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Five-letter words matching _OC__

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Showing 69 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

69 matching words1 not previously used7 past answers

Position 1L 16%M 13%C 12%S 9%

Position 4K 33%H 17%A 12%O 10%

Position 5S 48%Y 13%E 10%O 7%

8 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess FOCAL

Still undecided: 1st letter: C, F, L, M, R, V·4th letter: A, H, K, O, U·5th letter: A, L, S, Y

Possible answers

COCOA FOCAL FOCUS LOCAL LOCUS MOCHA ROCKY VOCAL

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

COCOA used FOCAL used FOCUS used LOCAL used LOCUS used MOCHA possible ROCKY used VOCAL used COCKS guess COCKY guess DOCKS guess LOCKS guess MOCKS guess ROCHE guess ROCKS guess SOCKS guess BOCCA guess BOCCE guess BOCCI guess BOCHE guess BOCKS guess COCAS guess COCCI guess COCCO guess COCOS guess COCUS guess DOCHT guess DOCOS guess DOCUS guess HOCKS guess HOCUS guess JOCKO guess JOCKS guess JOCKY guess JOCOS guess LOCHE guess LOCHS guess LOCHY guess LOCIE guess LOCIS guess LOCKY guess LOCOS guess LOCUM guess MOCAP guess MOCHI guess MOCHS guess MOCHY guess MOCKY guess MOCOS guess MOCUS guess NOCKS guess POCAN guess POCHE guess POCHO guess POCKS guess POCKY guess SOCAS guess SOCES guess SOCIA guess SOCKO guess SOCLE guess TOCKS guess TOCKY guess TOCOS guess VOCAB guess VOCES guess WOCKS guess YOCKS guess ZOCCO guess

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Splits these words most evenly: SOCLE of the 69 words here

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Useful letters still to test

S 52% K 33% L 20% H 20% A 17% M 14%

Words with five different letters

65% of the matches have no repeated letters.

FOCAL FOCUS LOCUS MOCHA ROCKY

Common letter pairs

OC 69/69 words (100%) CK 23/69 words (33%) CO 14/69 words (20%) KS 14/69 words (20%) CH 12/69 words (17%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 38% · two: 58% · three or more: 4%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _OC__?: 69 five-letter words match _OC__ 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, SOCLE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.42 bits against the possible answers.

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