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Five-letter words matching __DG_

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Showing 47 matching words

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47 matching words3 not previously used11 past answers

Position 1M 11%W 11%B 9%F 9%

Position 2A 23%E 21%O 21%U 21%

Position 5E 62%Y 38%

14 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess BUDGE

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, D, F, H, J, L, M, N, P, R, W·2nd letter: A, E, I, O, U·5th letter: E, Y

Possible answers

BADGE BUDGE DODGE DODGY FUDGE HEDGE JUDGE LEDGE LODGE MIDGE NUDGE PUDGY

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

BADGE used BUDGE used DODGE used DODGY used FUDGE possible HEDGE possible JUDGE used LEDGE used LODGE used MIDGE used NUDGE used PUDGY possible RIDGE used WEDGE used BODGE guess BODGY guess CADGE guess CADGY guess FADGE guess FIDGE guess FUDGY guess GADGE guess GADGY guess HEDGY guess JUDGY guess KEDGE guess KEDGY guess KIDGE guess LEDGY guess MADGE guess MIDGY guess MODGE guess MUDGE guess NUDGY guess PODGE guess PODGY guess PUDGE guess RADGE guess RADGY guess RIDGY guess SEDGE guess SEDGY guess VADGE guess WADGE guess WEDGY guess WODGE guess WODGY guess

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Splits these words most evenly: RADGE of the 47 words here

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E 72% Y 38% A 23% U 21% O 21% I 13%

Words with five different letters

81% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BADGE BUDGE FUDGE JUDGE LODGE

Common letter pairs

DG 47/47 words (100%) GE 29/47 words (62%) GY 18/47 words (38%) AD 11/47 words (23%) UD 10/47 words (21%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 38% · two: 62% · three or more: 0%

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How many five-letter words match __DG_?: 47 five-letter words match __DG_ 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, RADGE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.17 bits against the possible answers.

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