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Five-letter words matching _A_OR

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What the remaining words have in common

16 matching words3 not previously used6 past answersBest matching test word: SAPOR

Position 1M 25%S 13%T 13%V 13%
Position 3B 13%P 13%V 13%Y 13%

Possible answers

FAVOR LABOR MAJOR MANOR MAYOR RAZOR SAVOR VALOR VAPOR

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This pattern has 16 words in the Wordle guess list; 9 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 9 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: FAVOR (January 12, 2022); LABOR (September 21, 2021); MAJOR (July 9, 2021); MANOR (May 31, 2022); MAYOR (March 26, 2024); SAVOR (June 25, 2024).

Top-ranked splitter VINYL
Average remaining
1.44
Worst branch
2
Information
2.73 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

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VINYL does not fit this page's clues. VALOR keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.56 (4 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: MA_OR

MAJOR, MANOR, MAYOR differ only in the third position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; VINYL tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _A_OR?

All 16 matching words are shown above. 9 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

V 25% M 25% P 19% T 19% L 12% B 12%

Words with five different letters

88% of the matches have no repeated letters.

FAVOR LABOR MAJOR MANOR MAYOR

Common letter pairs

OR 16/16 words (100%) MA 4/16 words (25%) AV 2/16 words (12%) VO 2/16 words (12%) AB 2/16 words (12%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 100% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _A_OR?
16 five-letter words match _A_OR in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 9 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, SAPOR has the highest feedback entropy at 5.27 bits against the possible answers.