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Five-letter words matching P_U__

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Showing 54 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

54 matching words2 not previously used10 past answers

Position 2L 35%O 33%R 11%A 7%

Position 4T 15%M 13%N 13%F 9%

Position 5S 28%E 19%Y 11%T 7%

12 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess PLUME

Still undecided: 2nd letter: A, L, O, R·4th letter: C, D, M, N, S, T·5th letter: B, D, E, H, K, P, Y

Possible answers

PAUSE PLUCK PLUMB PLUME PLUMP PLUNK PLUSH POUCH POUND POUTY PRUDE PRUNE

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

PAUSE used PLUCK used PLUMB used PLUME used PLUMP used PLUNK used PLUSH possible POUCH possible POUND used POUTY used PRUDE used PRUNE used PLUGS guess PLUTO guess POURS guess PAUAS guess PAULS guess PAUXI guess PHUBS guess PHUTS guess PHUTU guess PIUMA guess PIUMS guess PLUDS guess PLUES guess PLUFF guess PLUKE guess PLUMS guess PLUMY guess PLUNG guess PLUOT guess PLUPS guess PLUTE guess PLUTY guess POUCE guess POUFF guess POUFS guess POUFY guess POUIS guess POUKE guess POUKS guess POULE guess POULP guess POULT guess POUPE guess POUPT guess POUSY guess POUTS guess PRUNO guess PRUNT guess PRUNY guess PRUTA guess PUUKO guess PYUFF guess

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Splits these words most evenly: PAUSE of the 54 words here

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Useful letters still to test

L 43% O 41% S 33% T 22% E 20% M 13%

Words with five different letters

80% of the matches have no repeated letters.

PAUSE PLUCK PLUMB PLUME PLUNK

Common letter pairs

PL 19/54 words (35%) LU 19/54 words (35%) PO 18/54 words (33%) OU 18/54 words (33%) UT 8/54 words (15%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 33% · two: 48% · three or more: 19%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match P_U__?: 54 five-letter words match P_U__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 12 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, PAUSE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.29 bits against the possible answers.

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