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Five-letter words matching __I_G

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Showing 51 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

51 matching words8 not previously used15 past answers

Position 1A 14%E 10%B 8%O 8%

Position 2Y 14%L 12%H 10%O 10%

Position 4N 98%E 2%

23 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess SLING

Still undecided: 1st letter: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, I, L, O, S, T, U, V, W·2nd letter: C, E, G, H, K, L, O, P, R, S, T, U, W, Y

Possible answers

AGING APING BEING BRING CLING DOING DYING EKING EYING FLING GOING ICING

11 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

AGING used APING possible BEING used BRING used CLING used DOING used DYING possible EKING possible EYING possible FLING used GOING used ICING used LYING used OWING possible SLING used STING used SUING possible SWING used THING used TYING possible USING used VYING used WRING possible BLING guess CHING guess ACING guess AHING guess AKING guess AWING guess AXING guess BOING guess CUING guess DUING guess EHING guess ERING guess EXING guess HOING guess HYING guess IRING guess KAING guess KLIEG guess NYING guess OHING guess OKING guess OPING guess PIING guess PLING guess PRING guess REING guess RUING guess TOING guess

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Splits these words most evenly: REING of the 51 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

N 98% O 18% A 16% E 16% R 14% L 14%

Words with five different letters

88% of the matches have no repeated letters.

APING BEING BRING CLING DOING

Common letter pairs

IN 50/51 words (98%) NG 50/51 words (98%) YI 7/51 words (14%) LI 6/51 words (12%) RI 5/51 words (10%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 35% · two: 65% · three or more: 0%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match __I_G?: 51 five-letter words match __I_G in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 23 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, REING has the highest feedback entropy at 5.04 bits against the possible answers.

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