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Five-letter words starting with P and ending in A (P___A)

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Showing 83 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

83 matching words0 not previously used5 past answers

Position 2A 27%O 16%U 13%E 12%

Position 3N 13%L 10%O 10%R 8%

Position 4T 16%K 13%M 8%G 7%

5 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess PARKA

Still undecided: 2nd letter: A, I, L, O·3rd letter: A, L, R, S, Z·4th letter: K, T, Z

Possible answers

PARKA PASTA PIZZA PLAZA POLKA

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

PARKA used PASTA used PIZZA used PLAZA used POLKA used PANDA guess PARMA guess PASHA guess PLAYA guess PRIMA guess PACHA guess PACTA guess PADMA guess PAISA guess PAKKA guess PAKUA guess PALEA guess PALLA guess PALSA guess PAMPA guess PANGA guess PANNA guess PARRA guess PASKA guess PATIA guess PATKA guess PATTA guess PECIA guess PEGMA guess PEKEA guess PELMA guess PELTA guess PENNA guess PEOLA guess PEPLA guess PEREA guess PESTA guess PHOCA guess PHOTA guess PHYLA guess PHYMA guess PHYSA guess PICRA guess PIETA guess PILEA guess PINDA guess PINGA guess PINNA guess PINTA guess PITTA guess PIUMA guess PLAGA guess PLENA guess PLICA guess POAKA guess PODIA guess POENA guess POMPA guess PONGA guess POOJA guess POOKA guess POOPA guess POPIA guess POPPA guess PORTA guess POSCA guess PRANA guess PRESA guess PRETA guess PRORA guess PRUTA guess PSORA guess PUCKA guess PUFFA guess PUKKA guess PULKA guess PUNGA guess PUNKA guess PUPPA guess PURDA guess PURGA guess PUTZA guess PUZTA guess

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Opening information

Splits these words most evenly: PRETA of the 83 words here

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Useful letters still to test

O 22% I 20% E 20% T 19% L 19% R 18%

Words with five different letters

47% of the matches have no repeated letters.

POLKA PECIA PEGMA PELMA PELTA

Common letter pairs

PA 26/83 words (31%) TA 13/83 words (16%) PO 13/83 words (16%) KA 11/83 words (13%) PI 11/83 words (13%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 3% · two: 75% · three or more: 22%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match P___A?: 83 five-letter words match P___A in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 5 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, PRETA has the highest feedback entropy at 5.38 bits against the possible answers.

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