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Five-letter words matching S__C_

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Showing 48 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

48 matching words7 not previously used14 past answers

Position 2P 23%A 13%T 13%N 8%

Position 3I 29%A 19%U 19%E 8%

Position 5K 44%E 19%S 10%H 8%

21 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess SAUCE

Still undecided: 2nd letter: A, H, I, L, M, N, P, T·3rd letter: A, E, I, N, O, U·5th letter: E, K, Y

Possible answers

SAUCE SAUCY SHACK SHOCK SHUCK SINCE SLACK SLICE SLICK SMACK SMOCK SNACK

9 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

SAUCE possible SAUCY used SHACK possible SHOCK possible SHUCK used SINCE used SLACK possible SLICE used SLICK used SMACK possible SMOCK used SNACK used SNUCK possible SPACE used SPECK used SPICE used SPICY used STACK used STICK used STOCK used STUCK possible SPECS guess SAICE guess SAICK guess SAICS guess SAUCH guess SECCO guess SITCH guess SMICK guess SNECK guess SNICK guess SONCE guess SOUCE guess SOUCT guess SOWCE guess SPACK guess SPACY guess SPECT guess SPICA guess SPICK guess SPICS guess STICH guess STUCS guess SUCCI guess SULCI guess SWACK guess SYNCH guess SYNCS guess

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Splits these words most evenly: SAICE of the 48 words here

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Useful letters still to test

K 44% I 38% A 33% E 29% U 23% P 23%

Words with five different letters

85% of the matches have no repeated letters.

SAUCE SAUCY SHACK SHOCK SHUCK

Common letter pairs

CK 21/48 words (44%) IC 14/48 words (29%) SP 11/48 words (23%) UC 10/48 words (21%) CE 9/48 words (19%)

Vowels

No vowels: 4% · one: 59% · two: 31% · three or more: 6%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match S__C_?: 48 five-letter words match S__C_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 21 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, SAICE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.69 bits against the possible answers.

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