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Five-letter words matching _AN_Y

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Showing 46 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

46 matching words4 not previously used10 past answers

Position 1M 13%P 9%R 9%T 9%

Position 4D 24%T 20%N 17%K 15%

14 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess CANDY

Still undecided: 1st letter: C, D, F, H, L, M, N, P, R, S, T·4th letter: C, D, G, K, L, N, S

Possible answers

CANDY CANNY DANDY FANCY FANNY HANDY LANKY MANGY MANLY NANNY PANSY RANDY

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

CANDY used CANNY used DANDY used FANCY used FANNY possible HANDY used LANKY used MANGY possible MANLY used NANNY used PANSY possible RANDY possible SANDY used TANGY used DANNY guess MANDY guess MANNY guess NANCY guess BANDY guess BANKY guess BANTY guess CANTY guess DANCY guess GANDY guess HANKY guess JANKY guess JANNY guess JANTY guess KANDY guess MANKY guess MANTY guess NANTY guess PANDY guess PANNY guess PANTY guess RANGY guess RANNY guess RANTY guess TANKY guess TANSY guess TANTY guess WANEY guess WANKY guess WANLY guess WANTY guess YANDY guess

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Splits these words most evenly: RANTY of the 46 words here

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D 28% T 26% K 17% C 13% M 13% G 9%

Words with five different letters

72% of the matches have no repeated letters.

CANDY FANCY HANDY LANKY MANGY

Common letter pairs

AN 46/46 words (100%) ND 11/46 words (24%) DY 11/46 words (24%) NT 9/46 words (20%) TY 9/46 words (20%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 98% · two: 2% · three or more: 0%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _AN_Y?: 46 five-letter words match _AN_Y 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, RANTY has the highest feedback entropy at 5.14 bits against the possible answers.

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