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Five-letter words matching R__A_

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77 matching words4 not previously used9 past answers

Position 2E 39%A 22%O 17%U 12%

Position 3T 12%S 10%B 9%G 9%

Position 5S 22%L 19%N 16%T 5%

13 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess RELAY

Still undecided: 2nd letter: A, E, I, O, U·3rd letter: B, C, D, G, H, J, L, N, P, R, V, Y·5th letter: B, H, L, P, R, X, Y

Possible answers

RADAR RAJAH REBAR RECAP REGAL REHAB RELAX RELAY RENAL REPAY RIVAL ROYAL

1 more possible answer is in the full list below.

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Splits these words most evenly: RESAT of the 77 words here

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Useful letters still to test

E 43% S 30% L 23% N 19% O 17% T 17%

Words with five different letters

68% of the matches have no repeated letters.

RECAP REGAL REHAB RELAX RELAY

Common letter pairs

RE 30/77 words (39%) RA 20/77 words (26%) AS 18/77 words (23%) AL 15/77 words (19%) RO 13/77 words (17%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 1% · two: 90% · three or more: 9%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match R__A_?: 77 five-letter words match R__A_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 13 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, RESAT has the highest feedback entropy at 5.72 bits against the possible answers.

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