5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _A_B_

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What the remaining words have in common

55 matching words2 not previously used3 past answers

Position 1G 18%B 9%D 9%M 9%
Position 3M 38%R 24%B 22%U 11%
Position 5Y 27%S 20%A 16%O 15%

5 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess CABBY

Still undecided: 1st letter: C, M, R, T·3rd letter: B, M, Y·5th letter: E, I, O, Y

Possible answers

CABBY MAMBO MAYBE RABBI TABBY

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Pattern guide

What fits _A_B_?

All 55 matching words are shown above. 5 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

M 42% Y 31% R 25% S 25% G 18% O 15%

Words with five different letters

53% of the matches have no repeated letters.

MAYBE CARBO CARBS CARBY DARBS

Common letter pairs

AM 21/55 words (38%) MB 21/55 words (38%) BY 15/55 words (27%) BA 14/55 words (25%) AR 13/55 words (24%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 38% · two: 55% · three or more: 7%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _A_B_?
55 five-letter words match _A_B_ 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, TAUBE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.16 bits against the possible answers.