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Five-letter words matching __ES_

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Showing 46 matching words

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17 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess CREST

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, C, D, F, G, O, P, Q, T, W·2nd letter: B, E, H, L, O, R, U·5th letter: E, H, S, T, Y

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Possible answers

BLESS CHESS CHEST CRESS CREST DRESS FLESH FRESH GEESE GUESS GUEST OBESE

5 more possible answers are in the full list below.

BLESS possible CHESS possible CHEST used CRESS possible CREST used DRESS possible FLESH used FRESH used GEESE used GUESS used GUEST used OBESE possible POESY possible PRESS used QUEST used THESE used WREST possible BLEST guess CAESE guess DOEST guess DREST guess EGEST guess EWEST guess FEESE guess FIEST guess GEEST guess GHEST guess GOEST guess GRESE guess LEESE guess LOESS guess NEESE guess NIESS guess PHESE guess PLESH guess PRESA guess PRESE guess PREST guess QUESO guess REEST guess SPESH guess THESP guess TRESS guess TREST guess WEEST guess YEESH guess

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Useful letters still to test

T 46% R 30% H 24% P 20% G 17% L 13%

Words with five different letters

41% of the matches have no repeated letters.

CHEST CREST FLESH FRESH GUEST

Common letter pairs

ES 25% ST 10% RE 8% SE 5% SS 5%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 41% · two: 43% · three or more: 15%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match __ES_?: 46 five-letter words match __ES_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 17 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, CREST has the highest feedback entropy at 5.45 bits against the possible answers.

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37% possible answers

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Best matching test word: CREST (5.45 bits)

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