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Five-letter words matching __A_D

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Showing 55 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

55 matching words1 not previously used17 past answers

Position 1S 25%B 13%A 11%H 7%

Position 2E 16%L 15%P 11%C 7%

Position 4R 31%N 20%L 13%E 11%

18 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess SHARD

Still undecided: 1st letter: A, B, C, F, G, H, P, S·2nd letter: C, E, H, L, O, R, T, U, W·4th letter: I, L, N, R, U

Possible answers

AWARD BEARD BLAND BOARD BRAID BRAND CHARD FRAUD GLAND GRAND GUARD HEARD

6 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

AWARD used BEARD used BLAND used BOARD used BRAID used BRAND used CHARD used FRAUD possible GLAND used GRAND used GUARD used HEARD used HOARD used PLAID used SCALD used SHARD used STAID used STAND used ABAND guess AFALD guess ALAND guess APAID guess APAYD guess BAAED guess BLAUD guess CAAED guess ECARD guess ELAND guess FEARD guess HEALD guess HOAED guess IZARD guess LIARD guess LYARD guess MAAED guess PLAUD guess QUAYD guess READD guess REARD guess RHABD guess SCAND guess SCAUD guess SHAND guess SKALD guess SLAID guess SPAED guess SPALD guess SPARD guess SPAYD guess SWARD guess TEAED guess VIAND guess WEALD guess WOALD guess YEARD guess

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Splits these words most evenly: HEARD of the 55 words here

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Useful letters still to test

R 42% L 31% E 29% S 25% N 20% B 16%

Words with five different letters

78% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BEARD BLAND BOARD BRAID BRAND

Common letter pairs

AR 17/55 words (31%) RD 17/55 words (31%) AN 11/55 words (20%) ND 11/55 words (20%) EA 9/55 words (16%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 31% · two: 58% · three or more: 11%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match __A_D?: 55 five-letter words match __A_D in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 18 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, HEARD has the highest feedback entropy at 5.24 bits against the possible answers.

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