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Five-letter words matching _OI__

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Showing 79 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

79 matching words0 not previously used13 past answers

Position 1N 10%M 9%T 9%C 8%

Position 4L 23%N 20%S 15%R 9%

Position 5S 37%E 18%T 13%Y 10%

13 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess JOINT

Still undecided: 1st letter: D, F, G, H, J, M, N, P, V·4th letter: C, L, N, S·5th letter: A, E, G, T, Y

Possible answers

DOING FOIST GOING HOIST JOINT JOIST MOIST NOISE NOISY POINT POISE VOICE

1 more possible answer is in the full list below.

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

DOING used FOIST used GOING used HOIST used JOINT used JOIST used MOIST used NOISE used NOISY used POINT used POISE used VOICE used VOILA used BOILS guess COILS guess COINS guess JOINS guess MOIRA guess SOILS guess BOING guess BOINK guess BOITE guess COIFS guess COIGN guess COIRS guess COITS guess DOILT guess DOILY guess DOITS guess FOIDS guess FOILS guess FOINS guess GOIER guess HOICK guess HOIED guess HOIKS guess HOING guess HOISE guess KOINE guess KOIWI guess LOIDS guess LOINS guess LOIPE guess LOIRS guess MOILE guess MOILS guess MOIRE guess MOITS guess MOITY guess NOIAS guess NOILS guess NOILY guess NOINT guess NOIRE guess NOIRS guess OOIDS guess POILU guess POIND guess POIRE guess ROIDS guess ROILS guess ROILY guess ROINS guess ROIST guess SOILY guess TOIDY guess TOILE guess TOILS guess TOING guess TOISE guess TOITS guess TOITY guess VOICI guess VOIDS guess VOILE guess VOIPS guess YOICK guess ZOISM guess ZOIST guess

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Splits these words most evenly: TOILE of the 79 words here

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Useful letters still to test

S 53% N 30% T 28% L 28% E 20% R 16%

Words with five different letters

90% of the matches have no repeated letters.

DOING FOIST HOIST JOINT JOIST

Common letter pairs

OI 79/79 words (100%) IL 18/79 words (23%) IN 16/79 words (20%) IS 12/79 words (15%) NO 8/79 words (10%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 71% · three or more: 29%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _OI__?: 79 five-letter words match _OI__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 13 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, TOILE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.69 bits against the possible answers.

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