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Five-letter words matching H_R__

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Showing 57 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

57 matching words4 not previously used6 past answers

Position 2A 30%E 26%O 21%U 14%

Position 4E 14%S 11%A 9%D 9%

Position 5S 44%Y 18%E 11%M 5%

10 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess HARDY

Still undecided: 2nd letter: A, E, O, U·4th letter: D, E, N, O, P, R, S·5th letter: E, H, M, N, Y

Possible answers

HARDY HAREM HARPY HARRY HARSH HERON HORDE HORNY HORSE HURRY

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

HARDY used HAREM possible HARPY possible HARRY possible HARSH used HERON used HORDE used HORNY possible HORSE used HURRY used HARAM guess HARMS guess HERBS guess HERDS guess HERES guess HERTZ guess HIRED guess HIRES guess HORNS guess HURST guess HURTS guess HARDS guess HARED guess HARES guess HARIM guess HARKS guess HARLS guess HARNS guess HAROS guess HARPS guess HARTS guess HERBY guess HERLS guess HERMA guess HERMS guess HERNS guess HEROS guess HERPS guess HERRY guess HERSE guess HERYE guess HIREE guess HIRER guess HORAH guess HORAL guess HORAS guess HORIS guess HORKS guess HORME guess HORST guess HORSY guess HURDS guess HURLS guess HURLY guess HURRA guess HURTY guess HYRAX guess

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Splits these words most evenly: HORSE of the 57 words here

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S 54% E 44% A 40% O 26% Y 21% U 14%

Words with five different letters

79% of the matches have no repeated letters.

HARDY HAREM HARPY HERON HORDE

Common letter pairs

HA 17/57 words (30%) AR 17/57 words (30%) ER 16/57 words (28%) HE 15/57 words (26%) HO 12/57 words (21%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 58% · two: 40% · three or more: 2%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match H_R__?: 57 five-letter words match H_R__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 10 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, HORSE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.42 bits against the possible answers.

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