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Five-letter words matching H_L__

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Showing 66 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

66 matching words0 not previously used5 past answers

Position 2A 30%E 20%O 20%I 14%

Position 4L 23%E 17%O 9%M 8%

Position 5S 39%A 11%O 9%Y 9%

5 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess HELIX

Still undecided: 2nd letter: A, E, I, O·4th letter: I, L, V·5th letter: E, O, X, Y

Possible answers

HALVE HELIX HELLO HILLY HOLLY

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

HALVE used HELIX used HELLO used HILLY used HOLLY used HALAL guess HALLS guess HELLA guess HELLS guess HELPS guess HILLS guess HOLDS guess HOLED guess HOLES guess HALDI guess HALED guess HALER guess HALES guess HALFA guess HALFS guess HALID guess HALLO guess HALMA guess HALMS guess HALON guess HALOS guess HALSE guess HALSH guess HALTS guess HALVA guess HALWA guess HELED guess HELES guess HELIO guess HELLY guess HELMS guess HELOS guess HELOT guess HELVE guess HILAR guess HILCH guess HILLO guess HILSA guess HILTS guess HILUM guess HILUS guess HOLEY guess HOLKS guess HOLLA guess HOLLO guess HOLME guess HOLMS guess HOLON guess HOLOS guess HOLTS guess HULAS guess HULES guess HULKS guess HULKY guess HULLO guess HULLS guess HULLY guess HYLAS guess HYLEG guess HYLES guess HYLIC guess

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Splits these words most evenly: HALSE of the 66 words here

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Useful letters still to test

S 44% A 39% E 38% O 33% I 21% Y 15%

Words with five different letters

59% of the matches have no repeated letters.

HALVE HELIX HALDI HALED HALER

Common letter pairs

HA 20/66 words (30%) AL 20/66 words (30%) LL 15/66 words (23%) HE 13/66 words (20%) EL 13/66 words (20%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 39% · two: 59% · three or more: 2%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match H_L__?: 66 five-letter words match H_L__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 5 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, HALSE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.48 bits against the possible answers.

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