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Five-letter words matching R_N__

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What the remaining words have in common

70 matching words3 not previously used4 past answers

Position 2A 33%E 21%U 19%I 13%

Position 4D 16%E 16%G 16%T 11%

Position 5S 36%E 20%Y 14%D 4%

7 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess RANGE

Still undecided: 2nd letter: A, E, I, U·4th letter: A, C, D, E, G, N, S·5th letter: E, H, L, W, Y

Possible answers

RANCH RANDY RANGE RENAL RENEW RINSE RUNNY

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

RANCH used RANDY possible RANGE used RENAL possible RENEW used RINSE possible RUNNY used RANKS guess RANTS guess RENTS guess RINGS guess RONDO guess RANAS guess RANCE guess RANDO guess RANDS guess RANED guess RANEE guess RANES guess RANGA guess RANGI guess RANGS guess RANGY guess RANID guess RANIS guess RANKE guess RANNS guess RANNY guess RANSE guess RANTY guess RENAY guess RENDS guess RENDU guess RENEY guess RENGA guess RENGS guess RENIG guess RENIN guess RENKS guess RENNE guess RENOS guess RENTE guess RINCE guess RINDS guess RINDY guess RINES guess RINGE guess RINGY guess RINKS guess RONDE guess RONEO guess RONES guess RONIN guess RONNE guess RONTE guess RONTS guess RONUK guess RUNCE guess RUNCH guess RUNDS guess RUNED guess RUNER guess RUNES guess RUNGS guess RUNIC guess RUNOS guess RUNTS guess RUNTY guess RUNUP guess RYNDS guess

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Splits these words most evenly: RANSE of the 70 words here

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E 50% S 39% A 37% I 23% U 21% D 20%

Words with five different letters

76% of the matches have no repeated letters.

RANCH RANDY RANGE RENAL RINSE

Common letter pairs

RA 23/70 words (33%) AN 23/70 words (33%) RE 15/70 words (21%) EN 15/70 words (21%) NE 13/70 words (19%)

Vowels

No vowels: 1% · one: 37% · two: 59% · three or more: 3%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match R_N__?: 70 five-letter words match R_N__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 7 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, RANSE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.78 bits against the possible answers.

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