5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _IR_S

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What the remaining words have in common

54 matching words1 not previously used0 past answers

Position 1B 11%G 11%M 11%F 7%
Position 4L 17%E 15%K 15%R 11%

VIRUS is the only possible answer that fits.

The other 53 matches are valid Wordle guesses, but not possible answers.

Possible answer VIRUS

Possible answers

VIRUS

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Pattern guide

What fits _IR_S?

All 54 matching words are shown above. 1 is a possible answer.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

L 20% K 17% E 15% D 13% M 13% T 13%

Words with five different letters

80% of the matches have no repeated letters.

VIRUS AIRNS AIRTS BIRDS BIRKS

Common letter pairs

IR 54/54 words (100%) RL 9/54 words (17%) LS 9/54 words (17%) RE 8/54 words (15%) ES 8/54 words (15%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 67% · two: 33% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _IR_S?
54 five-letter words match _IR_S in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 1 is a possible answer.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, TIRES has the highest feedback entropy at 5.57 bits against the possible answers.