5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching P_S__

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What the remaining words have in common

45 matching words4 not previously used5 past answers

Position 2A 36%O 27%E 16%I 13%
Position 4T 24%E 20%S 11%C 9%
Position 5S 20%Y 20%E 13%A 11%

9 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess PASTE

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

Possible answers

PASTA PASTE PASTY PESKY PESTO POSER POSIT POSSE PUSHY

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What fits P_S__?

All 45 matching words are shown above. 9 are possible answers.

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Useful letters still to test

E 49% A 40% O 40% T 29% Y 20% I 16%

Words with five different letters

51% of the matches have no repeated letters.

PASTE PASTY PESKY PESTO POSER

Common letter pairs

PA 16/45 words (36%) AS 16/45 words (36%) OS 14/45 words (31%) PO 12/45 words (27%) ST 11/45 words (24%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 31% · two: 67% · three or more: 2%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match P_S__?
45 five-letter words match P_S__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 9 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, PASTE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.42 bits against the possible answers.