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Five-letter words matching _AB__

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Showing 84 matching words

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84 matching words4 not previously used9 past answers

Position 1S 17%T 17%C 11%B 10%

Position 4B 14%I 14%O 14%A 13%

Position 5S 23%A 14%E 11%R 8%

13 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess TABLE

Still undecided: 1st letter: C, F, H, L, R, T·4th letter: A, B, E, I, L, O·5th letter: D, E, I, L, N, O, R, T, Y

Possible answers

CABAL CABBY CABIN CABLE FABLE HABIT LABEL LABOR RABBI RABID TABBY TABLE

1 more possible answer is in the full list below.

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

CABAL possible CABBY possible CABIN possible CABLE used FABLE used HABIT used LABEL used LABOR used RABBI possible RABID used TABBY used TABLE used TABOO used BABES guess GABBY guess GABLE guess SABER guess SABHA guess SABRE guess BABAS guess BABBY guess BABEL guess BABKA guess BABOO guess BABUL guess BABUS guess CABAS guess CABER guess CABOB guess CABOC guess CABRE guess DABBA guess FABBO guess FABBY guess GABBA guess HABLE guess HABUS guess JABOT guess KABAB guess KABAR guess KABOB guess LABDA guess LABIA guess LABIS guess LABNE guess LABRA guess MABAN guess MABES guess NABAM guess NABBY guess NABES guess NABIS guess NABKS guess NABLA guess NABOB guess RABAT guess RABIC guess RABIS guess SABAL guess SABED guess SABES guess SABIN guess SABIR guess SABJI guess SABLE guess SABOS guess SABOT guess SABRA guess SABZI guess TABAC guess TABER guess TABES guess TABID guess TABIS guess TABLA guess TABLS guess TABOR guess TABOS guess TABUN guess TABUS guess YABAS guess YABBA guess YABBY guess ZABRA guess

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Splits these words most evenly: SABRE of the 84 words here

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Useful letters still to test

S 37% L 24% E 24% T 21% R 20% I 18%

Words with five different letters

46% of the matches have no repeated letters.

CABIN CABLE FABLE HABIT LABOR

Common letter pairs

AB 84/84 words (100%) BA 21/84 words (25%) TA 14/84 words (17%) SA 14/84 words (17%) BI 13/84 words (15%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 11% · two: 86% · three or more: 3%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _AB__?: 84 five-letter words match _AB__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 13 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, SABRE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.49 bits against the possible answers.

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