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Five-letter words matching L_R__

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What the remaining words have in common

44 matching words2 not previously used5 past answers

Position 2A 36%U 25%O 20%E 7%
Position 4E 25%G 11%I 11%D 9%
Position 5S 36%Y 14%D 7%E 7%

7 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess LYRIC

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

Possible answers

LARGE LARVA LORIS LORRY LURCH LURID LYRIC

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What fits L_R__?

All 44 matching words are shown above. 7 are possible answers.

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Useful letters still to test

A 43% S 36% E 32% U 27% O 25% I 20%

Words with five different letters

77% of the matches have no repeated letters.

LARGE LORIS LURCH LURID LYRIC

Common letter pairs

LA 16/44 words (36%) AR 16/44 words (36%) LU 11/44 words (25%) UR 11/44 words (25%) RE 11/44 words (25%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 43% · two: 55% · three or more: 2%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match L_R__?
44 five-letter words match L_R__ 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, LARES has the highest feedback entropy at 5.63 bits against the possible answers.