Five-letter words matching _E_A_

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What the remaining words have in common

159 matching words7 not previously used21 past answers

Position 1R 19%D 13%B 11%S 10%
Position 3T 11%R 9%L 9%N 9%
Position 5S 19%L 16%N 11%R 11%

28 possible answers fit.

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

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, C, D, F, K, L, M, P, R, S, V·3rd letter: B, C, D, G, H, L, N, P, R, T·5th letter: B, L, N, P, R, T, X, Y

Possible answers

16 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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Pattern guide

What fits _E_A_?

All 159 matching words are shown above. 28 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

86% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

RE 30/159 words (19%) AS 30/159 words (19%) AL 26/159 words (16%) DE 21/159 words (13%) BE 18/159 words (11%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 91% · three or more: 9%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _E_A_?
159 five-letter words match _E_A_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 28 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.