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Five-letter words matching _OUN_

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Possible answers

BOUND COUNT FOUND HOUND MOUND MOUNT POUND ROUND SOUND WOUND YOUNG

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This pattern has 18 words in the Wordle guess list; 11 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 11 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: COUNT (January 24, 2023); FOUND (March 28, 2022); HOUND (April 18, 2023); MOUNT (January 27, 2022); POUND (August 7, 2021); ROUND (September 17, 2021); SOUND (February 14, 2023); WOUND (October 12, 2025); plus 1 more.

Top-ranked splitter MYTHS
Average remaining
2.82
Worst branch
5
Information
2.4 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

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MYTHS does not fit this page's clues. MOUND keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 5.0 (7 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: _OUND

BOUND, FOUND, HOUND, MOUND, POUND, ROUND, SOUND, WOUND differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; MYTHS tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _OUN_?

All 18 matching words are shown above. 11 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

D 50% S 28% T 22% B 11% F 11% M 11%

Words with five different letters

89% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BOUND COUNT FOUND HOUND MOUND

Common letter pairs

OU 25% UN 25% ND 12% NS 6% NT 4%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 100% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _OUN_?
18 five-letter words match _OUN_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 11 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, COUNT has the highest feedback entropy at 4.96 bits against the possible answers.
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