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Five-letter words matching S__D_

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Showing 60 matching words

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60 matching words2 not previously used7 past answers

Position 2O 15%P 12%T 12%A 10%

Position 3E 20%A 17%U 12%I 10%

Position 5S 48%E 23%Y 13%O 8%

9 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess SANDY

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

Possible answers

SANDY SEEDY SHADE SHADY SLIDE SNIDE SPADE STUDY SUEDE

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

SANDY used SEEDY used SHADE used SHADY possible SLIDE possible SNIDE used SPADE used STUDY used SUEDE used SANDS guess SEEDS guess SENDS guess SHEDS guess SLADE guess STUDS guess SWEDE guess SADDO guess SADDY guess SAIDS guess SARDS guess SCADS guess SCODY guess SCUDI guess SCUDO guess SCUDS guess SHADS guess SILDS guess SINDS guess SKEDS guess SKIDS guess SKODY guess SLEDS guess SNEDS guess SNODS guess SODDY guess SOLDE guess SOLDI guess SOLDO guess SOLDS guess SONDE guess SORDA guess SORDO guess SORDS guess SPADO guess SPADS guess SPIDE guess SPODE guess SPODS guess SPUDS guess STADE guess STEDD guess STEDE guess STEDS guess STUDE guess SUDDS guess SUIDS guess SURDS guess SWADS guess SYEDS guess SYNDS guess

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Splits these words most evenly: SLADE of the 60 words here

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Useful letters still to test

E 40% A 28% O 28% U 18% Y 17% I 17%

Words with five different letters

35% of the matches have no repeated letters.

SANDY SHADE SHADY SLIDE SNIDE

Common letter pairs

DS 29/60 words (48%) DE 14/60 words (23%) ED 12/60 words (20%) AD 12/60 words (20%) SO 9/60 words (15%)

Vowels

No vowels: 2% · one: 55% · two: 42% · three or more: 1%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match S__D_?: 60 five-letter words match S__D_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 9 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, SLADE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.54 bits against the possible answers.

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