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Five-letter words matching _TE__

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Showing 43 matching words

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10 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess STEAD

Still undecided: 4th letter: A, E, I, R·5th letter: D, K, L, M, N, P, R

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Possible answers

STEAD STEAK STEAL STEAM STEED STEEL STEEP STEER STEIN STERN

STEAD used STEAK used STEAL possible STEAM used STEED used STEEL used STEEP used STEER possible STEIN used STERN used ITEMS guess STEMS guess STEPS guess CTENE guess ETENS guess MTEPE guess STEAN guess STEAR guess STEDD guess STEDE guess STEDS guess STEEK guess STEEM guess STEEN guess STEEZ guess STEIK guess STEIL guess STELA guess STELE guess STELL guess STEME guess STEND guess STENO guess STENS guess STENT guess STEPT guess STERE guess STETS guess STEWS guess STEWY guess STEYS guess UTERI guess UTERO guess

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Useful letters still to test

S 91% N 23% A 16% D 14% L 14% M 14%

Words with five different letters

40% of the matches have no repeated letters.

STEAD STEAK STEAL STEAM STEIN

Common letter pairs

TE 25% ST 22% EE 5% EN 4% EA 3%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 33% · two: 63% · three or more: 5%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _TE__?: 43 five-letter words match _TE__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 10 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, STEAR has the highest feedback entropy at 5.65 bits against the possible answers.

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23% possible answers

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Best matching test word: STEAR (5.65 bits)

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