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Five-letter words matching S__O_

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94 matching words9 not previously used10 past answers

Position 2A 15%P 12%C 10%E 10%

Position 3O 35%R 18%L 7%B 4%

Position 5S 16%L 11%N 11%R 11%

19 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess SPOON

Still undecided: 2nd letter: A, C, H, L, N, P, T, W, Y·3rd letter: I, L, N, O, V·5th letter: D, F, K, L, N, P, R, T, Y

Possible answers

SALON SAVOR SAVOY SCION SCOOP SHOOK SHOOT SLOOP SNOOP SPOOF SPOOK SPOOL

7 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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SALON possible SAVOR used SAVOY possible SCION possible SCOOP used SHOOK possible SHOOT possible SLOOP possible SNOOP used SPOOF used SPOOK possible SPOOL used SPOON used STOOD used STOOL used STOOP possible SWOON used SWOOP used SYNOD possible SOLOS guess SABOS guess SABOT guess SADOS guess SAGOS guess SAJOU guess SALOL guess SALOP guess SAPOR guess SAROD guess SAROS guess SAYON guess SCOOG guess SCOOT guess SCROB guess SCROD guess SCROG guess SCROO guess SCROW guess SEGOL guess SEGOS guess SEKOS guess SENOR guess SEPOY guess SERON guess SEROW guess SETON guess SEXOR guess SHEOL guess SHIOK guess SHMOE guess SHOOL guess SHOON guess SHOOS guess SHROW guess SIJOS guess SILOS guess SIROC guess SKEOS guess SKIOS guess SKOOL guess SKROO guess SLOOM guess SLOOT guess SMOOR guess SMOOT guess SNOOD guess SNOOK guess SNOOL guess SNOOT guess SODOM guess SOKOL guess SOLON guess SOPOR guess SOTOL guess SPEOS guess SPLOG guess SPOOM guess SPOOR guess SPOOT guess SPROD guess SPROG guess STOOK guess STOOR guess STROP guess STROW guess STROY guess SUDOR guess SUGOS guess SUMOS guess SUTOR guess SYBOE guess SYBOW guess SYCON guess SYSOP guess

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Splits these words most evenly: SENOR of the 94 words here

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R 29% P 23% L 20% T 19% N 18% A 15%

Words with five different letters

40% of the matches have no repeated letters.

SALON SAVOR SAVOY SCION SYNOD

Common letter pairs

OO 35/94 words (37%) RO 17/94 words (18%) OS 15/94 words (16%) SA 14/94 words (15%) OL 12/94 words (13%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 16% · two: 83% · three or more: 1%

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How many five-letter words match S__O_?: 94 five-letter words match S__O_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 19 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, SENOR has the highest feedback entropy at 5.51 bits against the possible answers.

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