Five-letter words matching _L_E_

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What the remaining words have in common

88 matching words7 not previously used12 past answers

Position 1A 19%F 14%B 11%S 11%
Position 3E 23%U 20%I 14%L 8%
Position 5S 27%R 23%D 14%N 6%
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19 possible answers fit.

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

Still undecided: 1st letter: A, B, C, E, F, O, P, S, U·3rd letter: C, D, E, I, L, T, U, Y·5th letter: D, K, N, P, R, T, Y

Possible answers

7 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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Can you finish _L_E_?

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What fits _L_E_?

All 88 matching words are shown above. 19 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

55% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

LE 27/88 words (31%) ES 24/88 words (27%) EE 23/88 words (26%) ER 20/88 words (23%) LU 18/88 words (20%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 5% · two: 84% · three or more: 11%

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How many five-letter words match _L_E_?
88 five-letter words match _L_E_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 19 are possible answers.