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Five-letter words starting with P and ending in R (P___R)

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Showing 41 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

41 matching words4 not previously used8 past answers

Position 2A 32%O 17%I 15%U 15%

Position 3L 17%T 10%Y 10%I 7%

Position 4E 73%A 12%O 10%I 2%

12 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess POLAR

Still undecided: 2nd letter: A, I, L, O, R, U·3rd letter: I, K, L, P, R, S, W, Y·4th letter: A, E, O

Possible answers

PALER PAPER PARER PAYER PIPER PLIER POKER POLAR POSER POWER PRIOR 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 POLAR used POSER used POWER used PRIOR used PURER possible PETER guess PACER guess PAGER guess PALAR guess PANIR guess PASAR guess PATER guess PAVER guess PAWER guess PAYOR guess PETAR guess PHEER guess PIKER guess PILAR guess PILER guess PINER guess PIZER guess PLAUR guess PLYER guess POLER guess PONOR guess PORER guess PRIER guess PRYER guess PUCER guess PUDOR guess PUKER guess PULER guess PUTER guess

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29% possible answers

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Opening information

Splits these words most evenly: PATER of the 41 words here

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Useful letters still to test

E 76% A 41% L 24% I 24% O 24% U 17%

Words with five different letters

68% of the matches have no repeated letters.

PALER PAYER PLIER POKER POLAR

Common letter pairs

ER 30/41 words (73%) PA 13/41 words (32%) PO 7/41 words (17%) AR 6/41 words (15%) PI 6/41 words (15%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 5% · two: 95% · three or more: 0%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match P___R?: 41 five-letter words match P___R 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, PATER has the highest feedback entropy at 5.52 bits against the possible answers.

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