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Five-letter words matching P_L__

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Showing 93 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

93 matching words3 not previously used5 past answers

Position 2A 24%I 23%U 19%O 18%

Position 4E 20%A 16%L 13%O 9%

Position 5S 33%Y 10%A 9%R 8%

8 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess PALSY

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

Possible answers

PALER PALSY PILOT POLAR POLKA POLYP PULPY PULSE

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

PALER possible PALSY possible PILOT used POLAR used POLKA used POLYP used PULPY used PULSE possible PALMS guess PILED guess PILES guess PILLS guess POLES guess POLIO guess POLLS guess POLLY guess PULLS guess PALAK guess PALAR guess PALAS guess PALAY guess PALEA guess PALED guess PALES guess PALET guess PALIS guess PALKI guess PALLA guess PALLS guess PALLU guess PALLY guess PALMY guess PALPI guess PALPS guess PALSA guess PALUS guess PELAS guess PELAU guess PELCH guess PELES guess PELFS guess PELLS guess PELMA guess PELOG guess PELON guess PELSH guess PELTA guess PELTS guess PELUS guess PHLOX guess PILAE guess PILAF guess PILAO guess PILAR guess PILAU guess PILAW guess PILCH guess PILEA guess PILEI guess PILER guess PILEY guess PILIN guess PILIS guess PILON guess PILOW guess PILUM guess PILUS guess POLED guess POLER guess POLEY guess POLIS guess POLJE guess POLKS guess POLLO guess POLOS guess POLTS guess POLYS guess PULAO guess PULAS guess PULED guess PULER guess PULES guess PULIK guess PULIS guess PULKA guess PULKS guess PULLI guess PULLY guess PULMO guess PULPS guess PULUS guess PULUT guess PYLON guess

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Splits these words most evenly: PALET of the 93 words here

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Useful letters still to test

A 41% S 38% E 37% I 31% O 29% U 27%

Words with five different letters

67% of the matches have no repeated letters.

PALER PALSY PILOT POLAR POLKA

Common letter pairs

PA 22/93 words (24%) AL 22/93 words (24%) PI 22/93 words (24%) IL 21/93 words (23%) LE 19/93 words (20%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 28% · two: 62% · three or more: 10%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match P_L__?: 93 five-letter words match P_L__ 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, PALET has the highest feedback entropy at 5.52 bits against the possible answers.

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