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Five-letter words matching H_N__

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Showing 46 matching words

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7 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess HONEY

Still undecided: 2nd letter: A, E, I, O, U·4th letter: C, D, E, G, K, O·5th letter: E, H, R, Y

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Possible answers

HANDY HENCE HINGE HONEY HONOR HUNCH HUNKY

HANDY used HENCE used HINGE used HONEY used HONOR possible HUNCH used HUNKY used HANDS guess HANGS guess HANKS guess HENRY guess HINTS guess HONDA guess HONED guess HUNTS guess HANAP guess HANCE guess HANCH guess HANDI guess HANGI guess HANKY guess HANSA guess HANSE guess HANTS guess HENCH guess HENDS guess HENGE guess HENNA guess HENNY guess HENTS guess HINAU guess HINDS guess HINGS guess HINKY guess HINNY guess HONAN guess HONDS guess HONER guess HONES guess HONGI guess HONGS guess HONKS guess HONKY guess HUNDO guess HUNKS guess HYNDE guess

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Useful letters still to test

A 37% S 37% E 35% O 28% D 22% Y 22%

Words with five different letters

74% of the matches have no repeated letters.

HANDY HINGE HONEY HUNKY HANCE

Common letter pairs

AN 8% HA 7% HO 7% ON 7% ND 5%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 57% · two: 41% · three or more: 2%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match H_N__?: 46 five-letter words match H_N__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 7 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, HANSE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.43 bits against the possible answers.

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Best matching test word: HANSE (5.43 bits)

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