5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching P_LO_

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8 matching words0 not previously used1 past answerBest matching test word: PELON

Position 2I 38%E 25%H 13%O 13%
Position 5N 38%G 13%S 13%T 13%

PILOT is the only possible answer that fits.

The other 7 matches are valid Wordle guesses, but not possible answers.

Possible answer PILOT last recorded Oct 17, 2021

Possible answers

PILOT

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What fits P_LO_?

All 8 matching words are shown above. 1 is a possible answer.

Letters that fit the blanks

  • 2nd letter E, H, I, O, Y
  • 5th letter G, N, S, T, W, X
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PILOT

A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Past Wordle answer: October 17, 2021.

PELOG

One of the two essential scales of gamelan music native to Bali and Java in Indonesia. It has seven notes, of which sometimes only five are used.

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PELON

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PHLOX

Any flowering plant of the genus Phlox.

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PILON

A conical loaf of sugar.

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PILOW

Obsolete form of pillow.

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POLOS

plural of polo

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PYLON

A gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple.

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Common questions
How many five-letter words match P_LO_?
8 five-letter words match P_LO_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 1 is a possible answer.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, PELON has the highest feedback entropy at 5.04 bits against the possible answers.