Five-letter words matching M_L__

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What the remaining words have in common

88 matching words2 not previously used4 past answers

Position 2O 25%A 23%I 20%E 17%
Position 4A 15%E 15%L 14%T 10%
Position 5S 33%Y 13%E 10%A 9%
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6 possible answers fit.

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

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

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

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What fits M_L__?

All 88 matching words are shown above. 6 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

65% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

MO 22/88 words (25%) OL 22/88 words (25%) AL 21/88 words (24%) MA 20/88 words (23%) MI 18/88 words (20%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 36% · two: 51% · three or more: 13%

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How many five-letter words match M_L__?
88 five-letter words match M_L__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 6 are possible answers.