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Five-letter words matching _L__Y

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Showing 46 matching words

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46 matching words4 not previously used4 past answers

Position 1F 24%G 17%A 13%B 13%

Position 3A 28%O 22%U 22%I 9%

Position 4R 13%E 11%M 11%T 11%

8 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess ALLEY

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

Possible answers

ALLAY ALLEY ALLOY ELEGY FLAKY GLORY SLIMY SLYLY

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

ALLAY possible ALLEY used ALLOY used ELEGY possible FLAKY used GLORY used SLIMY possible SLYLY possible ALARY guess ALUMY guess ALWAY guess BLADY guess BLIMY guess BLINY guess BLOWY guess BLUDY guess BLUEY guess CLARY guess CLUEY guess ELOGY guess FLAMY guess FLARY guess FLAWY guess FLAXY guess FLORY guess FLOWY guess FLUEY guess FLUKY guess FLUTY guess FLYBY guess GLADY guess GLARY guess GLAZY guess GLEBY guess GLOBY guess GLOWY guess GLUEY guess OLDLY guess OLOGY guess PLATY guess PLUMY guess PLUTY guess SLATY guess SLILY guess SLOPY guess ZLOTY guess

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Splits these words most evenly: SLATY of the 46 words here

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Useful letters still to test

A 39% O 26% G 24% F 24% U 22% B 20%

Words with five different letters

76% of the matches have no repeated letters.

FLAKY GLORY SLIMY ALUMY BLADY

Common letter pairs

LA 14/46 words (30%) LO 11/46 words (24%) FL 11/46 words (24%) LU 10/46 words (22%) GL 8/46 words (17%)

Vowels

No vowels: 4% · one: 68% · 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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