Five-letter words matching _I_A_

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135 matching words1 not previously used9 past answers

Position 1P 13%L 10%N 9%M 8%
Position 3T 13%L 12%N 10%M 9%
Position 5S 36%L 15%R 10%N 8%

10 possible answers fit.

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

Still undecided: 1st letter: C, F, L, R, S, T, V·3rd letter: C, D, G, L, N, R, T, V·5th letter: C, L, N, R

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CIGAR used FINAL used LILAC used RIVAL used SITAR used TIDAL used TITAN used VICAR possible VIRAL used VITAL used DIVAS guess HIJAB guess JIHAD guess VISAS guess WIGAN guess AIDAS guess AIGAS guess AIMAG guess AIMAK guess AIYAH guess BIGAE guess BILAL guess BILAT guess BIMAH guess BIMAS guess BINAL guess CIMAR guess CITAL guess DIKAS guess DINAR guess DIRAM guess DISAS guess DITAL guess DITAS guess DIVAN guess DIWAN guess DIYAS guess FILAR guess GIGAS guess GILAS guess HIBAS guess HILAR guess HINAU guess KIAAT guess KIKAY guess KINAS guess KIPAH guess KIPAS guess KISAN guess KITAB guess KIVAS guess LIDAR guess LIGAN guess LIMAN guess LIMAS guess LIMAX guess LINAC guess LIPAS guess LIRAS guess LITAI guess LITAS guess LIWAA guess LIWAS guess MICAS guess MIHAS guess MIKAN guess MINAE guess MINAR guess MINAS guess MIRAA guess MIRAH guess MISAL guess MITAS guess MIYAS guess NICAD guess NIDAL guess NIKAB guess NIKAH guess NIKAU guess NILAS guess NIPAS guess NIQAB guess NITAL guess NIVAL guess NIVAS guess NIZAM guess OIRAN guess PIBAL guess PICAL guess PICAS guess PIKAS guess PIKAU guess PILAE guess PILAF guess PILAO guess PILAR guess PILAU guess PILAW guess PIMAS guess PINAS guess PINAX guess PIPAL guess PIPAS guess PIRAI guess PITAS guess QILAS guess QIPAO guess RIBAS guess RIMAE guess RIVAS guess RIYAL guess RIZAS guess SIDAS guess SIKAS guess SIMAR guess SIMAS guess SISAL guess SIZAR guess TICAL guess TIKAS guess TILAK guess TINAS guess TITAR guess TITAS guess VIGAS guess VINAL guess VINAS guess VITAE guess VITAS guess VIVAS guess VIVAT guess WITAN guess ZIGAN guess ZILAS guess ZIRAM guess

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Pattern guide

What fits _I_A_?

All 135 matching words are shown above. 10 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

80% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

AS 49/135 words (36%) AL 20/135 words (15%) PI 18/135 words (13%) IT 17/135 words (13%) TA 17/135 words (13%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 84% · three or more: 16%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _I_A_?
135 five-letter words match _I_A_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 10 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, SITAR has the highest feedback entropy at 5.55 bits against the possible answers.