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Five-letter words matching F_U__

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Showing 46 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

46 matching words3 not previously used9 past answers

Position 2L 39%A 22%O 22%R 11%

Position 4E 13%N 13%T 11%L 9%

Position 5S 20%T 15%D 13%E 13%

12 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess FLUKE

Still undecided: 2nd letter: A, L, O, R·4th letter: F, I, K, L, M, N, S, T·5th letter: A, D, E, F, G, H, K, T

Possible answers

FAULT FAUNA FLUFF FLUID FLUKE FLUME FLUNG FLUNK FLUSH FLUTE FOUND FRUIT

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

FAULT used FAUNA possible FLUFF used FLUID possible FLUKE used FLUME used FLUNG used FLUNK used FLUSH possible FLUTE used FOUND used FRUIT used FOULS guess FOURS guess FAUCH guess FAUGH guess FAULD guess FAUNS guess FAURD guess FAUTE guess FAUTS guess FAUVE guess FEUAR guess FEUDS guess FEUED guess FLUBS guess FLUED guess FLUES guess FLUEY guess FLUKY guess FLUMP guess FLUOR guess FLURR guess FLUTY guess FLUYT guess FOUAT guess FOUDS guess FOUER guess FOUET guess FOULE guess FOUNT guess FOUTH guess FRUGS guess FRUMP guess FRUSH guess FRUST guess

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Splits these words most evenly: FAUTE of the 46 words here

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Useful letters still to test

L 48% E 30% T 26% A 26% S 26% O 24%

Words with five different letters

91% of the matches have no repeated letters.

FAULT FLUID FLUKE FLUME FLUNG

Common letter pairs

FL 18/46 words (39%) LU 18/46 words (39%) FA 10/46 words (22%) AU 10/46 words (22%) FO 10/46 words (22%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 30% · two: 50% · three or more: 20%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match F_U__?: 46 five-letter words match F_U__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 12 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, FAUTE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.09 bits against the possible answers.

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