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Five-letter words starting with M and ending in A (M___A)

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What the remaining words have in common

84 matching words3 not previously used5 past answers

Position 2A 35%U 17%O 15%E 14%

Position 3R 15%N 12%L 10%S 10%

Position 4R 13%I 10%L 8%G 7%

8 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess MANIA

Still undecided: 2nd letter: A, E, O·3rd letter: C, D, F, G, M, N·4th letter: C, G, H, I, M

Possible answers

MAFIA MAGMA MAMMA MANGA MANIA MECCA MEDIA MOCHA

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

MAFIA used MAGMA used MAMMA possible MANGA used MANIA used MECCA possible MEDIA used MOCHA possible MAGNA guess MARIA guess MASSA guess MOIRA guess MOMMA guess MACCA guess MACKA guess MAHUA guess MAHWA guess MALVA guess MALWA guess MAMBA guess MANNA guess MANOA guess MANTA guess MARGA guess MARKA guess MARMA guess MARRA guess MARUA guess MASHA guess MATRA guess MATZA guess MAUKA guess MAULA guess MAWLA guess MBILA guess MBIRA guess MBUGA guess MECHA guess MEEJA guess MEKKA guess MELBA guess MENSA guess MENTA guess MESCA guess MESIA guess METTA guess MEZZA guess MICRA guess MIGMA guess MIKRA guess MIKVA guess MILIA guess MILPA guess MIRAA guess MIRZA guess MISSA guess MITTA guess MOANA guess MOGRA guess MOHUA guess MOLLA guess MOOLA guess MORIA guess MORNA guess MORRA guess MOTZA guess MOWRA guess MSASA guess MUDRA guess MUGGA guess MULGA guess MULLA guess MUNGA guess MUNIA guess MUNJA guess MURRA guess MURVA guess MUSCA guess MUSHA guess MUSTA guess MUTHA guess MUVVA guess MVULA guess MYOMA guess

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Splits these words most evenly: MENTA of the 84 words here

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R 25% U 25% I 24% O 18% N 15% L 15%

Words with five different letters

40% of the matches have no repeated letters.

MEDIA MOCHA MBILA MBIRA MBUGA

Common letter pairs

MA 32/84 words (38%) MU 14/84 words (17%) MO 13/84 words (15%) ME 12/84 words (14%) RA 12/84 words (14%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 77% · three or more: 23%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match M___A?: 84 five-letter words match M___A in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 8 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, MENTA has the highest feedback entropy at 5.09 bits against the possible answers.

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