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Five-letter words matching P__S_

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Showing 66 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

66 matching words6 not previously used9 past answers

Position 2R 21%E 18%A 17%O 12%

Position 3I 17%A 12%E 11%R 9%

Position 5E 32%Y 26%H 11%A 6%

15 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess PARSE

Still undecided: 2nd letter: A, H, L, O, R, U·3rd letter: A, E, I, L, N, O, R, S, T, U·5th letter: E, H, M, S, Y

Possible answers

PALSY PANSY PARSE PATSY PAUSE PHASE PLUSH POESY POISE POSSE PRESS PRISM

3 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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

PALSY possible PANSY possible PARSE possible PATSY used PAUSE used PHASE used PLUSH possible POESY possible POISE used POSSE used PRESS used PRISM used PROSE used PULSE possible PURSE used PEPSI guess PUSSY guess PAISA guess PAISE guess PALSA guess PASSE guess PASSU guess PAYSD guess PEASE guess PEASY guess PEISE guess PEISY guess PELSH guess PENSE guess PENSY guess PERSE guess PERSP guess PERST guess PEYSE guess PHASM guess PHESE guess PHISH guess PHYSA guess PISSY guess PITSO guess PITSU guess PLASH guess PLASM guess PLAST guess PLESH guess PLISH guess POPSY guess POTSY guess POUSY guess POWSY guess POYSE guess PRASE guess PRESA guess PRESE guess PREST guess PRISE guess PRISS guess PROSO guess PROSS guess PROST guess PROSY guess PRYSE guess PTISH guess PUBSY guess PUDSY guess PURSY guess

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Splits these words most evenly: PARSE of the 66 words here

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Useful letters still to test

E 50% Y 33% A 32% R 30% I 23% O 21%

Words with five different letters

67% of the matches have no repeated letters.

PALSY PANSY PARSE PATSY PAUSE

Common letter pairs

SE 21/66 words (32%) SY 17/66 words (26%) PR 14/66 words (21%) IS 12/66 words (18%) PE 12/66 words (18%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 52% · two: 39% · three or more: 9%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match P__S_?: 66 five-letter words match P__S_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 15 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, PARSE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.63 bits against the possible answers.

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