Five-letter words matching _A_D_

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What the remaining words have in common

121 matching words3 not previously used9 past answers

Position 1B 12%L 10%M 7%P 7%
Position 3N 26%R 26%D 14%I 12%
Position 5S 38%Y 29%A 9%E 7%
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12 possible answers fit.

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

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, C, D, G, H, P, R, S, T·3rd letter: D, N, R, U, W

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

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What fits _A_D_?

All 121 matching words are shown above. 12 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

69% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

DS 46/121 words (38%) DY 35/121 words (29%) AN 31/121 words (26%) ND 31/121 words (26%) AR 31/121 words (26%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 50% · two: 43% · three or more: 7%

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How many five-letter words match _A_D_?
121 five-letter words match _A_D_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 12 are possible answers.