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Five-letter words matching __IM_

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Showing 55 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

55 matching words2 not previously used12 past answers

Position 1S 24%C 16%P 15%A 9%

Position 2R 25%L 24%H 13%T 7%

Position 5S 36%E 22%P 13%Y 11%

14 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess CRIME

Still undecided: 1st letter: A, B, C, G, P, S·2nd letter: H, K, L, N, R·5th letter: B, E, O, P, Y

Possible answers

ANIME BLIMP CHIME CLIMB CRIME CRIMP GRIME GRIMY PRIME PRIMO PRIMP SKIMP

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

ANIME possible BLIMP used CHIME used CLIMB used CRIME used CRIMP used GRIME used GRIMY used PRIME used PRIMO used PRIMP used SKIMP used SLIME used SLIMY possible PRIMA guess SWIMS guess ALIMS guess ANIMA guess ANIMI guess ATIMY guess BLIMY guess BRIMS guess CHIMB guess CHIMO guess CHIMP guess CLIME guess CRIMS guess FLIMP guess FLIMS guess GLIME guess GLIMS guess GUIMP guess KAIMS guess MAIMS guess NSIMA guess OJIME guess OXIME guess OXIMS guess PLIMS guess PRIMI guess PRIMS guess PRIMY guess QUIMS guess RHIME guess SAIMS guess SHIMS guess SKIMO guess SKIMS guess SLIMS guess SPIMS guess STIME guess STIMS guess STIMY guess TRIMS guess WHIMS guess

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Splits these words most evenly: SLIME of the 55 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

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

S 49% P 27% R 27% L 24% E 22% A 18%

Words with five different letters

78% of the matches have no repeated letters.

ANIME BLIMP CHIME CLIMB CRIME

Common letter pairs

IM 55/55 words (100%) MS 20/55 words (36%) RI 14/55 words (25%) LI 13/55 words (24%) ME 12/55 words (22%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 49% · two: 42% · three or more: 9%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match __IM_?: 55 five-letter words match __IM_ 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, SLIME has the highest feedback entropy at 5.28 bits against the possible answers.

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