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Five-letter words starting with P and ending in ER (P__ER)

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Showing 30 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

30 matching words4 not previously used6 past answers

Position 2A 30%I 17%O 17%U 17%

Position 3L 13%K 10%R 10%T 10%

Possible answers

PALER PAPER PARER PAYER PIPER PLIER POKER POSER POWER PURER

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

PALER possible PAPER used PARER used PAYER possible PIPER used PLIER possible POKER used POSER used POWER used PURER possible PETER guess PACER guess PAGER guess PATER guess PAVER guess PAWER guess PHEER guess PIKER guess PILER guess PINER guess PIZER guess PLYER guess POLER guess PORER guess PRIER guess PRYER guess PUCER guess PUKER guess PULER guess PUTER guess

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The top-ranked splitter is shown in the shortlist note below. Add a gray or yellow clue here to recalculate after the position changes.

Previously used by Wordle: PAPER (July 24, 2021); PARER (September 16, 2022); PIPER (February 24, 2024); POKER (August 15, 2022); POSER (July 27, 2026); POWER (July 24, 2022).

Top-ranked splitter LIRAS

Average remaining: 1.4
Worst branch: 2
Information: 2.92 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

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LIRAS does not fit this page's clues. PALER keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 3.6 (5 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: PA_ER

PALER, PAPER, PARER, PAYER differ only in the third position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; LIRAS tests the family more efficiently.

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Statistics

33% possible answers

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Opening information

Splits these words most evenly: PATER of the 30 words here

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Useful letters still to test

A 30% I 23% L 20% O 17% U 17% Y 10%

Words with five different letters

70% of the matches have no repeated letters.

PALER PAYER PLIER POKER POSER

Common letter pairs

ER 30/30 words (100%) PA 9/30 words (30%) PI 5/30 words (17%) PO 5/30 words (17%) PU 5/30 words (17%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 7% · two: 93% · three or more: 0%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match P__ER?: 30 five-letter words match P__ER in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 10 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, PATER has the highest feedback entropy at 5.52 bits against the possible answers.

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