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Five-letter words matching _OB__

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Showing 70 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

70 matching words2 not previously used7 past answers

Position 1R 13%G 11%M 11%C 10%

Position 4B 23%E 19%O 16%A 11%

Position 5S 26%Y 19%E 13%A 9%

9 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess NOBLY

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, C, H, L, N, R, S·4th letter: B, E, I, L, O, R·5th letter: A, E, N, R, T, Y

Possible answers

BOBBY COBRA HOBBY LOBBY NOBLE NOBLY ROBIN ROBOT SOBER

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

BOBBY possible COBRA possible HOBBY used LOBBY used NOBLE used NOBLY used ROBIN used ROBOT used SOBER used LOBES guess ROBES guess BOBAC guess BOBAK guess BOBAS guess BOBOL guess BOBOS guess COBBS guess COBBY guess COBIA guess COBLE guess COBOT guess COBZA guess DOBBY guess DOBES guess DOBIE guess DOBLA guess DOBLE guess DOBRA guess DOBRO guess GOBAN guess GOBAR guess GOBBE guess GOBBI guess GOBBO guess GOBBY guess GOBIS guess GOBOS guess HOBOS guess JOBED guess JOBES guess KOBAN guess KOBOS guess LOBAR guess LOBED guess LOBOS guess LOBUS guess MOBBY guess MOBED guess MOBEE guess MOBES guess MOBEY guess MOBIE guess MOBLE guess MOBOS guess NOBBY guess OOBIT guess POBBY guess POBOY guess ROBBO guess ROBED guess ROBER guess ROBLE guess ROBUG guess ROBUR guess SOBAS guess VOBLA guess YOBBO guess YOBBY guess ZOBOS guess ZOBUS guess

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Splits these words most evenly: ROBLE of the 70 words here

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Useful letters still to test

E 30% S 27% R 21% L 21% Y 20% A 20%

Words with five different letters

49% of the matches have no repeated letters.

COBRA NOBLE NOBLY ROBIN SOBER

Common letter pairs

OB 70/70 words (100%) BO 18/70 words (26%) BB 16/70 words (23%) BE 14/70 words (20%) BY 10/70 words (14%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 17% · two: 76% · three or more: 7%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _OB__?: 70 five-letter words match _OB__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 9 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, ROBLE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.23 bits against the possible answers.

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