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Five-letter words matching __E_Y

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Showing 56 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

56 matching words5 not previously used9 past answers

Position 1P 18%S 11%A 7%E 7%

Position 2E 48%R 9%I 7%H 5%

Position 4R 23%D 14%L 13%W 9%

14 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess REEDY

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, E, F, G, L, N, P, Q, R, S, W·2nd letter: E, I, L, N, O, U, V·4th letter: D, F, G, K, M, R, S, T

Possible answers

BEEFY ELEGY ENEMY EVERY FIERY GEEKY LEERY NEEDY PIETY POESY QUERY REEDY

2 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

BEEFY used ELEGY possible ENEMY possible EVERY used FIERY used GEEKY possible LEERY used NEEDY used PIETY used POESY possible QUERY used REEDY possible SEEDY used WEEDY used CHEVY guess EMERY guess TEENY guess ACEDY guess AIERY guess APERY guess AREFY guess BEERY guess CHEWY guess CREPY guess DEEDY guess DEELY guess FAERY guess FEELY guess GLEBY guess GOETY guess HEEDY guess JEELY guess ONELY guess ONERY guess OPERY guess PEEKY guess PEELY guess PEEOY guess PEEPY guess PEERY guess PREDY guess PREMY guess PREXY guess REEFY guess REEKY guess REELY guess SEELY guess SEEPY guess SPEWY guess STEWY guess SUETY guess THEWY guess VEERY guess VIEWY guess WEENY guess WEEPY guess

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Splits these words most evenly: AIERY of the 56 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 39% P 29% L 18% D 16% W 14% S 12%

Words with five different letters

45% of the matches have no repeated letters.

FIERY PIETY POESY QUERY ACEDY

Common letter pairs

EE 27/56 words (48%) ER 13/56 words (23%) RY 13/56 words (23%) RE 9/56 words (16%) EL 8/56 words (14%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 18% · two: 78% · three or more: 4%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match __E_Y?: 56 five-letter words match __E_Y in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 14 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, AIERY has the highest feedback entropy at 5.34 bits against the possible answers.

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