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Five-letter words matching L_A__

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Showing 49 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

49 matching words2 not previously used11 past answers

Position 2E 49%O 18%I 12%Y 8%

Position 4R 22%N 16%M 10%S 10%

Position 5S 31%E 14%Y 14%T 12%

13 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess LEAST

Still undecided: 2nd letter: E, L, O·4th letter: C, F, K, M, N, P, R, S, T, V·5th letter: A, E, H, N, T, Y

Possible answers

LEACH LEAFY LEAKY LEANT LEAPT LEARN LEASE LEASH LEAST LEAVE LLAMA LOAMY

1 more possible answer is in the full list below.

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

LEACH used LEAFY used LEAKY used LEANT possible LEAPT used LEARN used LEASE used LEASH used LEAST used LEAVE used LLAMA used LOAMY possible LOATH used LEADS guess LEAFS guess LEAKS guess LEANS guess LEAPS guess LIANG guess LIARS guess LOADS guess LOANS guess LAARF guess LAARI guess LEADY guess LEAMS guess LEANY guess LEARE guess LEARS guess LEARY guess LEATS guess LEAVY guess LEAZE guess LIANA guess LIANE guess LIARD guess LIART guess LLANO guess LOACH guess LOAFS guess LOAMS guess LOAST guess LOAVE guess LUACH guess LUAUS guess LYAMS guess LYARD guess LYART guess LYASE guess

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Splits these words most evenly: LEAST of the 49 words here

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E 55% S 41% Y 22% R 22% O 20% N 18%

Words with five different letters

80% of the matches have no repeated letters.

LEACH LEAFY LEAKY LEANT LEAPT

Common letter pairs

LE 24/49 words (49%) EA 24/49 words (49%) AR 11/49 words (22%) LO 9/49 words (18%) OA 9/49 words (18%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 6% · two: 76% · three or more: 18%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match L_A__?: 49 five-letter words match L_A__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 13 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, LEAST has the highest feedback entropy at 5.75 bits against the possible answers.

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