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Five-letter words matching L_N__

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Showing 58 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

58 matching words1 not previously used8 past answers

Position 2I 40%A 19%U 17%E 14%

Position 4E 21%G 19%T 10%A 9%

Position 5S 41%Y 12%E 9%H 7%

9 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess LANCE

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

Possible answers

LANCE LANKY LINEN LINER LINGO LUNAR LUNCH LUNGE LYNCH

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

LANCE used LANKY used LINEN used LINER used LINGO used LUNAR used LUNCH used LUNGE used LYNCH possible LANDS guess LANES guess LENDS guess LINED guess LINES guess LINKS guess LINUX guess LONER guess LONGS guess LUNGS guess LANAI guess LANAS guess LANCH guess LANDE guess LANED guess LANKS guess LANTS guess LENES guess LENGS guess LENIS guess LENOS guess LENSE guess LENTI guess LENTO guess LINAC guess LINCH guess LINDS guess LINDY guess LINEY guess LINGA guess LINGS guess LINGY guess LININ guess LINKY guess LINNS guess LINNY guess LINOS guess LINTS guess LINTY guess LINUM guess LONGA guess LONGE guess LUNAS guess LUNES guess LUNET guess LUNGI guess LUNKS guess LUNTS guess LYNES guess

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Splits these words most evenly: LANCE of the 58 words here

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Useful letters still to test

I 47% S 43% E 40% A 28% U 21% G 19%

Words with five different letters

86% of the matches have no repeated letters.

LANCE LANKY LINER LINGO LUNAR

Common letter pairs

LI 23/58 words (40%) IN 23/58 words (40%) NE 12/58 words (21%) LA 11/58 words (19%) AN 11/58 words (19%)

Vowels

No vowels: 2% · one: 41% · two: 55% · three or more: 2%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match L_N__?: 58 five-letter words match L_N__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 9 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, LANCE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.51 bits against the possible answers.

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