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Five-letter words matching _OO_Y

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Showing 73 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

73 matching words5 not previously used8 past answers

Position 1G 15%B 12%P 11%C 7%

Position 4K 14%E 11%T 11%D 10%

13 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess GOODY

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, G, L, M, R, S, W·4th letter: B, D, E, F, L, M, P, T, Z

Possible answers

BOOBY BOOTY BOOZY GOODY GOOEY GOOFY LOOPY MOODY ROOMY SOOTY WOODY WOOLY

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

BOOBY used BOOTY used BOOZY used GOODY used GOOEY used GOOFY used LOOPY used MOODY possible ROOMY used SOOTY possible WOODY possible WOOLY possible WOOZY possible FOOTY guess BOOAY guess BOODY guess BOOFY guess BOOGY guess BOOKY guess BOOMY guess COOEY guess COOKY guess COOLY guess COOMY guess COOTY guess DOODY guess DOOKY guess DOOLY guess DOOMY guess DOOZY guess FOODY guess GOOBY guess GOOKY guess GOOLY guess GOOMY guess GOONY guess GOOPY guess GOORY guess GOOSY guess HOODY guess HOOEY guess HOOKY guess HOOLY guess HOOTY guess KOOKY guess LOOBY guess LOOEY guess LOOKY guess LOONY guess MOOEY guess MOOLY guess MOONY guess MOORY guess NOOKY guess POOAY guess POOEY guess POOFY guess POOHY guess POOLY guess POOPY guess POOTY guess POOVY guess ROOFY guess ROOKY guess ROOPY guess ROOTY guess SOOEY guess SOOKY guess WOOFY guess WOOPY guess ZOOEY guess ZOOMY guess ZOOTY guess

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Splits these words most evenly: SOOEY of the 73 words here

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Useful letters still to test

G 16% L 16% P 16% B 15% D 15% M 15%

Common letter pairs

OO 73/73 words (100%) GO 11/73 words (15%) OK 10/73 words (14%) KY 10/73 words (14%) BO 9/73 words (12%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 86% · three or more: 14%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _OO_Y?: 73 five-letter words match _OO_Y 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, SOOEY has the highest feedback entropy at 4.55 bits against the possible answers.

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