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Five-letter words matching __E_D

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Showing 60 matching words

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60 matching words3 not previously used21 past answers

Position 1S 27%B 10%T 10%A 8%

Position 2R 28%I 12%H 8%E 7%

Position 4E 30%N 20%A 18%L 17%

24 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess TREND

Still undecided: 1st letter: A, B, C, D, F, G, K, P, S, T, W, Y·2nd letter: H, I, L, M, N, P, R, T, W·4th letter: A, E, L, N

Possible answers

AHEAD AMEND BLEED BLEND BREAD BREED CREED DREAD FIELD FIEND FREED GREED

12 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

AHEAD used AMEND used BLEED used BLEND used BREAD used BREED used CREED used DREAD used FIELD used FIEND used FREED possible GREED used KNEAD used KNEED possible PLEAD used SPEED used SPEND used STEAD used STEED used TREAD possible TREND used TWEED used WIELD used YIELD used ADEAD guess AREAD guess AREDD guess BIELD guess BREID guess DREED guess EMEND guess FJELD guess FREMD guess GLEED guess GYELD guess NEELD guess OGEED guess OREAD guess PIEND guess PREED guess PSEUD guess REERD guess RHEID guess SCEND guess SEELD guess SHEND guess SHERD guess SIELD guess SKEED guess SNEAD guess SNEED guess SPELD guess STEDD guess STEND guess SWEED guess TEEND guess THEED guess TREED guess UPEND guess UREID guess

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Splits these words most evenly: TREAD of the 60 words here

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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Useful letters still to test

R 33% N 28% S 28% L 23% A 22% I 17%

Words with five different letters

52% of the matches have no repeated letters.

AMEND BLEND BREAD FIELD FIEND

Common letter pairs

EE 22/60 words (37%) ED 20/60 words (33%) RE 18/60 words (30%) EN 12/60 words (20%) ND 12/60 words (20%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 20% · two: 70% · three or more: 10%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match __E_D?: 60 five-letter words match __E_D in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 24 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, TREAD has the highest feedback entropy at 5.48 bits against the possible answers.

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