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Five-letter words matching S_N__

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Showing 69 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

69 matching words3 not previously used7 past answers

Position 2E 23%A 20%O 19%I 17%

Position 4E 16%G 14%S 12%T 10%

Position 5S 33%E 12%Y 12%A 9%

10 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess SANER

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

Possible answers

SANDY SANER SENSE SINCE SINEW SINGE SONAR SONIC SUNNY SYNOD

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

SANDY used SANER possible SENSE used SINCE used SINEW possible SINGE used SONAR used SONIC used SUNNY used SYNOD possible SANDS guess SANTO guess SENDS guess SINGS guess SINKS guess SINUS guess SONGS guess SONNY guess SYNTH guess SANAD guess SANED guess SANES guess SANGA guess SANGH guess SANGO guess SANGS guess SANKO guess SANSA guess SANTS guess SENAS guess SENES guess SENEX guess SENGI guess SENNA guess SENOR guess SENSA guess SENSI guess SENSU guess SENTE guess SENTI guess SENTS guess SENVY guess SENZA guess SINDS guess SINED guess SINES guess SINHS guess SINKY guess SINSI guess SONCE guess SONDE guess SONES guess SONGO guess SONGY guess SONLY guess SONNE guess SONSE guess SONSY guess SUNIS guess SUNKS guess SUNNA guess SUNNS guess SUNTS guess SUNUP guess SYNCH guess SYNCS guess SYNDS guess SYNED guess SYNES guess

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Splits these words most evenly: SANER of the 69 words here

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Useful letters still to test

E 45% A 29% O 26% I 25% Y 22% D 16%

Words with five different letters

39% of the matches have no repeated letters.

SANDY SANER SINCE SINEW SINGE

Common letter pairs

SE 17/69 words (25%) EN 16/69 words (23%) SA 15/69 words (22%) AN 14/69 words (20%) SI 13/69 words (19%)

Vowels

No vowels: 6% · one: 36% · two: 58% · three or more: 0%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match S_N__?: 69 five-letter words match S_N__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 10 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, SANER has the highest feedback entropy at 5.74 bits against the possible answers.

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