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Five-letter words matching __IE_

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Showing 83 matching words

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83 matching words11 not previously used9 past answers

Position 1S 22%P 10%A 8%C 8%

Position 2R 30%L 14%H 12%K 6%

Position 5S 39%R 22%D 20%F 6%

20 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess PRIED

Still undecided: 1st letter: A, B, C, D, F, G, P, Q, S, T·2nd letter: H, K, L, P, R, U·5th letter: D, F, L, N, R, T

Possible answers

ALIEN BRIEF CHIEF CRIED CRIER DRIED DRIER FLIER FRIED GRIEF PLIED PLIER

8 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

ALIEN used BRIEF used CHIEF used CRIED possible CRIER possible DRIED possible DRIER possible FLIER possible FRIED used GRIEF used PLIED possible PLIER possible PRIED possible QUIET used SHIED possible SKIER used SPIED possible SPIEL used THIEF used TRIED possible ARIEL guess CRIES guess DRIES guess FLIES guess FRIES guess SKIES guess SPIES guess TRIES guess ABIES guess ACIES guess ADIEU guess AJIES guess AMIES guess BRIER guess BRIES guess CHIEL guess CLIED guess CLIES guess EXIER guess EXIES guess FLIED guess FRIER guess GOIER guess HOIED guess HUIES guess ICIER guess IVIED guess IVIES guess KAIES guess KLIEG guess NAIEO guess OBIED guess OKIES guess ORIEL guess OSIER guess OWIES guess OXIES guess PHIES guess PLIES guess PRIEF guess PRIER guess PRIES guess QUIES guess RHIES guess SHIEL guess SHIER guess SHIES guess SKIED guess SKIEY guess SLIER guess SNIED guess SNIES guess SPIER guess STIED guess STIES guess SWIES guess TRIER guess TWIER guess VLIES guess WHIES guess WRIED guess WRIER guess WRIES guess

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Splits these words most evenly: ARIEL of the 83 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

S 54% R 45% D 24% L 20% H 14% P 14%

Words with five different letters

77% of the matches have no repeated letters.

ALIEN BRIEF CHIEF CRIED FLIER

Common letter pairs

IE 83/83 words (100%) ES 32/83 words (39%) RI 25/83 words (30%) ER 18/83 words (22%) ED 17/83 words (20%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 70% · three or more: 30%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match __IE_?: 83 five-letter words match __IE_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 20 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, ARIEL has the highest feedback entropy at 5.77 bits against the possible answers.

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