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Five-letter words matching _ER_Y

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Possible answers

BERRY DERBY FERRY JERKY MERCY MERRY NERDY NERVY PERKY

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This pattern has 30 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: FERRY (December 27, 2021); JERKY (May 9, 2024); MERCY (October 18, 2023); MERRY (October 2, 2023); NERDY (July 18, 2024); NERVY (July 16, 2025); PERKY (January 28, 2022).

Top-ranked splitter ABORN
Average remaining
2.11
Worst branch
3
Information
2.2 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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ABORN does not fit this page's clues. DERRY keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 3.0 (4 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: _ERRY

BERRY, FERRY, MERRY differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; ABORN tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _ER_Y?

All 30 matching words are shown above. 9 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

D 23% P 20% B 13% K 13% M 13% N 13%

Words with five different letters

60% of the matches have no repeated letters.

DERBY JERKY MERCY NERDY NERVY

Common letter pairs

ER 25% RR 9% RY 9% DE 4% PE 4%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 93% · two: 7% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _ER_Y?
30 five-letter words match _ER_Y 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, DERAY has the highest feedback entropy at 5.16 bits against the possible answers.
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