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Five-letter words matching _AR_Y

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Showing 42 matching words

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10 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess PARRY

Still undecided: 1st letter: C, E, H, M, P, T, W·4th letter: D, L, P, R, T

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Possible answers

CARRY EARLY HARDY HARPY HARRY MARRY PARRY PARTY TARDY WARTY

CARRY used EARLY used HARDY used HARPY possible HARRY possible MARRY used PARRY used PARTY used TARDY used WARTY possible BARRY guess DARCY guess BARBY guess BARDY guess BARFY guess BARKY guess BARMY guess BARNY guess CARBY guess CARDY guess CARNY guess CARVY guess DARKY guess FARCY guess KARSY guess KARZY guess LARDY guess LARKY guess MARAY guess MARDY guess MARLY guess MARVY guess NARKY guess PARDY guess PARKY guess PARLY guess SARKY guess TARRY guess TARTY guess TARZY guess VARDY guess WARBY guess

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Useful letters still to test

D 24% B 21% K 19% C 17% P 14% M 14%

Words with five different letters

79% of the matches have no repeated letters.

EARLY HARDY HARPY PARTY TARDY

Common letter pairs

AR 25% RD 5% DY 5% BA 4% RR 4%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 95% · two: 5% · three or more: 0%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _AR_Y?: 42 five-letter words match _AR_Y in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 10 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, EARLY has the highest feedback entropy at 5.32 bits against the possible answers.

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24% possible answers

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Best matching test word: EARLY (5.32 bits)

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