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Five-letter words matching _US__

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Showing 102 matching words

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102 matching words8 not previously used9 past answers

Position 1M 20%B 10%F 9%R 9%

Position 4T 22%E 21%K 15%H 12%

Position 5S 31%Y 29%E 7%A 6%

17 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess MUSHY

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, D, F, G, H, L, M, P, R, S·4th letter: E, H, I, K, S, T·5th letter: C, D, I, O, Y

Possible answers

BUSED BUSHY DUSKY DUSTY FUSSY GUSTO GUSTY HUSKY HUSSY LUSTY MUSHY MUSIC

5 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

BUSED possible BUSHY possible DUSKY used DUSTY used FUSSY possible GUSTO possible GUSTY used HUSKY possible HUSSY possible LUSTY used MUSHY used MUSIC used MUSKY possible MUSTY used PUSHY possible RUSTY used SUSHI used BUSES guess BUSTS guess BUSTY guess FUSED guess FUSES guess GUSTS guess MUSES guess PUSSY guess BUSBY guess BUSKS guess BUSKY guess BUSSU guess BUSTI guess CUSEC guess CUSHY guess CUSKS guess CUSPS guess CUSPY guess CUSSO guess CUSUM guess DUSKS guess DUSTS guess EUSOL guess FUSEE guess FUSEL guess FUSIL guess FUSKS guess FUSTS guess FUSTY guess GUSHY guess GUSLA guess GUSLE guess GUSLI guess GUSSY guess HUSHY guess HUSKS guess HUSOS guess JUSTE guess JUSTS guess KUSSO guess KUSTI guess LUSER guess LUSHY guess LUSKS guess LUSTS guess LUSUS guess MUSAR guess MUSCA guess MUSED guess MUSEE guess MUSER guess MUSET guess MUSHA guess MUSIT guess MUSKS guess MUSOS guess MUSSE guess MUSSY guess MUSTA guess MUSTH guess MUSTS guess NUSED guess NUSES guess OUSEL guess OUSIA guess OUSTS guess PUSES guess PUSLE guess RUSAS guess RUSES guess RUSHY guess RUSKS guess RUSKY guess RUSMA guess RUSSE guess RUSTS guess SUSED guess SUSES guess SUSUS guess TUSHY guess TUSKS guess TUSKY guess WUSES guess WUSHU guess WUSSY guess

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Splits these words most evenly: LUSER of the 102 words here

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Useful letters still to test

Y 29% E 26% T 26% M 22% H 17% K 17%

Words with five different letters

49% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BUSED BUSHY DUSKY DUSTY GUSTO

Common letter pairs

US 102/102 words (100%) SE 23/102 words (23%) ST 22/102 words (22%) MU 20/102 words (20%) SK 15/102 words (15%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 48% · two: 47% · three or more: 5%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _US__?: 102 five-letter words match _US__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 17 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, LUSER has the highest feedback entropy at 5.25 bits against the possible answers.

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