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Five-letter words matching __ED_

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Showing 46 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

46 matching words1 not previously used5 past answers

Position 1S 26%C 9%R 9%A 7%

Position 2E 37%R 17%H 7%L 7%

Position 5S 46%Y 17%E 15%I 7%

6 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess NEEDY

Still undecided: 1st letter: C, N, R, S, W·2nd letter: E, R, U·5th letter: E, O, Y

Possible answers

CREDO NEEDY REEDY SEEDY SUEDE WEEDY

used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer

CREDO used NEEDY used REEDY possible SEEDY used SUEDE used WEEDY used DEEDS guess FEEDS guess NEEDS guess REEDS guess SEEDS guess SHEDS guess SWEDE guess WEEDS guess ACEDY guess AREDD guess AREDE guess BEEDI guess BREDE guess BREDS guess CHEDI guess COEDS guess CREDS guess DEEDY guess GLEDE guess GLEDS guess HEEDS guess HEEDY guess KHEDA guess MAEDI guess MEEDS guess OUEDS guess PAEDO guess PIEDS guess PREDY guess REEDE guess RUEDA guess SKEDS guess SLEDS guess SNEDS guess STEDD guess STEDE guess STEDS guess SYEDS guess UREDO guess YEEDS guess

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Splits these words most evenly: RUEDA of the 46 words here

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Useful letters still to test

S 57% R 26% Y 22% A 15% O 11% C 11%

Words with five different letters

33% of the matches have no repeated letters.

CREDO ACEDY BREDS CHEDI COEDS

Common letter pairs

ED 46/46 words (100%) DS 21/46 words (46%) EE 17/46 words (37%) RE 11/46 words (24%) DE 9/46 words (20%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 24% · two: 56% · three or more: 20%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match __ED_?: 46 five-letter words match __ED_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 6 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, RUEDA has the highest feedback entropy at 5.04 bits against the possible answers.

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