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Five-letter words matching S_L__

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Showing 89 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

89 matching words4 not previously used12 past answers

Position 2A 31%O 20%I 16%E 10%

Position 4E 16%A 12%L 10%I 9%

Position 5S 26%Y 11%A 8%E 8%

16 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess SALVO

Still undecided: 2nd letter: A, I, O, P, U·4th letter: A, I, K, L, O, S, T, V·5th letter: A, D, E, N, O, R, T, Y

Possible answers

SALAD SALLY SALON SALSA SALTY SALVE SALVO SILKY SILLY SOLAR SOLID SOLVE

4 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

SALAD used SALLY used SALON possible SALSA used SALTY used SALVE possible SALVO possible SILKY possible SILLY used SOLAR used SOLID used SOLVE used SPLAT used SPLIT used SULKY used SULLY used SALES guess SALLE guess SALTS guess SELLS guess SILVA guess SOLES guess SOLOS guess SALAL guess SALAS guess SALAT guess SALEP guess SALET guess SALIC guess SALIS guess SALIX guess SALMI guess SALOL guess SALOP guess SALPA guess SALPS guess SALSE guess SALTO guess SALUD guess SALUE guess SALUT guess SCLIM guess SELAH guess SELES guess SELFS guess SELFY guess SELKY guess SELLA guess SELLE guess SELVA guess SHLEP guess SHLUB guess SILDS guess SILED guess SILEN guess SILER guess SILES guess SILEX guess SILKS guess SILLS guess SILOS guess SILTS guess SILTY guess SKLIM guess SOLAH guess SOLAN guess SOLAS guess SOLDE guess SOLDI guess SOLDO guess SOLDS guess SOLED guess SOLEI guess SOLER guess SOLON guess SOLUM guess SOLUS guess SPLAY guess SPLOG guess SULCI guess SULFA guess SULFO guess SULKS guess SULLS guess SULPH guess SULUS guess SYLIS guess SYLPH guess SYLVA guess

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Splits these words most evenly: SALET of the 89 words here

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A 45% E 31% O 29% I 29% U 17% Y 15%

Words with five different letters

57% of the matches have no repeated letters.

SALON SALTY SALVE SALVO SILKY

Common letter pairs

SA 28/89 words (31%) AL 28/89 words (31%) OL 19/89 words (21%) SO 18/89 words (20%) LE 16/89 words (18%)

Vowels

No vowels: 1% · one: 35% · two: 62% · three or more: 2%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match S_L__?: 89 five-letter words match S_L__ 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, SALET has the highest feedback entropy at 5.84 bits against the possible answers.

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