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Five-letter words matching __C_Y

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What the remaining words have in common

62 matching words0 not previously used12 past answers

Position 1D 13%P 13%L 11%T 8%
Position 2I 29%A 26%O 15%E 13%
Position 4K 50%H 15%E 11%C 10%

12 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess TACKY

Still undecided: 1st letter: D, I, L, M, P, R, T, W·2nd letter: A, E, I, O, T, U·4th letter: A, E, H, K, O, R

Possible answers

DECAY DECOY DECRY DICEY DUCHY ITCHY LUCKY MUCKY PICKY ROCKY TACKY WACKY

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What fits __C_Y?

All 62 matching words are shown above. 12 are possible answers.

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Useful letters still to test

K 50% I 31% A 29% E 24% O 19% H 16%

Words with five different letters

77% of the matches have no repeated letters.

DECAY DECOY DECRY DICEY DUCHY

Common letter pairs

CK 31/62 words (50%) KY 31/62 words (50%) IC 18/62 words (29%) AC 17/62 words (27%) CH 9/62 words (15%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 79% · two: 21% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match __C_Y?
62 five-letter words match __C_Y in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 12 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, LACEY has the highest feedback entropy at 5.13 bits against the possible answers.