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Five-letter words matching P__O_

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Showing 69 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

69 matching words1 not previously used3 past answers

Position 2I 20%E 17%O 16%A 12%

Position 3L 12%O 10%E 9%T 9%

Position 5S 28%N 23%T 12%R 6%

4 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess PILOT

Still undecided: 2nd letter: I, R·3rd letter: I, L, O, V·5th letter: F, R, T

Possible answers

PILOT PIVOT PRIOR PROOF

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

PILOT used PIVOT possible PRIOR used PROOF used PESOS guess PINOT guess PACOS guess PADOU guess PAEON guess PAGOD guess PAHOS guess PAROL guess PAVON guess PAYOR guess PEDON guess PEDOS guess PEEOY guess PEGOS guess PEKOE guess PELOG guess PELON guess PEPON guess PEPOS guess PEROG guess PETOS guess PHEON guess PHLOX guess PHOOH guess PHOOO guess PICON guess PICOT guess PILON guess PILOW guess PINOL guess PINON guess PIROG guess PISOS guess PITON guess PITOT guess PIVOS guess PLEON guess PLOOK guess PLOOT guess PLUOT guess POBOY guess PODOS guess POGOS guess POLOS guess POMOS guess PONOR guess POPOS guess POSOL guess POTOO guess POVOS guess POYOU guess PRAOS guess PREON guess PREOP guess PRION guess PROOK guess PROOT guess PSION guess PSYOP guess PUDOR guess PUROS guess PUTON guess PUTOS guess PYLON guess PYROS guess

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Splits these words most evenly: PAROL of the 69 words here

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Useful letters still to test

S 32% N 28% I 25% E 25% R 23% L 22%

Words with five different letters

58% of the matches have no repeated letters.

PILOT PIVOT PACOS PADOU PAEON

Common letter pairs

OS 20/69 words (29%) ON 17/69 words (25%) PI 14/69 words (20%) PO 13/69 words (19%) PE 12/69 words (17%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 6% · two: 84% · three or more: 10%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match P__O_?: 69 five-letter words match P__O_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 4 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, PAROL has the highest feedback entropy at 5.26 bits against the possible answers.

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