5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching G_L__

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What the remaining words have in common

48 matching words2 not previously used2 past answers

Position 2U 29%A 27%I 17%O 17%
Position 4E 19%A 17%L 17%P 13%
Position 5S 40%Y 19%A 6%H 6%

4 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess GOLLY

Still undecided: 2nd letter: O, U·4th letter: C, E, L·5th letter: H, M, Y

Possible answers

GOLEM GOLLY GULCH GULLY

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What fits G_L__?

All 48 matching words are shown above. 4 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

S 40% A 40% U 31% E 29% I 23% O 21%

Words with five different letters

67% of the matches have no repeated letters.

GOLEM GULCH GALED GALES GALIS

Common letter pairs

GU 14/48 words (29%) UL 14/48 words (29%) GA 13/48 words (27%) AL 13/48 words (27%) LE 9/48 words (19%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 48% · two: 44% · three or more: 8%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match G_L__?
48 five-letter words match G_L__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 4 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, GILET has the highest feedback entropy at 5.24 bits against the possible answers.