Five-letter words matching _L__Y

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8 possible answers fit.

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

Still undecided: 1st letter: A, E, F, G, S·3rd letter: A, E, I, L, O, Y·4th letter: A, E, G, K, L, M, O, R

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What fits _L__Y?

All 46 matching words are shown above. 8 are possible answers.

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Words with five different letters

76% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

LA 8% LO 6% FL 6% LU 5% GL 4%

Vowels

No vowels: 4% · one: 67% · two: 28% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _L__Y?
46 five-letter words match _L__Y in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 8 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, SLATY has the highest feedback entropy at 5.23 bits against the possible answers.
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