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Five-letter words matching _L__D

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Showing 42 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

42 matching words4 not previously used11 past answers

Position 1A 21%B 21%S 12%F 10%

Position 3O 21%A 19%U 17%I 14%

Position 4E 29%I 19%N 17%U 12%

15 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess ALOUD

Still undecided: 1st letter: A, B, C, F, G, P·3rd letter: A, E, I, O, U·4th letter: A, E, I, N, O, U

Possible answers

ALOUD BLAND BLEED BLEND BLIND BLOND BLOOD CLOUD CLUED FLOOD FLUID GLAND

3 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

ALOUD used BLAND used BLEED used BLEND used BLIND possible BLOND used BLOOD used CLOUD used CLUED possible FLOOD used FLUID possible GLAND used PLAID used PLEAD used PLIED possible GLUED guess ALAND guess ALBID guess ALCID guess ALGID guess ALKYD guess ALLOD guess ALMUD guess ALOED guess BLAUD guess BLUED guess BLUID guess CLIED guess ELAND guess ELFED guess ELIAD guess FLIED guess FLUED guess GLEED guess ILIAD guess PLAUD guess SLAID guess SLOID guess SLOJD guess SLOYD guess SLUED guess ULNAD guess

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Splits these words most evenly: ALOED of the 42 words here

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A 48% E 38% I 33% U 31% O 24% B 24%

Words with five different letters

81% of the matches have no repeated letters.

ALOUD BLAND BLEND BLIND BLOND

Common letter pairs

ED 12/42 words (29%) LO 10/42 words (24%) AL 9/42 words (21%) BL 9/42 words (21%) LA 8/42 words (19%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 19% · two: 71% · three or more: 10%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _L__D?: 42 five-letter words match _L__D in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 15 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, ALOED has the highest feedback entropy at 5.39 bits against the possible answers.

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