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Five-letter words matching G_R__

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64 matching words1 not previously used2 past answers

Position 2A 23%O 22%I 17%U 14%

Position 4L 11%A 9%B 9%E 9%

Position 5S 41%E 14%Y 13%H 8%

3 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess GIRLY

Still undecided: 2nd letter: I, O·4th letter: G, L, T·5th letter: E, H, Y

Possible answers

GIRLY GIRTH GORGE

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

GIRLY possible GIRTH used GORGE used GARDE guess GARTH guess GERMS guess GIRLS guess GARAM guess GARBA guess GARBE guess GARBO guess GARBS guess GARDA guess GARES guess GARIS guess GARMS guess GARNI guess GARRE guess GARRI guess GARUM guess GERAH guess GERBE guess GERES guess GERLE guess GERMY guess GERNE guess GIRDS guess GIRLF guess GIRNS guess GIRON guess GIROS guess GIRRS guess GIRSH guess GIRTS guess GORAL guess GORAS guess GORAY guess GORBS guess GORDO guess GORED guess GORES guess GORIS guess GORMS guess GORMY guess GORPS guess GORSE guess GORSY guess GRRLS guess GRRRL guess GURDY guess GURGE guess GURKS guess GURLS guess GURLY guess GURNS guess GURRY guess GURSH guess GURUS guess GYRAL guess GYRED guess GYRES guess GYRON guess GYROS guess GYRUS guess

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Splits these words most evenly: GARES of the 64 words here

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Useful letters still to test

S 47% A 31% O 30% E 28% I 23% Y 22%

Words with five different letters

73% of the matches have no repeated letters.

GIRLY GIRTH GARBE GARBO GARBS

Common letter pairs

GA 15/64 words (23%) AR 15/64 words (23%) GO 14/64 words (22%) OR 14/64 words (22%) GI 11/64 words (17%)

Vowels

No vowels: 3% · one: 50% · two: 47% · three or more: 0%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match G_R__?: 64 five-letter words match G_R__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 3 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, GARES has the highest feedback entropy at 5.35 bits against the possible answers.

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