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Five-letter words matching __D_E

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Showing 59 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

59 matching words2 not previously used13 past answers

Position 1M 10%B 8%C 7%L 7%

Position 2A 31%O 15%E 14%U 14%

Position 4G 49%I 12%L 12%E 7%

15 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, I, J, L, M, N, R, U, W·2nd letter: A, E, I, N, O, U·4th letter: G, I, L, U

Possible answers

BADGE BUDGE DODGE FUDGE HEDGE INDIE JUDGE LADLE LEDGE LODGE MIDGE NUDGE

3 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 FUDGE possible HEDGE possible INDIE used JUDGE used LADLE used LEDGE used LODGE used MIDGE used NUDGE used RIDGE used UNDUE used WEDGE used CADRE guess PADRE guess ADDLE guess BEDYE guess BODGE guess BODLE guess CADEE guess CADGE guess CADIE guess DIDIE guess ENDUE guess FADGE guess FIDGE guess GADGE guess GADJE guess INDUE guess KEDGE guess KIDGE guess LADEE guess MADGE guess MADRE guess MEDLE guess MODGE guess MUDGE guess NUDIE guess OLDIE guess ORDIE guess PADLE guess PODGE guess PUDGE guess RADGE guess REDYE guess RUDIE guess SADHE guess SEDGE guess SIDHE guess SIDLE guess TODDE guess UNDEE guess URDEE guess VADGE guess WADGE guess WODGE guess YODLE guess

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Splits these words most evenly: CADRE of the 59 words here

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G 51% A 32% I 24% U 22% O 19% L 19%

Words with five different letters

64% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BADGE BUDGE FUDGE JUDGE LODGE

Common letter pairs

DG 29/59 words (49%) GE 29/59 words (49%) AD 19/59 words (32%) OD 9/59 words (15%) UD 8/59 words (14%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 76% · three or more: 24%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match __D_E?: 59 five-letter words match __D_E in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 15 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, CADRE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.48 bits against the possible answers.

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