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Five-letter words matching F_N__

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Showing 52 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

52 matching words1 not previously used8 past answers

Position 2U 29%A 23%I 21%E 13%

Position 4D 23%G 12%E 10%I 10%

Position 5S 42%Y 19%A 8%O 8%

9 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess FANCY

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

Possible answers

FANCY FANNY FENCE FINAL FINCH FINER FUNGI FUNKY FUNNY

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

FANCY used FANNY possible FENCE used FINAL used FINCH used FINER used FUNGI used FUNKY used FUNNY used FANGS guess FINDS guess FINED guess FINES guess FONTS guess FUNDS guess FANAL guess FANDS guess FANES guess FANGA guess FANGO guess FANKS guess FANON guess FANOS guess FANUM guess FENDS guess FENDY guess FENIS guess FENKS guess FENNY guess FENTS guess FINCA guess FINIS guess FINKS guess FINNY guess FINOS guess FONDA guess FONDS guess FONDU guess FONES guess FONIO guess FONLY guess FUNDA guess FUNDI guess FUNDO guess FUNDY guess FUNGO guess FUNGS guess FUNIC guess FUNIS guess FUNKS guess FUNSY guess FUNTS guess

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Opening information

Splits these words most evenly: FANES of the 52 words here

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Useful letters still to test

S 44% I 33% U 33% A 31% D 25% O 25%

Words with five different letters

81% of the matches have no repeated letters.

FANCY FINAL FINCH FINER FUNGI

Common letter pairs

FU 15/52 words (29%) UN 15/52 words (29%) FA 12/52 words (23%) AN 12/52 words (23%) ND 12/52 words (23%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 48% · two: 50% · three or more: 2%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match F_N__?: 52 five-letter words match F_N__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 9 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, FANES has the highest feedback entropy at 5.02 bits against the possible answers.

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