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Five-letter words matching _U__L

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Showing 41 matching words

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8 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess MURAL

Still undecided: 1st letter: M, P, Q, R, T·3rd letter: A, B, E, I, P, R·4th letter: A, I, L

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Possible answers

MURAL PUPAL PUPIL QUAIL QUELL QUILL RURAL TUBAL

MURAL used PUPAL possible PUPIL used QUAIL used QUELL used QUILL used RURAL used TUBAL possible AUMIL guess AURAL guess BUBAL guess BUTYL guess CUPEL guess DUCAL guess DURAL guess EUSOL guess FUGAL guess FURAL guess FUROL guess FUSEL guess FUSIL guess FUZIL guess GUGGL guess JUGAL guess JURAL guess JUREL guess KUGEL guess MUGIL guess NUJOL guess OUSEL guess OUZEL guess PUGIL guess PUZEL guess QUARL guess QUIRL guess QUOLL guess QUORL guess RUBEL guess RUGAL guess RUMAL guess SURAL guess

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Useful letters still to test

A 44% R 37% E 24% I 22% Q 17% O 17%

Words with five different letters

78% of the matches have no repeated letters.

MURAL QUAIL TUBAL AUMIL BUTYL

Common letter pairs

AL 9% UR 5% EL 5% IL 5% RA 4%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 5% · two: 80% · three or more: 15%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _U__L?: 41 five-letter words match _U__L in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 8 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, SURAL has the highest feedback entropy at 5.29 bits against the possible answers.

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Best matching test word: SURAL (5.29 bits)

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