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Five-letter words matching S__U_

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Showing 62 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

62 matching words1 not previously used14 past answers

Position 2C 16%H 15%T 11%I 10%

Position 3O 23%R 21%L 11%A 10%

Position 5P 15%M 13%S 13%T 13%

15 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess SCOUT

Still undecided: 2nd letter: C, E, H, N, P, T, Y·3rd letter: G, O, R, T·5th letter: B, E, G, M, P, R, T

Possible answers

SCOUR SCOUT SCRUB SCRUM SEGUE SERUM SETUP SHOUT SHRUB SHRUG SNOUT SPOUT

3 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

SCOUR used SCOUT used SCRUB used SCRUM used SEGUE used SERUM used SETUP possible SHOUT used SHRUB used SHRUG used SNOUT used SPOUT used STOUT used STRUT used SYRUP used SINUS guess SAGUM guess SALUD guess SALUE guess SALUT guess SARUS guess SCAUD guess SCAUP guess SCAUR guess SCHUL guess SCOUG guess SCOUP guess SEBUM guess SEDUM guess SHAUL guess SHIUR guess SHLUB guess SHOUD guess SHTUM guess SHTUP guess SIEUR guess SIMUL guess SIRUP guess SITUP guess SITUS guess SMOUT guess SOHUR guess SOJUS guess SOLUM guess SOLUS guess SORUS guess SOYUZ guess SPAUL guess SPEUG guess SPRUE guess SPRUG guess STAUN guess STOUN guess STOUP guess STOUR guess STRUM guess SUHUR guess SUKUK guess SULUS guess SUNUP guess SUSUS guess SWOUN guess

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Splits these words most evenly: SALUE of the 62 words here

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Useful letters still to test

O 32% R 32% T 29% P 23% H 19% A 18%

Words with five different letters

77% of the matches have no repeated letters.

SCOUR SCOUT SCRUB SCRUM SERUM

Common letter pairs

OU 14/62 words (23%) RU 13/62 words (21%) SC 10/62 words (16%) UP 9/62 words (15%) SH 9/62 words (15%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 19% · two: 76% · three or more: 5%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match S__U_?: 62 five-letter words match S__U_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 15 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, SALUE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.56 bits against the possible answers.

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