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Five-letter words matching M_S__

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What the remaining words have in common

76 matching words2 not previously used7 past answers

Position 2U 26%A 21%E 20%I 18%
Position 4E 21%T 17%S 13%A 8%
Position 5S 24%Y 18%A 11%E 8%

9 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess MISSY

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

Possible answers

MASON MASSE MISER MISSY MOSSY MUSHY MUSIC MUSKY MUSTY

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Pattern guide

What fits M_S__?

All 76 matching words are shown above. 9 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

E 42% A 36% U 30% I 26% O 22% Y 22%

Words with five different letters

55% of the matches have no repeated letters.

MASON MISER MUSHY MUSIC MUSKY

Common letter pairs

US 21/76 words (28%) MU 20/76 words (26%) ES 19/76 words (25%) SE 18/76 words (24%) AS 17/76 words (22%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 33% · two: 64% · three or more: 3%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match M_S__?
76 five-letter words match M_S__ 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, MASER has the highest feedback entropy at 5.35 bits against the possible answers.