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Five-letter words matching __D_Y

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Showing 67 matching words

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67 matching words7 not previously used11 past answers

Position 1R 12%P 9%S 9%B 7%

Position 2A 24%U 22%O 19%E 15%

Position 4D 52%G 27%L 10%R 3%

18 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess BUDDY

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

Possible answers

BADLY BIDDY BUDDY CADDY DADDY DODGY GIDDY GODLY MADLY MUDDY ODDLY PADDY

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

BADLY used BIDDY possible BUDDY used CADDY possible DADDY used DODGY used GIDDY used GODLY possible MADLY used MUDDY possible ODDLY used PADDY possible PUDGY possible RUDDY used SADLY possible TEDDY used TODAY used TODDY used REDDY guess BADDY guess BODGY guess CADGY guess CUDDY guess DIDDY guess DODDY guess DUDDY guess FADDY guess FUDDY guess FUDGY guess GADGY guess HEDGY guess JUDGY guess KEDGY guess KIDDY guess LADDY guess LEDGY guess MADDY guess MIDDY guess MIDGY guess NEDDY guess NODDY guess NUDDY guess NUDGY guess OLDLY guess PODDY guess PODGY guess PUDDY guess PUDSY guess RADDY guess RADGY guess REDLY guess REDRY guess RIDGY guess RODNY guess SADDY guess SEDGY guess SIDEY guess SODDY guess SUDSY guess TIDDY guess UPDRY guess VODDY guess WADDY guess WEDGY guess WIDDY guess WODGY guess WUDDY guess

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Splits these words most evenly: SIDEY of the 67 words here

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Useful letters still to test

G 30% A 25% U 24% O 22% E 16% I 15%

Words with five different letters

39% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BADLY GODLY MADLY PUDGY SADLY

Common letter pairs

DD 36/67 words (54%) DY 35/67 words (52%) DG 18/67 words (27%) GY 18/67 words (27%) AD 16/67 words (24%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 97% · two: 3% · three or more: 0%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match __D_Y?: 67 five-letter words match __D_Y 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, SIDEY has the highest feedback entropy at 4.96 bits against the possible answers.

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