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%

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.

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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%

Common questions
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.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, LAIDE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.46 bits against the possible answers.