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Five-letter words matching K_A__

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What the remaining words have in common

50 matching words0 not previously used4 past answers

Position 2H 20%R 20%N 16%I 10%

Position 4N 18%R 10%K 8%P 8%

Position 5S 42%I 12%A 8%G 8%

4 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess KNACK

Still undecided: 2nd letter: H, N, O·4th letter: C, K, L, V·5th letter: A, E, I, K

Possible answers

KHAKI KNACK KNAVE KOALA

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

KHAKI used KNACK used KNAVE used KOALA used KRAFT guess KAAMA guess KBARS guess KCALS guess KEAKI guess KHADI guess KHADS guess KHAFS guess KHANA guess KHANS guess KHAPH guess KHATS guess KHAYA guess KHAZI guess KIAAT guess KIACK guess KIAKI guess KIANG guess KIASU guess KLANG guess KLAPS guess KNAGS guess KNAPS guess KNARL guess KNARS guess KNAUR guess KNAWE guess KOANS guess KOAPS guess KRAAL guess KRABS guess KRAIS guess KRAIT guess KRANG guess KRANS guess KRANZ guess KRAUT guess KRAYS guess KSARS guess KVASS guess KWAAI guess KYACK guess KYAKS guess KYANG guess KYARS guess KYATS guess

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8% possible answers

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Opening information

Splits these words most evenly: KRAIT of the 50 words here

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Useful letters still to test

S 44% N 34% R 32% I 24% H 20% Y 14%

Words with five different letters

66% of the matches have no repeated letters.

KNAVE KBARS KCALS KHADI KHADS

Common letter pairs

KH 10/50 words (20%) HA 10/50 words (20%) KR 10/50 words (20%) RA 10/50 words (20%) NA 9/50 words (18%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 54% · two: 32% · three or more: 14%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match K_A__?: 50 five-letter words match K_A__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 4 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, KRAIT has the highest feedback entropy at 5.13 bits against the possible answers.

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