Five-letter words matching _HO__

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What the remaining words have in common

121 matching words4 not previously used25 past answers

Position 1S 29%C 25%P 10%W 10%
Position 4O 12%R 12%L 10%N 9%
Position 5S 17%E 17%T 10%O 8%
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29 possible answers fit.

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

Still undecided: 1st letter: C, G, P, S, T, W·4th letter: A, C, I, K, L, N, O, R, S, T, U, V, W·5th letter: D, E, G, K, L, N, O, P, R, T, Y

Possible answers

17 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

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Pattern guide

What fits _HO__?

All 121 matching words are shown above. 29 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

67% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

HO 121/121 words (100%) SH 35/121 words (29%) CH 30/121 words (25%) OO 15/121 words (12%) OR 14/121 words (12%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 40% · two: 58% · three or more: 2%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _HO__?
121 five-letter words match _HO__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 29 are possible answers.