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Five-letter words matching M__I_

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91 matching words1 not previously used12 past answers

Position 2A 27%U 19%E 18%O 18%

Position 3D 12%N 12%R 12%T 11%

Position 5S 22%E 16%C 15%A 9%

13 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess MANIC

Still undecided: 2nd letter: A, E, I, O, U·3rd letter: D, F, G, M, N, R, S, T, V, X·5th letter: A, C, E, F, M, T

Possible answers

MAFIA MAGIC MANIA MANIC MAXIM MEDIA MEDIC MERIT MIMIC MINIM MOTIF MOVIE

1 more possible answer is in the full list below.

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

MAFIA used MAGIC used MANIA used MANIC used MAXIM used MEDIA used MEDIC used MERIT used MIMIC used MINIM possible MOTIF used MOVIE used MUSIC used MALIK guess MARIA guess MADID guess MAFIC guess MAHIS guess MAKIE guess MAKIS guess MALIC guess MALIS guess MAMIE guess MAMIL guess MANIE guess MANIS guess MARID guess MARIL guess MATIN guess MAVIE guess MAVIN guess MAVIS guess MAXIS guess MEDII guess MEDIN guess MELIC guess MELIK guess MEMIC guess MENIL guess MERIL guess MERIS guess MESIA guess MESIC guess METIC guess METIF guess METIS guess MIAIS guess MIDIS guess MIHIS guess MILIA guess MIMIS guess MINIS guess MIRID guess MIRIN guess MITIE guess MITIS guess MIXIE guess MIXIS guess MOAIS guess MOBIE guess MODII guess MODIN guess MOKIS guess MOLIE guess MOMIE guess MONIC guess MONIE guess MORIA guess MORIN guess MOTIS guess MOWIE guess MOXIE guess MUCIC guess MUCID guess MUCIN guess MUDIF guess MUDIM guess MUDIR guess MUGIL guess MUJIK guess MUKIM guess MULIE guess MUNIA guess MUNIS guess MURID guess MUSIT guess MUTIC guess MUTIS guess MYOID guess MYSID guess MYSIE guess

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Splits these words most evenly: MANIE of the 91 words here

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A 35% E 34% S 29% N 20% D 19% O 19%

Words with five different letters

69% of the matches have no repeated letters.

MAGIC MANIC MEDIA MEDIC MERIT

Common letter pairs

MA 25/91 words (27%) IS 20/91 words (22%) MI 18/91 words (20%) MU 17/91 words (19%) ME 16/91 words (18%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 1% · two: 70% · three or more: 29%

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How many five-letter words match M__I_?: 91 five-letter words match M__I_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 13 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, MANIE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.32 bits against the possible answers.

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