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Five-letter words matching _AY__

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Showing 62 matching words

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62 matching words4 not previously used6 past answers

Position 1S 13%B 11%M 11%R 11%

Position 4E 32%A 18%O 11%L 10%

Position 5E 19%D 18%S 16%R 15%

10 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess GAYER

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, G, K, L, M, P, R·4th letter: A, B, E, L, O·5th letter: E, K, N, R, U, Y

Possible answers

BAYOU GAYER GAYLY KAYAK LAYER MAYBE MAYOR PAYEE PAYER RAYON

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

BAYOU used GAYER possible GAYLY possible KAYAK used LAYER used MAYBE used MAYOR used PAYEE possible PAYER possible RAYON used BAYER guess MAYAN guess BAYAS guess BAYED guess BAYES guess BAYLE guess BAYTS guess DAYAL guess DAYAN guess DAYCH guess DAYNT guess FAYED guess FAYER guess FAYNE guess FAYRE guess GAYAL guess HAYED guess HAYER guess HAYEY guess HAYLE guess KAYLE guess KAYOS guess LAYBY guess LAYED guess LAYIN guess LAYUP guess MAYAS guess MAYED guess MAYOS guess MAYST guess PAYED guess PAYOR guess PAYSD guess RAYAH guess RAYAS guess RAYED guess RAYLE guess RAYLS guess RAYNE guess SAYAS guess SAYED guess SAYEE guess SAYER guess SAYID guess SAYNE guess SAYON guess SAYST guess TAYRA guess WAYED guess YAYAS guess ZAYDE guess ZAYIN guess

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Splits these words most evenly: SAYER of the 62 words here

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Useful letters still to test

E 48% S 31% R 29% D 26% L 21% N 16%

Words with five different letters

71% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BAYOU GAYER LAYER MAYBE MAYOR

Common letter pairs

AY 62/62 words (100%) YE 20/62 words (32%) YA 11/62 words (18%) ED 9/62 words (15%) RA 8/62 words (13%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 14% · two: 81% · three or more: 5%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _AY__?: 62 five-letter words match _AY__ 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, SAYER has the highest feedback entropy at 5.48 bits against the possible answers.

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