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Five-letter words matching _EI__

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Showing 86 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

86 matching words3 not previously used8 past answers

Position 1R 14%D 10%S 10%M 9%

Position 4N 22%S 17%L 12%G 9%

Position 5S 34%E 15%Y 10%T 9%

11 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess DEIGN

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, D, F, H, N, R, S, W·4th letter: G, N, R, S, T, Z·5th letter: D, E, G, H, N, T, Y

Possible answers

BEIGE BEING DEIGN DEITY FEIGN HEIST NEIGH REIGN SEIZE WEIGH WEIRD

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

BEIGE used BEING used DEIGN possible DEITY used FEIGN used HEIST used NEIGH used REIGN possible SEIZE possible WEIGH used WEIRD used HEIRS guess REINS guess SEINE guess VEINS guess BEIGY guess BEINS guess BEIRA guess BEISA guess CEIBA guess CEILI guess CEILS guess DEICE guess DEIDS guess DEIFY guess DEILS guess DEINK guess DEISM guess DEIST guess FEINT guess FEIST guess GEIST guess GEITS guess HEIAU guess HEIDS guess HEIGH guess HEILS guess KEIRS guess LEIRS guess LEISH guess MEIDS guess MEIKO guess MEILS guess MEINS guess MEINT guess MEINY guess MEISM guess MEITH guess NEIFS guess NEIST guess NEIVE guess PEINE guess PEINS guess PEISE guess PEISY guess PEIZE guess REIFS guess REIFY guess REIKI guess REIKS guess REINE guess REING guess REINK guess REIRD guess REIST guess REIVE guess SEIFS guess SEILS guess SEIRS guess SEISE guess SEISM guess SEITY guess SEIZA guess TEIID guess TEILS guess TEIND guess TEINS guess VEILS guess VEILY guess VEINY guess WEIDS guess WEILS guess WEIRS guess WEISE guess WEIZE guess ZEINS guess

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Splits these words most evenly: REIST of the 86 words here

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Useful letters still to test

S 56% N 30% R 22% D 19% T 19% G 14%

Words with five different letters

72% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BEING DEIGN DEITY FEIGN HEIST

Common letter pairs

EI 86/86 words (100%) IN 19/86 words (22%) IS 15/86 words (17%) RE 12/86 words (14%) SE 11/86 words (13%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 74% · three or more: 26%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _EI__?: 86 five-letter words match _EI__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 11 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, REIST has the highest feedback entropy at 5.68 bits against the possible answers.

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