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Five-letter words matching _R__Y

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Showing 49 matching words

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13 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess GRAVY

Still undecided: 1st letter: A, B, C, D, G, I, P, T, W·3rd letter: A, I, O, R, T, U, Y·4th letter: A, L, M, N, S, V, X, Z

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Possible answers

ARRAY ARTSY BRINY CRAZY CRONY DRYLY GRAVY GRIMY IRONY PRIVY PROXY TRULY

1 more possible answer is in the full list below.

ARRAY possible ARTSY used BRINY used CRAZY used CRONY possible DRYLY possible GRAVY used GRIMY used IRONY used PRIVY possible PROXY used TRULY used WRYLY possible AREFY guess ARSEY guess ARTLY guess BRAKY guess BRAXY guess BROSY guess CRAPY guess CREPY guess CRUDY guess CRUSY guess DRAPY guess DRILY guess DRONY guess DRUSY guess DRUXY guess FRORY guess FROWY guess GRAPY guess GRIPY guess GRISY guess GRODY guess GROVY guess ORACY guess PRATY guess PREDY guess PREMY guess PREXY guess PRICY guess PRIDY guess PRIMY guess PROBY guess PROSY guess PRUNY guess SRSLY guess TRADY guess TRIPY guess

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Useful letters still to test

P 37% A 31% O 24% I 22% D 22% S 16%

Words with five different letters

90% of the matches have no repeated letters.

ARTSY BRINY CRAZY CRONY GRAVY

Common letter pairs

PR 6% RA 6% RO 6% RI 5% GR 4%

Vowels

No vowels: 6% · one: 84% · two: 10% · three or more: 0%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _R__Y?: 49 five-letter words match _R__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, ARSEY has the highest feedback entropy at 5.42 bits against the possible answers.

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Best matching test word: ARSEY (5.42 bits)

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