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Five-letter words matching _I__O

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What the remaining words have in common

68 matching words1 not previously used11 past answers

Position 1D 13%P 12%B 9%M 9%

Position 3N 18%S 13%L 10%M 10%

Position 4T 12%B 10%G 10%C 7%

12 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess DINGO

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, D, G, H, L, M, P, V·3rd letter: A, C, D, M, N, P, S, T, Z·4th letter: B, C, E, G, M, N, P, R, T

Possible answers

BINGO DINGO DISCO DITTO GIZMO HIPPO LIMBO LINGO MICRO PIANO PINTO VIDEO

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

BINGO possible DINGO used DISCO used DITTO used GIZMO used HIPPO used LIMBO used LINGO used MICRO used PIANO used PINTO used VIDEO used CISCO guess DILDO guess KIDDO guess NITRO guess VIRGO guess VITRO guess AIYOO guess BIFFO guess BILBO guess BIMBO guess BIRDO guess BIZZO guess DIAZO guess DICTO guess DIMBO guess DINLO guess DIPSO guess FIBRO guess FILLO guess FISHO guess GINZO guess GIPPO guess GISMO guess HILLO guess HIMBO guess JINGO guess KIDEO guess KIMBO guess LITHO guess MILKO guess MIMEO guess MISDO guess MISGO guess MISTO guess NIOPO guess NITTO guess PIEZO guess PILAO guess PINGO guess PINKO guess PISCO guess PITSO guess QIPAO guess RIATO guess RIGMO guess SICKO guess SIXMO guess TIMBO guess TINTO guess VINHO guess VIREO guess VISTO guess WILCO guess WIZZO guess ZINCO guess ZIPPO guess

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Splits these words most evenly: RIATO of the 68 words here

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N 24% M 24% D 21% P 21% S 19% T 19%

Words with five different letters

72% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BINGO DINGO DISCO GIZMO LIMBO

Common letter pairs

IN 12/68 words (18%) DI 9/68 words (13%) IS 9/68 words (13%) TO 8/68 words (12%) PI 8/68 words (12%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 82% · three or more: 18%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _I__O?: 68 five-letter words match _I__O 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, RIATO has the highest feedback entropy at 5.42 bits against the possible answers.

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