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Five-letter words matching _L_M_

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Showing 53 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

53 matching words1 not previously used13 past answers

Position 1C 17%F 17%G 13%P 13%

Position 3A 28%U 28%I 25%E 9%

Position 5S 32%E 21%P 17%Y 9%

14 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess CLAMP

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, C, F, L, P, S·3rd letter: A, I, U·5th letter: A, B, E, P, Y

Possible answers

BLAME BLIMP CLAMP CLIMB CLUMP FLAME FLUME LLAMA PLUMB PLUME PLUMP SLIME

2 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

BLAME used BLIMP used CLAMP used CLIMB used CLUMP used FLAME used FLUME used LLAMA used PLUMB used PLUME used PLUMP used SLIME used SLIMY possible SLUMP used ALAMO guess CLAMS guess SLAMS guess SLUMS guess ALIMS guess ALUMS guess ALUMY guess BLAMS guess BLIMY guess BLUME guess CLAME guess CLEMS guess CLIME guess CLOMB guess CLOMP guess ELEMI guess FLAMM guess FLAMS guess FLAMY guess FLEME guess FLIMP guess FLIMS guess FLUMP guess GLAMP guess GLAMS guess GLIME guess GLIMS guess GLOMS guess GLUME guess GLUMS guess PLIMS guess PLOMB guess PLUMS guess PLUMY guess SLIMS guess SLOMO guess ULAMA guess ULEMA guess YLEMS guess

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26% possible answers

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Splits these words most evenly: CLAME of the 53 words here

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

S 40% A 36% U 32% E 28% P 28% I 26%

Words with five different letters

79% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BLAME BLIMP CLAMP CLIMB CLUMP

Common letter pairs

MS 17/53 words (32%) LA 15/53 words (28%) AM 15/53 words (28%) LU 15/53 words (28%) UM 15/53 words (28%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 62% · two: 30% · three or more: 8%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _L_M_?: 53 five-letter words match _L_M_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 14 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, CLAME has the highest feedback entropy at 5.29 bits against the possible answers.

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