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Five-letter words matching _E_G_

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Showing 51 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

51 matching words3 not previously used9 past answers

Position 1L 14%H 12%B 10%P 8%

Position 3N 24%D 20%G 16%I 16%

Position 5E 33%Y 16%H 14%S 14%

12 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess DEIGN

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, D, F, H, L, M, N, R, V, W·3rd letter: D, G, I, R·5th letter: E, H, N, Y

Possible answers

BEIGE DEIGN FEIGN HEDGE LEDGE LEGGY MERGE NEIGH REIGN VERGE WEDGE WEIGH

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

BEIGE used DEIGN possible FEIGN used HEDGE possible LEDGE used LEGGY used MERGE used NEIGH used REIGN possible VERGE used WEDGE used WEIGH used PEGGY guess SERGE guess BEIGY guess BELGA guess BENGA guess BERGS guess CERGE guess HEDGY guess HEIGH guess HENGE guess HEUGH guess HEWGH guess KEDGE guess KEDGY guess LEDGY guess LEGGE guess LEGGO guess LENGS guess LEUGH guess MENGE guess MENGS guess PEAGE guess PEAGS guess PENGO guess REGGO guess RENGA guess RENGS guess SEDGE guess SEDGY guess SENGI guess TEGGS guess TENGE guess TERGA guess TEUGH guess VEGGO guess VENGE guess WEDGY guess WENGE guess YEGGS guess

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Splits these words most evenly: TERGA of the 51 words here

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Useful letters still to test

N 31% D 22% S 22% H 20% R 20% I 18%

Words with five different letters

47% of the matches have no repeated letters.

DEIGN FEIGN NEIGH REIGN WEIGH

Common letter pairs

GE 17/51 words (33%) EN 12/51 words (24%) NG 12/51 words (24%) ED 10/51 words (20%) DG 10/51 words (20%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 27% · two: 69% · three or more: 4%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _E_G_?: 51 five-letter words match _E_G_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 12 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, TERGA has the highest feedback entropy at 5.3 bits against the possible answers.

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