I 15%T 8%

Position 5S 27%Y 19%A 8%H 8%

11 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess FILET

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

Possible answers

FALSE FELLA FELON FILER FILET FILLY FILMY FILTH FOLIO FOLLY FULLY

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

FALSE used FELLA possible FELON possible FILER possible FILET used FILLY used FILMY possible FILTH possible FOLIO used FOLLY used FULLY used FALLS guess FELIX guess FILED guess FILES guess FILLS guess FILMS guess FOLDS guess FOLEY guess FOLKS guess FALAJ guess FALES guess FALSY guess FELCH guess FELID guess FELLS guess FELLY guess FELTS guess FELTY guess FILAR guess FILCH guess FILII guess FILKS guess FILLE guess FILLO guess FILMI guess FILON guess FILOS guess FILUM guess FOLIA guess FOLIC guess FOLIE guess FOLKY guess FULLA guess FULLS guess FULTH guess FULWA guess FYLES guess

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Splits these words most evenly: FALSE of the 48 words here

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I 52% E 40% S 31% O 27% A 21% Y 21%

Words with five different letters

67% of the matches have no repeated letters.

FALSE FELON FILER FILET FILMY

Common letter pairs

FI 19/48 words (40%) IL 19/48 words (40%) LL 12/48 words (25%) FE 9/48 words (19%) EL 9/48 words (19%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 46% · two: 46% · three or more: 8%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match F_L__?: 48 five-letter words match F_L__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 11 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, FALSE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.27 bits against the possible answers.

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