5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _IN_O

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Possible answers

BINGO DINGO LINGO PINTO

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This pattern has 12 words in the Wordle guess list; 4 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 4 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: DINGO (May 21, 2024); LINGO (March 20, 2024); PINTO (July 1, 2022).

Top-ranked splitter ABLED
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
2.0 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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ABLED does not fit this page's clues. BINGO keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.5 (2 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: _INGO

BINGO, DINGO, LINGO differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; ABLED tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _IN_O?

All 12 matching words are shown above. 4 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

G 50% P 25% D 17% L 17% T 17% Z 17%

Words with five different letters

92% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BINGO DINGO LINGO PINTO DINLO

Common letter pairs

IN 25% NG 10% GO 10% PI 6% DI 4%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 100% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _IN_O?
12 five-letter words match _IN_O in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 4 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, DINLO has the highest feedback entropy at 4.8 bits against the possible answers.
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