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Five-letter words matching S_I_E

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Showing 41 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

41 matching words2 not previously used15 past answers

Position 2P 17%L 12%T 12%W 12%

Position 4V 15%N 12%R 12%T 12%

17 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess SNIPE

Still undecided: 2nd letter: E, H, L, M, N, P, U, W·4th letter: C, D, K, L, M, N, P, R, T, Z

Possible answers

SEIZE SHINE SHIRE SLICE SLIDE SLIME SMILE SMITE SNIDE SNIPE SPICE SPIKE

5 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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

SEIZE possible SHINE used SHIRE used SLICE used SLIDE possible SLIME used SMILE used SMITE used SNIDE used SNIPE used SPICE used SPIKE used SPINE used SPIRE used SPITE used SUITE used SWINE used SEINE guess SHITE guess SWIPE guess SAICE guess SAINE guess SCIRE guess SEISE guess SHIVE guess SKITE guess SKIVE guess SLIPE guess SLIVE guess SMIZE guess SNIVE guess SPIDE guess SPILE guess STILE guess STIME guess STIPE guess STIRE guess STIVE guess SWILE guess SWIRE guess SWIVE guess

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

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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Useful letters still to test

P 27% T 24% L 22% N 20% V 15% R 12%

Words with five different letters

93% of the matches have no repeated letters.

SHINE SHIRE SLICE SLIDE SLIME

Common letter pairs

SP 7/41 words (17%) PI 7/41 words (17%) IV 6/41 words (15%) VE 6/41 words (15%) IN 5/41 words (12%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 85% · three or more: 15%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match S_I_E?: 41 five-letter words match S_I_E in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 17 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, SAINE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.77 bits against the possible answers.

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