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Five-letter words matching S_AR_

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Showing 44 matching words

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16 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess STARE

Still undecided: 2nd letter: C, H, M, N, P, T, W·5th letter: D, E, F, K, L, M, P, T, Y

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Possible answers

SCARE SCARF SCARY SHARD SHARE SHARK SHARP SMART SNARE SNARL SPARE SPARK

4 more possible answers are in the full list below.

SCARE used SCARF used SCARY possible SHARD used SHARE used SHARK possible SHARP used SMART used SNARE used SNARL used SPARE used SPARK used STARE used STARK used START used SWARM possible SCARS guess SEARS guess STARR guess STARS guess SCARP guess SCART guess SEARE guess SHARN guess SHART guess SKARN guess SKART guess SLART guess SMARM guess SNARF guess SNARK guess SNARS guess SNARY guess SOARE guess SOARS guess SPARD guess SPARS guess SPART guess STARN guess STARY guess SWARD guess SWARE guess SWARF guess SWART guess

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Useful letters still to test

T 32% E 20% N 20% P 16% C 14% H 14%

Words with five different letters

77% of the matches have no repeated letters.

SCARE SCARF SCARY SHARD SHARE

Common letter pairs

AR 25% RE 5% RT 5% ST 4% TA 4%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 77% · two: 18% · three or more: 5%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match S_AR_?: 44 five-letter words match S_AR_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 16 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, SOARE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.89 bits against the possible answers.

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36% possible answers

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Best matching test word: SOARE (5.89 bits)

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