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Five-letter words matching _E_C_

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Showing 59 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

59 matching words5 not previously used17 past answers

Position 1P 15%M 14%R 12%L 10%

Position 3N 17%R 14%A 12%C 12%

Position 5H 59%E 19%O 7%Y 5%

22 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess LEACH

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, D, F, H, L, M, P, R, T, W·3rd letter: A, C, E, L, N, R, T, U·5th letter: A, E, H, T, Y

Possible answers

BEACH BEECH BELCH BENCH DEUCE FENCE FETCH HENCE LEACH LEECH MECCA MERCY

10 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

BEACH used BEECH possible BELCH used BENCH used DEUCE used FENCE used FETCH used HENCE used LEACH used LEECH used MECCA possible MERCY used PEACE used PEACH used PENCE possible PERCH used REACH used REACT used RETCH used TEACH used WELCH possible WENCH possible MERCH guess CERCI guess DEICE guess DENCH guess DEOCH guess FELCH guess HENCH guess HEUCH guess KEECH guess KENCH guess KETCH guess LECCY guess LETCH guess LEUCH guess LEUCO guess MEECH guess MELCH guess MENCE guess MERCS guess MESCA guess PEECE guess PELCH guess PERCE guess PERCS guess PESCH guess RECCE guess RECCO guess RECCY guess REECH guess SECCO guess TELCO guess TENCH guess TERCE guess TEUCH guess VETCH guess YECCH guess YEUCH guess

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37% possible answers

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Opening information

Splits these words most evenly: REACT of the 59 words here

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Useful letters still to test

H 61% R 25% L 20% T 19% N 17% A 15%

Words with five different letters

58% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BEACH BELCH BENCH FETCH LEACH

Common letter pairs

CH 35/59 words (59%) EC 13/59 words (22%) CE 12/59 words (20%) EN 10/59 words (17%) NC 10/59 words (17%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 42% · two: 49% · three or more: 9%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _E_C_?: 59 five-letter words match _E_C_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 22 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, REACT has the highest feedback entropy at 5.68 bits against the possible answers.

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