Five-letter words matching _O_N_

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What the remaining words have in common

120 matching words3 not previously used16 past answers

Position 1M 11%P 10%B 9%C 8%
Position 3O 17%U 15%W 15%I 13%
Position 5S 33%Y 15%E 13%D 12%
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19 possible answers fit.

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

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, C, D, F, G, H, J, M, P, R, S, W, Y·3rd letter: I, R, U, W·5th letter: D, E, G, T, Y

Possible answers

7 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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

BORNE used BOUND possible CORNY used COUNT used DOING used DOWNY possible FOUND used GOING used HORNY possible HOUND used JOINT used MOUND used MOUNT used POINT used POUND used ROUND used SOUND used WOUND used YOUNG used COINS guess DONNA guess DONNY guess DOWNS guess GONNA guess GOONS guess GOWNS guess HORNS guess JOHNS guess JOINS guess LOANS guess MOANS guess MOONS guess NOONE guess NOUNS guess PORNO guess SONNY guess TONNE guess TOWNS guess BOING guess BOINK guess BONNE guess BONNY guess BOONG guess BOONS guess BORNA guess BOUNS guess BOWNE guess CONNE guess CONNS guess COONS guess CORNI guess CORNO guess CORNS guess CORNU guess DONNE guess DOONA guess DOWNA guess FOHNS guess FOINS guess FOUNT guess FOYNE guess GOONY guess HOING guess HOONS guess KOANS guess KOINE guess LOINS guess LOONS guess LOONY guess LOUND guess LOUNS guess LOWND guess LOWNE guess LOWNS guess MOANA guess MOANY guess MOENI guess MOONG guess MOONI guess MOONY guess MORNA guess MORNE guess MORNS guess NOINT guess NONNA guess NONNO guess NONNY guess NOONS guess NOUNY guess POENA guess POIND guess POONS guess PORNS guess PORNY guess POWND guess POWNS guess POWNY guess POYNT guess ROANS guess ROANY guess RODNY guess ROINS guess RONNE guess ROONS guess ROWND guess ROWNS guess ROYNE guess SONNE guess SORNS guess SOWND guess SOWNE guess TOING guess TOONS guess TOUNS guess TOWNO guess TOWNY guess WOONS guess XOANA guess YONNY guess ZOONS guess

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Pattern guide

What fits _O_N_?

All 120 matching words are shown above. 19 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

62% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

NS 39/120 words (32%) ON 36/120 words (30%) OO 20/120 words (17%) OU 18/120 words (15%) UN 18/120 words (15%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 26% · two: 67% · three or more: 7%

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How many five-letter words match _O_N_?
120 five-letter words match _O_N_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 19 are possible answers.