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Five-letter words starting with S and ending in D (S___D)

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96 matching words3 not previously used17 past answers

Position 2A 15%P 13%T 11%H 9%

Position 3E 17%A 15%R 13%O 11%

Position 4E 46%N 11%A 8%I 7%

20 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess STEAD

Still undecided: 2nd letter: A, C, H, O, P, Q, T, W, Y·3rd letter: A, E, I, L, N, O, R, U·4th letter: A, E, I, L, N, O, R

Possible answers

SALAD SCALD SCOLD SHARD SHIED SHRED SOLID SOUND SPEED SPEND SPIED SQUAD

8 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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SALAD used SCALD used SCOLD used SHARD used SHIED possible SHRED used SOLID used SOUND used SPEED used SPEND used SPIED possible SQUAD used SQUID used STAID used STAND used STEAD used STEED used STOOD used SWORD used SYNOD possible SAVED guess SIDED guess SIZED guess SABED guess SAFED guess SALUD guess SANAD guess SANED guess SAPID guess SARED guess SAROD guess SATED guess SAWED guess SAYED guess SAYID guess SCAND guess SCAUD guess SCEND guess SCIND guess SCROD guess SEELD guess SEPAD guess SERED guess SEWED guess SEXED guess SHAND guess SHEND guess SHERD guess SHOED guess SHOUD guess SHOWD guess SIELD guess SILED guess SINED guess SIPED guess SIRED guess SITED guess SKALD guess SKEED guess SKIED guess SKYED guess SLAID guess SLOID guess SLOJD guess SLOYD guess SLUED guess SNEAD guess SNEED guess SNIED guess SNOOD guess SOLED guess SORED guess SOWED guess SOWND guess SPAED guess SPALD guess SPARD guess SPAYD guess SPELD guess SPRAD guess SPRED guess SPROD guess SPUED guess STEDD guess STEND guess STIED guess STOND guess STRAD guess STYED guess SUPED guess SURED guess SUSED guess SWARD guess SWEED guess SYNED guess SYPED guess

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Splits these words most evenly: SARED of the 96 words here

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Useful letters still to test

E 58% A 35% O 22% I 22% N 21% L 18%

Words with five different letters

83% of the matches have no repeated letters.

SCALD SCOLD SHARD SHIED SHRED

Common letter pairs

ED 45/96 words (47%) SA 14/96 words (15%) SP 12/96 words (12%) ND 11/96 words (11%) ST 11/96 words (11%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 38% · two: 62% · three or more: 0%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match S___D?: 96 five-letter words match S___D in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 20 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, SARED has the highest feedback entropy at 5.59 bits against the possible answers.

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