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Five-letter words matching G__S_

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Showing 45 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

45 matching words3 not previously used12 past answers

Position 2R 18%O 16%U 16%E 13%

Position 3E 16%O 16%A 13%I 13%

Position 5T 22%E 20%Y 20%S 13%

15 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess GUESS

Still undecided: 2nd letter: A, E, H, I, L, N, O, R, U, Y·3rd letter: A, E, I, O, P, S·5th letter: E, H, P, S, T, Y

Possible answers

GASSY GEESE GHOST GIPSY GLASS GLOSS GNASH GOOSE GRASP GRASS GROSS GUESS

3 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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

GASSY possible GEESE used GHOST used GIPSY possible GLASS used GLOSS used GNASH used GOOSE used GRASP used GRASS used GROSS used GUESS used GUEST used GUISE used GYPSY possible GADSO guess GAUSS guess GAWSY guess GEASA guess GEEST guess GEIST guess GESSE guess GESSO guess GHAST guess GHEST guess GHUSL guess GIRSH guess GIUST guess GLISK guess GLOST guess GODSO guess GOEST guess GOOSY guess GORSE guess GORSY guess GOSSE guess GRESE guess GRISE guess GRIST guess GRISY guess GROSZ guess GURSH guess GUSSY guess GUTSY guess GUYSE guess

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33% possible answers

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Splits these words most evenly: GRISE of the 45 words here

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Useful letters still to test

E 38% O 31% R 27% T 24% A 22% Y 22%

Words with five different letters

58% of the matches have no repeated letters.

GHOST GIPSY GNASH GRASP GUEST

Common letter pairs

SS 11/45 words (24%) ST 10/45 words (22%) SY 9/45 words (20%) ES 9/45 words (20%) SE 9/45 words (20%)

Vowels

No vowels: 2% · one: 51% · two: 38% · three or more: 9%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match G__S_?: 45 five-letter words match G__S_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 15 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, GRISE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.34 bits against the possible answers.

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