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Five-letter words starting with L and ending in E (L___E)

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Showing 65 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

65 matching words1 not previously used14 past answers

Position 2O 28%E 23%A 22%I 17%

Position 3T 14%A 11%C 8%N 8%

Position 4G 12%S 12%H 9%I 9%

15 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess LEASE

Still undecided: 2nd letter: A, E, I, O, U·3rd letter: A, D, E, N, O, P, R, T, U·4th letter: C, G, H, L, S, T, V

Possible answers

LADLE LANCE LAPSE LARGE LATHE LATTE LEASE LEAVE LEDGE LIEGE LITHE LODGE

3 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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

LADLE used LANCE used LAPSE used LARGE used LATHE used LATTE used LEASE used LEAVE used LEDGE used LIEGE possible LITHE used LODGE used LOOSE used LOUSE used LUNGE used LEMME guess LEONE guess LITRE guess LOUIE guess LABNE guess LADEE guess LAIDE guess LANDE guess LAPJE guess LAREE guess LATKE guess LAUDE guess LEARE guess LEAZE guess LECHE guess LEESE guess LEEZE guess LEFTE guess LEGGE guess LENSE guess LETHE guess LEVEE guess LIANE guess LIBRE guess LIEVE guess LIGGE guess LIGNE guess LISLE guess LITIE guess LIVRE guess LOAVE guess LOCHE guess LOCIE guess LOGIE guess LOIPE guess LONGE guess LOOIE guess LOTTE guess LOUPE guess LOURE guess LOVEE guess LOVIE guess LOWNE guess LOWSE guess LUCRE guess LUMME guess LURVE guess LYASE guess LYCEE guess LYTHE guess

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Splits these words most evenly: LIANE of the 65 words here

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Useful letters still to test

A 32% O 29% I 28% N 15% G 15% T 15%

Words with five different letters

54% of the matches have no repeated letters.

LANCE LAPSE LARGE LATHE LITHE

Common letter pairs

LO 18/65 words (28%) LE 17/65 words (26%) LA 14/65 words (22%) LI 11/65 words (17%) SE 8/65 words (12%)

Vowels

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

Common questions

How many five-letter words match L___E?: 65 five-letter words match L___E in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 15 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, LIANE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.69 bits against the possible answers.

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