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Five-letter words matching _H_E_

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Showing 41 matching words

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41 matching words4 not previously used10 past answers

Position 1S 41%C 17%T 15%W 12%

Position 3E 51%I 24%R 10%O 7%

Position 5R 17%S 17%L 12%D 10%

14 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess SHEER

Still undecided: 1st letter: C, S, T, W·3rd letter: E, I, R·5th letter: D, E, F, K, L, N, P, R, T, W

Possible answers

CHEEK CHEER CHIEF SHEEN SHEEP SHEER SHEET SHIED SHRED SHREW THIEF THREE

2 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

CHEEK used CHEER used CHIEF used SHEEN possible SHEEP used SHEER possible SHEET used SHIED possible SHRED used SHREW possible THIEF used THREE used THREW used WHEEL used SHOES guess CHEEB guess CHEEP guess CHEET guess CHIEL guess GHEES guess JHEEL guess KHEER guess PHEER guess PHIES guess RHIES guess SHEEL guess SHIEL guess SHIER guess SHIES guess SHLEP guess SHMEK guess SHOED guess SHOER guess SHYER guess THEED guess THEEK guess THEES guess WHEEK guess WHEEN guess WHEEP guess WHIES guess

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Splits these words most evenly: SHIER of the 41 words here

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Useful letters still to test

S 54% R 29% I 24% T 20% C 17% W 17%

Words with five different letters

41% of the matches have no repeated letters.

CHIEF SHIED SHRED SHREW THIEF

Common letter pairs

EE 22/41 words (54%) HE 21/41 words (51%) SH 17/41 words (41%) HI 10/41 words (24%) IE 10/41 words (24%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 15% · two: 85% · three or more: 0%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _H_E_?: 41 five-letter words match _H_E_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 14 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, SHIER has the highest feedback entropy at 5.39 bits against the possible answers.

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