Five-letter words matching _A__O

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What the remaining words have in common

113 matching words3 not previously used13 past answers

Position 1M 12%P 12%B 11%C 8%
Position 3N 18%R 18%S 9%C 8%
Position 4O 12%T 12%G 9%D 8%

16 possible answers fit.

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

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, C, K, L, M, P, R, S, T·3rd letter: B, C, D, L, M, N, R, S, T, Z·4th letter: A, B, E, G, H, I, J, O, R, S, V

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4 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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What fits _A__O?

All 113 matching words are shown above. 16 are possible answers.

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Words with five different letters

68% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

AN 20/113 words (18%) AR 20/113 words (18%) OO 14/113 words (12%) TO 14/113 words (12%) MA 13/113 words (12%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 68% · three or more: 32%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _A__O?
113 five-letter words match _A__O in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 16 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, PAREO has the highest feedback entropy at 5.44 bits against the possible answers.