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Five-letter words matching _R__L

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Showing 58 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

58 matching words2 not previously used18 past answers

Position 1A 16%T 12%C 10%D 10%

Position 3I 24%A 22%O 22%E 5%

Position 4A 24%L 19%I 17%W 14%

20 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess GRAIL

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, C, D, F, G, K, P, T·3rd letter: A, I, O, U·4th letter: A, E, I, L, O, W

Possible answers

BRAWL BROIL CRAWL CRUEL DRAWL DRILL DROLL DROOL FRAIL FRILL GRAIL GRILL

8 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

BRAWL possible BROIL used CRAWL used CRUEL used DRAWL possible DRILL used DROLL used DROOL used FRAIL used FRILL used GRAIL used GRILL used GROWL used GRUEL used KRILL used PROWL used TRAIL used TRAWL used TRIAL used TROLL used ARIEL guess BRILL guess AREAL guess ARGAL guess ARGIL guess ARGOL guess ARMIL guess ARTAL guess ARTEL guess ARVAL guess BRAIL guess BROOL guess CRAAL guess CREEL guess CROOL guess CROWL guess DRAIL guess DROIL guess ERVIL guess GRAAL guess GRRRL guess KRAAL guess KRIOL guess ORFUL guess ORIEL guess ORVAL guess PRIAL guess PRILL guess PROAL guess PROLL guess PROUL guess TRILL guess TRIOL guess TRULL guess UREAL guess URIAL guess URNAL guess WRAWL guess

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34% possible answers

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Splits these words most evenly: ARIEL of the 58 words here

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Useful letters still to test

A 50% I 41% O 33% E 16% G 16% T 16%

Words with five different letters

59% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BRAWL BROIL CRAWL CRUEL DRAWL

Common letter pairs

IL 17/58 words (29%) RI 14/58 words (24%) AL 14/58 words (24%) RA 13/58 words (22%) RO 13/58 words (22%)

Vowels

No vowels: 2% · one: 33% · two: 57% · three or more: 8%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _R__L?: 58 five-letter words match _R__L in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 20 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, ARIEL has the highest feedback entropy at 5.77 bits against the possible answers.

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