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Five-letter words matching _AND_

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Showing 31 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

31 matching words1 not previously used4 past answers

Position 1B 13%H 10%M 10%P 10%

Position 5Y 35%S 29%A 13%I 6%

Possible answers

CANDY DANDY HANDY RANDY SANDY

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

CANDY used DANDY used HANDY used RANDY possible SANDY used BANDA guess BANDS guess HANDS guess LANDS guess MANDY guess PANDA guess SANDS guess BANDH guess BANDY guess CANDO guess DANDA guess FANDS guess GANDY guess HANDI guess KANDY guess LANDE guess MANDI guess MANDS guess NANDU guess PANDS guess PANDY guess RANDO guess RANDS guess VANDA guess WANDS guess YANDY guess

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The top-ranked splitter is shown in the shortlist note below. Add a gray or yellow clue here to recalculate after the position changes.

Previously used by Wordle: CANDY (November 20, 2023); DANDY (October 7, 2022); HANDY (September 24, 2024); SANDY (April 4, 2026).

Top-ranked splitter CHARS

Average remaining: 1.0
Worst branch: 1
Information: 2.32 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

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CHARS does not fit this page's clues. HANDS keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.2 (3 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: _ANDY

CANDY, DANDY, HANDY, RANDY, SANDY differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; CHARS tests the family more efficiently.

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Statistics

16% possible answers

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Opening information

Splits these words most evenly: LANDE of the 31 words here

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Useful letters still to test

Y 35% S 32% H 13% B 13% R 10% M 10%

Words with five different letters

74% of the matches have no repeated letters.

CANDY HANDY RANDY SANDY BANDH

Common letter pairs

AN 31/31 words (100%) ND 31/31 words (100%) DY 11/31 words (35%) DS 9/31 words (29%) DA 5/31 words (16%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 68% · two: 32% · three or more: 0%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _AND_?: 31 five-letter words match _AND_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 5 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, LANDE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.37 bits against the possible answers.

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