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Five-letter words matching _I_L_

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Showing 92 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

92 matching words7 not previously used10 past answers

Position 1B 10%D 10%V 10%F 7%

Position 3L 42%R 15%E 10%A 7%

Position 5S 42%Y 21%E 14%A 7%

17 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess DILLY

Still undecided: 1st letter: A, B, D, F, G, H, R, S, T, V, W, Y·3rd letter: B, E, F, L, M, O, R, S, T·5th letter: A, D, E, Y

Possible answers

AISLE BIBLE BILLY DILLY DIMLY FIELD FILLY GIRLY HILLY RIFLE SILLY TITLE

5 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

AISLE used BIBLE possible BILLY possible DILLY possible DIMLY possible FIELD used FILLY used GIRLY possible HILLY used RIFLE possible SILLY used TITLE used VILLA used VIOLA used WIELD used WILLY possible YIELD used BILLS guess DIALS guess FILLS guess GILLS guess GIRLS guess HILLS guess KILLS guess MILLS guess MILLY guess PILLS guess VIALS guess VILLE guess WILLS guess AIOLI guess AIZLE guess BIALI guess BIALY guess BIELD guess BIGLY guess BIRLE guess BIRLS guess CIELS guess CILLS guess CIRLS guess DIELS guess DILLI guess DILLS guess DINLO guess DIOLS guess DIRLS guess FILLE guess FILLO guess FITLY guess GIBLI guess GILLY guess GIRLF guess HILLO guess HIPLY guess JILLS guess KIBLA guess LILLS guess LISLE guess MILLE guess MIRLS guess MIRLY guess MISLS guess NIFLE guess NILLS guess NIRLS guess NIRLY guess PIGLY guess PIRLS guess QIBLA guess RIALS guess RIELS guess RILLE guess RILLS guess RILLY guess SIALS guess SIDLE guess SIELD guess SIGLA guess SILLS guess TILLS guess TILLY guess TIRLS guess VILLI guess VILLS guess VIOLD guess VIOLS guess VIRLS guess WIELS guess YILLS guess ZILLA guess ZILLS guess

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Splits these words most evenly: AISLE of the 92 words here

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Useful letters still to test

S 49% E 24% Y 23% R 22% D 17% A 16%

Words with five different letters

49% of the matches have no repeated letters.

AISLE DIMLY FIELD GIRLY RIFLE

Common letter pairs

IL 39/92 words (42%) LL 39/92 words (42%) LS 39/92 words (42%) LY 19/92 words (21%) IR 14/92 words (15%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 52% · two: 42% · three or more: 6%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _I_L_?: 92 five-letter words match _I_L_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 17 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, AISLE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.64 bits against the possible answers.

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