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Five-letter words starting with S and ending in H (S___H)

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What the remaining words have in common

50 matching words3 not previously used11 past answers

Position 2O 12%A 10%L 10%I 8%

Position 3A 20%U 18%I 14%O 10%

Position 4S 36%T 26%A 14%C 8%

14 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess SLOTH

Still undecided: 2nd letter: H, I, L, M, O, T, W·3rd letter: A, I, O, U, X·4th letter: S, T

Possible answers

SHUSH SIXTH SLASH SLOSH SLOTH SLUSH SMASH SMITH SOOTH SOUTH STASH SWASH

2 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

SHUSH used SIXTH used SLASH possible SLOSH used SLOTH used SLUSH used SMASH used SMITH used SOOTH possible SOUTH used STASH used SWASH possible SWATH used SWISH used SYNTH guess SAITH guess SANGH guess SAUCH guess SAUGH guess SAWAH guess SCATH guess SELAH guess SHASH guess SHISH guess SIETH guess SIRIH guess SITCH guess SKOSH guess SLISH guess SMUSH guess SNASH guess SNATH guess SNUSH guess SOKAH guess SOLAH guess SOUGH guess SOWTH guess SPESH guess SPOSH guess STAPH guess STICH guess STUSH guess SUBAH guess SULPH guess SUMPH guess SURAH guess SWITH guess SYLPH guess SYNCH guess SYRAH guess

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28% possible answers

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Splits these words most evenly: SELAH of the 50 words here

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Useful letters still to test

A 42% T 36% U 26% I 22% O 20% L 18%

Words with five different letters

58% of the matches have no repeated letters.

SIXTH SLOTH SMITH SOUTH SWATH

Common letter pairs

SH 18/50 words (36%) TH 13/50 words (26%) AH 7/50 words (14%) AS 6/50 words (12%) SO 6/50 words (12%)

Vowels

No vowels: 6% · one: 66% · two: 28% · three or more: 0%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match S___H?: 50 five-letter words match S___H in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 14 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, SELAH has the highest feedback entropy at 5.35 bits against the possible answers.

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