Five-letter words matching _ER__

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29 possible answers fit.

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

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, D, E, F, H, J, M, N, P, R, S, T, V·4th letter: A, B, C, D, E, G, I, K, O, R, S, T, U, V·5th letter: A, E, F, H, L, M, N, O, T, Y

Possible answers

17 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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

BERET used BERRY possible BERTH used DERBY possible EERIE used FERAL used FERRY used HERON used JERKY used MERCY used MERGE used MERIT used MERRY used NERDY used NERVE used NERVY used PERCH used PERIL used PERKY used RERUN used SERIF used SERUM used SERVE used TERRA possible TERSE used VERGE used VERSE used VERSO possible VERVE used DERRY guess FERNS guess GERMS guess HERBS guess HERDS guess HERES guess HERTZ guess JERKS guess JERRY guess KERRY guess MERCH guess MERLE guess NERDS guess PERKS guess PERRY guess SERGE guess TERMS guess TERRE guess TERRY guess VERBS guess VERDE guess VERSA guess XEROX guess ZEROS guess AERIE guess AEROS guess BERAY guess BERES guess BERGS guess BERKO guess BERKS guess BERME guess BERMS guess BEROB guess BERYL guess CERCI guess CERED guess CERES guess CERGE guess CERIA guess CERIC guess CERNE guess CEROC guess CEROS guess CERTS guess CERTY guess DERAT guess DERAY guess DERED guess DERES guess DERIG guess DERMA guess DERMS guess DERNS guess DERNY guess DEROS guess DERPY guess DERRO guess DERTH guess DERVS guess FERER guess FERES guess FERIA guess FERLY guess FERMI guess FERMS guess FERNY guess FEROX guess GERAH guess GERBE guess GERES guess GERLE guess GERMY guess GERNE guess HERBY guess HERLS guess HERMA guess HERMS guess HERNS guess HEROS guess HERPS guess HERRY guess HERSE guess HERYE guess JERID guess KERBS guess KEREL guess KERFS guess KERKY guess KERMA guess KERNE guess KERNS guess KEROS guess KERVE guess LERED guess LERES guess LERPS guess MERCS guess MERDE guess MERDS guess MERED guess MEREL guess MERER guess MERES guess MERIL guess MERIS guess MERKS guess MERLS guess MERSE guess MERSK guess NERAL guess NERAM guess NERFS guess NERKA guess NERKS guess NEROL guess NERTS guess NERTZ guess PERAE guess PERAI guess PERCE guess PERCS guess PERDU guess PERDY guess PEREA guess PERES guess PERFS guess PERIS guess PERLE guess PERLS guess PERMS guess PERMY guess PERNE guess PERNS guess PEROG guess PERPS guess PERSE guess PERSP guess PERST guess PERTS guess PERVE guess PERVO guess PERVS guess PERVY guess RERAN guess RERIG guess SERAC guess SERAI guess SERAL guess SERED guess SERER guess SERES guess SERFS guess SERIA guess SERIC guess SERIN guess SERIR guess SERKS guess SERON guess SEROW guess SERRA guess SERRE guess SERRS guess SERRY guess SERVO guess TERAI guess TERAS guess TERCE guess TEREK guess TERES guess TERFE guess

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Pattern guide

What fits _ER__?

224 words match this pattern in the Wordle guess list. 29 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

59% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

ER 224/224 words (100%) PE 31/224 words (14%) RE 30/224 words (13%) SE 28/224 words (12%) ME 20/224 words (9%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 41% · two: 54% · three or more: 5%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _ER__?
224 five-letter words match _ER__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 29 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, SERAL has the highest feedback entropy at 5.74 bits against the possible answers.