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Five-letter words matching S__P_

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Showing 65 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

65 matching words4 not previously used5 past answers

Position 2T 17%L 14%C 11%O 11%

Position 3O 22%A 20%I 17%E 11%

Position 5S 40%E 18%Y 12%T 11%

9 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess SLOPE

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

Possible answers

SAPPY SCOPE SHAPE SLEPT SLOPE SNIPE SOAPY SOUPY SWEPT

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

SAPPY possible SCOPE used SHAPE used SLEPT possible SLOPE used SNIPE used SOAPY possible SOUPY used SWEPT possible SHIPS guess SHOPS guess SKIPS guess SLAPS guess SLIPS guess SNAPS guess SOAPS guess SOUPS guess STEPS guess STOPS guess SWAPS guess SWIPE guess SALPA guess SALPS guess SAMPI guess SAMPS guess SCAPA guess SCAPE guess SCAPI guess SCOPA guess SCOPS guess SCUPS guess SEEPS guess SEEPY guess SEPPO guess SHAPS guess SHOPE guess SIMPS guess SIPPY guess SKEPS guess SLIPE guess SLIPT guess SLOPS guess SLOPY guess SLYPE guess SNIPS guess SNIPY guess SOOPS guess SOPPY guess SOWPS guess STAPH guess STAPS guess STEPT guess STIPA guess STIPE guess STOPE guess STOPT guess STUPA guess STUPE guess SULPH guess SUMPH guess SUMPS guess SWAPT guess SWOPS guess SWOPT guess SYLPH guess

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Splits these words most evenly: SLIPE of the 65 words here

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Useful letters still to test

A 32% O 32% E 31% T 25% I 23% L 20%

Words with five different letters

46% of the matches have no repeated letters.

SCOPE SHAPE SLEPT SLOPE SNIPE

Common letter pairs

PS 26/65 words (40%) OP 15/65 words (23%) AP 14/65 words (22%) PE 12/65 words (18%) IP 12/65 words (18%)

Vowels

No vowels: 2% · one: 58% · two: 40% · three or more: 0%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match S__P_?: 65 five-letter words match S__P_ 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, SLIPE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.35 bits against the possible answers.

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