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Five-letter words matching _O_U_

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Showing 74 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

74 matching words1 not previously used8 past answers

Position 1M 16%R 11%B 9%S 8%

Position 3G 14%R 11%C 9%N 8%

Position 5S 43%M 15%E 14%N 7%

9 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess TORUS

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, D, F, L, M, R, T, V·3rd letter: C, G, N, R·5th letter: E, L, M, S, T

Possible answers

BONUS DONUT FOCUS FORUM LOCUS MOGUL ROGUE TORUS VOGUE

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

BONUS used DONUT used FOCUS used FORUM used LOCUS used MOGUL used ROGUE used TORUS possible VOGUE used BOGUS guess LOTUS guess BOEUF guess BOGUE guess BOLUS guess BONUM guess BOSUN guess COCUS guess COGUE guess COMUS guess CONUS guess COQUI guess DOCUS guess HOCUS guess HOKUM guess JORUM guess JOTUN guess KOKUM guess KORUN guess KORUS guess LOBUS guess LOCUM guess LOKUM guess MOCUS guess MODUS guess MOGUE guess MOHUA guess MOHUR guess MOKUS guess MOLUE guess MOMUS guess MOPUS guess MORUK guess MOTUS guess NODUM guess NODUS guess NOTUM guess NOVUM guess PODUS guess POGUE guess POPUP guess PORUS guess ROBUG guess ROBUR guess ROGUY guess ROHUN guess ROHUS guess RONUK guess ROQUE guess SOHUR guess SOJUS guess SOLUM guess SOLUS guess SORUS guess SOYUZ guess TOFUS guess TOGUE guess TOLUS guess TONUS guess TOQUE guess VODUN guess WOFUL guess WOJUS guess YOKUL guess ZOBUS guess

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Opening information

Splits these words most evenly: TORUS of the 74 words here

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Useful letters still to test

S 49% M 32% R 24% N 20% L 18% B 15%

Words with five different letters

89% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BONUS DONUT FOCUS FORUM LOCUS

Common letter pairs

US 32/74 words (43%) MO 12/74 words (16%) UM 11/74 words (15%) OG 10/74 words (14%) GU 10/74 words (14%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 82% · three or more: 18%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _O_U_?: 74 five-letter words match _O_U_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 9 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, TORUS has the highest feedback entropy at 5.08 bits against the possible answers.

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