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Five-letter words matching _I_R_

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Showing 62 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

62 matching words1 not previously used4 past answers

Position 1F 15%L 15%M 11%P 10%

Position 3R 26%E 19%A 13%T 13%

Position 5S 27%E 23%A 13%I 13%

5 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess DIARY

Still undecided: 1st letter: D, F, M, T·3rd letter: A, B, C, E·5th letter: A, E, O, Y

Possible answers

DIARY FIBRE FIERY MICRO TIARA

used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer

DIARY used FIBRE possible FIERY used MICRO used TIARA used LIARS guess LITRE guess NITRO guess PIERS guess TIERS guess VITRO guess AIERY guess BIDRI guess BIERS guess BIRRS guess CIRRI guess FIARS guess FIBRO guess FIERE guess FIERI guess FIERS guess FIORD guess FIRRY guess GIRRS guess HIJRA guess JIRRE guess KIERS guess KIORE guess KIRRI guess LIARD guess LIART guess LIBRA guess LIBRE guess LIBRI guess LIERS guess LIVRE guess MICRA guess MIKRA guess MIRRL guess MIRRS guess MITRE guess MITRY guess NIGRE guess NITRE guess NITRY guess PICRA guess PIERT guess PIRRE guess PIRRI guess PIRRS guess SIGRI guess SIRRA guess TIARE guess TIARS guess TIRRS guess TITRE guess VIERS guess VIVRE guess WIRRA guess WIRRI guess YIRRS guess ZIKRS guess

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Opening information

Splits these words most evenly: TIARE of the 62 words here

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Useful letters still to test

E 40% S 31% A 26% T 24% L 16% F 15%

Words with five different letters

61% of the matches have no repeated letters.

DIARY FIBRE FIERY MICRO AIERY

Common letter pairs

RS 17/62 words (27%) IR 16/62 words (26%) RR 16/62 words (26%) RE 14/62 words (23%) IE 12/62 words (19%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 18% · two: 72% · three or more: 10%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _I_R_?: 62 five-letter words match _I_R_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 5 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, TIARE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.93 bits against the possible answers.

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