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Five-letter words matching _AL_S

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Showing 68 matching words

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68 matching words0 not previously used0 past answers

Position 1B 10%M 10%P 10%C 9%

Position 4E 22%L 15%A 12%I 12%

No possible answers fit these clues.

The 68 matches are valid Wordle guesses, but not listed as possible answers. Check the colours, especially any repeated letters.

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, L, M, N, P, R, S, T, V, W, Y·4th letter: A, C, D, E, F, I, K, L, M, O, P, T, U

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

BALLS guess CALLS guess FALLS guess HALLS guess MALES guess MALLS guess PALMS guess SALES guess SALTS guess TALES guess TALKS guess WALES guess WALKS guess WALLS guess BALAS guess BALDS guess BALES guess BALKS guess BALMS guess BALUS guess CALFS guess CALKS guess CALMS guess CALOS guess CALPS guess DALES guess DALIS guess DALTS guess EALES guess FALES guess GALAS guess GALES guess GALIS guess GALLS guess HALES guess HALFS guess HALMS guess HALOS guess HALTS guess KALAS guess KALES guess KALIS guess LALLS guess MALAS guess MALIS guess MALMS guess MALTS guess MALUS guess NALAS guess PALAS guess PALES guess PALIS guess PALLS guess PALPS guess PALUS guess RALES guess SALAS guess SALIS guess SALPS guess TALAS guess TALCS guess TALLS guess TALUS guess VALES guess VALIS guess WALDS guess WALIS guess YALES guess

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Splits these words most evenly: TALES of the 68 words here

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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Useful letters still to test

E 22% M 16% T 15% P 13% I 12% B 10%

Words with five different letters

63% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BALDS BALES BALKS BALMS BALUS

Common letter pairs

AL 68/68 words (100%) LE 15/68 words (22%) ES 15/68 words (22%) LL 10/68 words (15%) LS 10/68 words (15%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 46% · two: 53% · three or more: 1%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _AL_S?: 68 five-letter words match _AL_S in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 0 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, TALES has the highest feedback entropy at 5.62 bits against the possible answers.

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