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Showing 63 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

63 matching words2 not previously used12 past answers

Position 1E 48%A 24%O 22%I 6%

Position 3I 35%E 14%O 11%M 6%

Position 4E 17%A 13%L 13%N 11%

Position 5S 27%E 24%T 11%L 8%

14 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess EXALT

Still undecided: 1st letter: A, E, O·3rd letter: A, C, E, I, P, T, U·4th letter: A, C, D, E, L, O, R, S·5th letter: A, E, L, M, N, T

Possible answers

AXIAL AXIOM AXION EXACT EXALT EXCEL EXERT EXILE EXIST EXPEL EXTOL EXTRA

2 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

AXIAL possible AXIOM used AXION possible EXACT used EXALT used EXCEL used EXERT used EXILE used EXIST used EXPEL used EXTOL used EXTRA used EXULT used OXIDE used EXAMS guess EXECS guess EXITS guess EXPAT guess AXELS guess AXILE guess AXILS guess AXING guess AXITE guess AXLED guess AXLES guess AXMAN guess AXMEN guess AXOID guess AXONE guess AXONS guess EXEAT guess EXEEM guess EXEME guess EXFIL guess EXIER guess EXIES guess EXINE guess EXING guess EXITE guess EXODE guess EXOME guess EXONS guess EXPOS guess EXUDE guess EXULS guess EXURB guess IXIAS guess IXNAY guess IXORA guess IXTLE guess OXBOW guess OXEAS guess OXERS guess OXEYE guess OXIDS guess OXIES guess OXIME guess OXIMS guess OXINE guess OXLIP guess OXMAN guess OXMEN guess OXTER guess

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Splits these words most evenly: AXILE of the 63 words here

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Useful letters still to test

E 75% I 44% A 41% O 40% S 29% L 25%

Words with five different letters

68% of the matches have no repeated letters.

AXIOM AXION EXACT EXALT EXIST

Common letter pairs

EX 30/63 words (48%) XI 22/63 words (35%) AX 15/63 words (24%) OX 14/63 words (22%) XE 9/63 words (14%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 59% · three or more: 41%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _X___?: 63 five-letter words match _X___ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 14 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, AXILE has the highest feedback entropy at 4.83 bits against the possible answers.

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