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Five-letter words matching _ES__

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What the remaining words have in common

100 matching words2 not previously used5 past answers

Position 1R 19%M 15%B 10%P 7%
Position 4T 34%E 14%A 10%S 9%
Position 5S 29%Y 13%E 11%A 10%

7 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess TESTY

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, P, R, T, Z·4th letter: E, I, K, T·5th letter: N, O, T, Y

Possible answers

BESET PESKY PESTO RESET RESIN TESTY ZESTY

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Pattern guide

What fits _ES__?

All 100 matching words are shown above. 7 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

T 42% R 21% A 21% Y 17% M 17% O 13%

Words with five different letters

46% of the matches have no repeated letters.

PESKY PESTO RESIN ZESTY AESIR

Common letter pairs

ES 100/100 words (100%) ST 34/100 words (34%) SE 20/100 words (20%) RE 19/100 words (19%) ME 15/100 words (15%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 31% · two: 64% · three or more: 5%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _ES__?
100 five-letter words match _ES__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 7 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, RESAT has the highest feedback entropy at 5.72 bits against the possible answers.