Five-letter words matching _IR__

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What the remaining words have in common

136 matching words3 not previously used9 past answers

Position 1M 14%B 10%F 9%G 8%
Position 4E 19%R 12%L 10%T 9%
Position 5S 40%H 9%E 8%D 7%

12 possible answers fit.

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

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, C, D, F, G, M, S, V·4th letter: A, C, E, G, L, S, T, U·5th letter: A, E, H, L, N, S, T, Y

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 _IR__?

All 136 matching words are shown above. 12 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

71% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

IR 136/136 words (100%) RE 28/136 words (21%) MI 19/136 words (14%) RR 16/136 words (12%) RL 15/136 words (11%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 43% · two: 50% · three or more: 7%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _IR__?
136 five-letter words match _IR__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 12 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, SIREN has the highest feedback entropy at 5.59 bits against the possible answers.