Five-letter words matching _E_I_

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What the remaining words have in common

162 matching words1 not previously used22 past answers

Position 1R 21%M 10%D 9%B 7%
Position 3N 12%R 12%L 11%D 8%
Position 5S 17%T 12%C 10%A 9%

23 possible answers fit.

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

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

Possible answers

11 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

BEFIT used BEGIN used BELIE used DEBIT used DENIM used DEVIL used EERIE used FETID used GENIE used HELIX used KEFIR used MEDIA used MEDIC used MERIT used PERIL used REFIT possible RELIC used REMIT used REMIX used RESIN used SEPIA used SERIF used TEPID used AEGIS guess DENIS guess FELIX guess LEGIT guess LEVIN guess LEWIS guess PENIS guess PETIT guess SEMIS guess AECIA guess AERIE guess AESIR guess BEDIM guess BELIT guess BEMIX guess BENIS guess BESIT guess BETID guess BEWIG guess BEZIL guess CEBID guess CEDIS guess CERIA guess CERIC guess DEAIR guess DECIM guess DEFIS guess DELIS guess DEMIC guess DEMIT guess DERIG guess DESIS guess DEVIS guess DEXIE guess EEJIT guess FECIT guess FELID guess FEMIC guess FENIS guess FERIA guess GELID guess GENIC guess GENII guess GENIN guess GENIO guess GENIP guess GEOID guess HELIO guess HEMIC guess HEMIN guess JEDIS guess JERID guess JEWIE guess KELIM guess KEPIS guess KEVIL guess LENIS guess LEPID guess LEVIS guess LEXIS guess MEDII guess MEDIN guess MELIC guess MELIK guess MEMIC guess MENIL guess MERIL guess MERIS guess MESIA guess MESIC guess METIC guess METIF guess METIS guess NEFIE guess NELIA guess NELIS guess NEMIC guess NEPIT guess NEVIS guess NEWIE guess NEXIN guess PECIA guess PEDIS guess PEKID guess PEKIN guess PENIE guess PERIS guess PEWIT guess REAIS guess REBID guess REBIT guess RECIT guess REDIA guess REDID guess REDIF guess REDIG guess REDIP guess REFIS guess REFIX guess REGIA guess REGIE guess REJIG guess RELIE guess RELIT guess RENIG guess RENIN guess REOIL guess REPIN guess RERIG guess RESID guess RESIT guess RETIA guess RETIE guess RETIN guess RETIP guess REVIE guess REWIN guess SEMIE guess SEPIC guess SERIA guess SERIC guess SERIN guess SERIR guess SEVIR guess SEWIN guess TEIID guess TELIA guess TELIC guess TENIA guess TEWIT guess VEGIE guess VENIN guess VEXIL guess VEZIR guess WEEIS guess XENIA guess XENIC guess XERIC guess YETIS guess

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Pattern guide

What fits _E_I_?

All 162 matching words are shown above. 23 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

79% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

RE 34/162 words (21%) IS 27/162 words (17%) EN 20/162 words (12%) NI 20/162 words (12%) IT 19/162 words (12%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 73% · three or more: 27%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _E_I_?
162 five-letter words match _E_I_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 23 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, SERIA has the highest feedback entropy at 5.64 bits against the possible answers.