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Five-letter words matching __BO_

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What the remaining words have in common

48 matching words0 not previously used7 past answers

Position 1A 8%B 8%C 8%E 8%
Position 2A 25%O 23%M 13%E 8%
Position 5S 31%T 13%R 10%W 10%

7 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess LABOR

Still undecided: 1st letter: A, E, I, L, R, T·2nd letter: A, B, L, N, O, R·5th letter: O, R, T, W, X

Possible answers

ABBOT ARBOR ELBOW INBOX LABOR ROBOT TABOO

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Pattern guide

What fits __BO_?

All 48 matching words are shown above. 7 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

S 38% A 33% T 19% E 19% M 17% R 15%

Words with five different letters

48% of the matches have no repeated letters.

ELBOW INBOX LABOR ADBOT AMBOS

Common letter pairs

BO 48/48 words (100%) OB 16/48 words (33%) OS 15/48 words (31%) AB 13/48 words (27%) OT 6/48 words (12%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 4% · two: 92% · three or more: 4%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match __BO_?
48 five-letter words match __BO_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 7 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, TABOR has the highest feedback entropy at 5.18 bits against the possible answers.