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Five-letter words matching M__L_

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What the remaining words have in common

63 matching words0 not previously used5 past answers

Position 2O 32%A 25%E 13%I 10%

Position 3L 19%U 16%I 14%R 14%

Position 5S 37%E 21%Y 17%A 11%

5 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess MADLY

Still undecided: 2nd letter: A, E, O·3rd letter: A, D, N, P, U·5th letter: E, T, Y

Possible answers

MADLY MANLY MAPLE MEALY MOULT

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Splits these words most evenly: MARLE of the 63 words here

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Useful letters still to test

A 43% S 37% O 35% E 30% I 27% U 25%

Words with five different letters

63% of the matches have no repeated letters.

MADLY MANLY MAPLE MEALY MOULT

Common letter pairs

LS 23/63 words (37%) MO 20/63 words (32%) MA 16/63 words (25%) LL 14/63 words (22%) LE 13/63 words (21%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 37% · two: 52% · three or more: 11%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match M__L_?: 63 five-letter words match M__L_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 5 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, MARLE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.53 bits against the possible answers.

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