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Five-letter words matching _U_C_

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Showing 45 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

45 matching words6 not previously used11 past answers

Position 1M 11%B 9%C 9%D 9%

Position 3N 31%L 13%T 13%I 11%

Position 5H 49%E 18%A 9%O 9%

17 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess LUNCH

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, D, G, H, J, L, M, O, P, Q·3rd letter: A, I, L, N, R, T·5th letter: E, H, K, Y

Possible answers

BUNCH BUTCH DUNCE DUTCH GULCH HUNCH HUTCH JUICE JUICY LUNCH LURCH MULCH

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

BUNCH used BUTCH possible DUNCE possible DUTCH used GULCH possible HUNCH used HUTCH used JUICE used JUICY possible LUNCH used LURCH possible MULCH used MUNCH used OUNCE used PUNCH possible QUACK used QUICK used BUNCE guess BUNCO guess CUECA guess CULCH guess CURCH guess CUTCH guess DULCE guess DUNCH guess FURCA guess GUACO guess JUNCO guess KUTCH guess LUACH guess MULCT guess MUSCA guess MUTCH guess PUBCO guess PUNCE guess QUECK guess QUICH guess RUACH guess RUICE guess RUNCE guess RUNCH guess SUCCI guess SULCI guess YUCCA guess YUCCH guess

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Splits these words most evenly: RUICE of the 45 words here

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Useful letters still to test

H 49% N 31% E 22% L 20% A 18% T 16%

Words with five different letters

80% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BUNCH BUTCH DUNCE DUTCH GULCH

Common letter pairs

CH 22/45 words (49%) UN 14/45 words (31%) NC 14/45 words (31%) CE 8/45 words (18%) UT 6/45 words (13%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 45% · two: 44% · three or more: 11%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _U_C_?: 45 five-letter words match _U_C_ 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, RUICE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.33 bits against the possible answers.

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