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Five-letter words matching _E__M

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Showing 34 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

34 matching words1 not previously used4 past answers

Position 1R 18%B 12%D 12%M 12%

Position 3C 12%L 12%A 9%D 9%

Position 4U 35%A 12%E 12%I 12%

Possible answers

DENIM REALM REARM SERUM VENOM

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

DENIM used REALM used REARM possible SERUM used VENOM used AEVUM guess BEDIM guess BEGEM guess BEGUM guess BESOM guess CECUM guess CELOM guess DECIM guess DEGUM guess DEISM guess GENOM guess KELIM guess LEDUM guess MECUM guess MEISM guess MELAM guess MESEM guess NERAM guess NEXUM guess REHEM guess RESAM guess RETAM guess RETEM guess SEBUM guess SEDUM guess SEISM guess TECUM guess VELUM guess YEALM guess

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The top-ranked splitter is shown in the shortlist note below. Add a gray or yellow clue here to recalculate after the position changes.

Previously used by Wordle: DENIM (October 20, 2022); REALM (March 29, 2024); SERUM (April 2, 2024); VENOM (July 5, 2023).

Top-ranked splitter ABOIL

Average remaining: 1.0
Worst branch: 1
Information: 2.32 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

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ABOIL does not fit this page's clues. REALM keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.4 (2 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.

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Splits these words most evenly: REALM of the 34 words here

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Useful letters still to test

U 35% S 26% R 24% A 24% D 21% I 21%

Words with five different letters

71% of the matches have no repeated letters.

DENIM REALM SERUM VENOM AEVUM

Common letter pairs

UM 12/34 words (35%) RE 6/34 words (18%) SE 5/34 words (15%) DE 4/34 words (12%) IM 4/34 words (12%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 97% · three or more: 3%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _E__M?: 34 five-letter words match _E__M in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 5 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, REALM has the highest feedback entropy at 5.37 bits against the possible answers.

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