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Five-letter words matching _ED__

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Showing 69 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

69 matching words1 not previously used9 past answers

Position 1R 28%B 9%M 9%P 9%

Position 4E 25%I 19%G 14%A 13%

Position 5S 22%Y 14%E 12%L 7%

10 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess MEDAL

Still undecided: 1st letter: C, H, L, M, P, S, T, W·4th letter: A, D, G, I·5th letter: A, C, E, L, N, R, Y

Possible answers

CEDAR HEDGE LEDGE MEDAL MEDIA MEDIC PEDAL SEDAN TEDDY WEDGE

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

CEDAR used HEDGE possible LEDGE used MEDAL used MEDIA used MEDIC used PEDAL used SEDAN used TEDDY used WEDGE used CEDED guess FEDEX guess PEDRO guess REDDY guess AEDES guess BEDAD guess BEDEL guess BEDES guess BEDEW guess BEDIM guess BEDYE guess CEDER guess CEDES guess CEDIS guess DEDAL guess FEDAI guess HEDER guess HEDGY guess JEDIS guess KEDGE guess KEDGY guess LEDES guess LEDGY guess LEDUM guess MEDII guess MEDIN guess MEDLE guess NEDDY guess PEDES guess PEDIS guess PEDON guess PEDOS guess REDAN guess REDDS guess REDED guess REDES guess REDIA guess REDID guess REDIF guess REDIG guess REDIP guess REDLY guess REDON guess REDOS guess REDOX guess REDRY guess REDUB guess REDUG guess REDUX guess REDYE guess SEDER guess SEDES guess SEDGE guess SEDGY guess SEDUM guess WEDEL guess WEDGY guess YEDES guess ZEDAS guess

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Splits these words most evenly: CEDAR of the 69 words here

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Useful letters still to test

R 35% S 29% I 20% Y 19% A 17% G 17%

Words with five different letters

51% of the matches have no repeated letters.

CEDAR MEDAL MEDIA MEDIC PEDAL

Common letter pairs

ED 69/69 words (100%) RE 19/69 words (28%) DE 18/69 words (26%) DI 13/69 words (19%) DG 10/69 words (14%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 16% · two: 77% · three or more: 7%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _ED__?: 69 five-letter words match _ED__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 10 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, CEDAR has the highest feedback entropy at 5.32 bits against the possible answers.

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