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Five-letter words matching __I_K

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Showing 59 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

59 matching words5 not previously used19 past answers

Position 1S 25%C 12%T 10%B 8%

Position 2R 20%L 19%H 17%W 7%

Position 4C 39%N 34%R 10%S 8%

24 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess TRICK

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, C, D, F, P, Q, S, T, W·2nd letter: H, L, M, R, T, U·4th letter: C, N, R, S

Possible answers

BLINK BRICK BRINK BRISK CHICK CLICK CLINK CRICK DRINK FLICK FRISK PRICK

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

BLINK used BRICK possible BRINK used BRISK used CHICK possible CLICK used CLINK used CRICK possible DRINK used FLICK used FRISK possible PRICK used QUICK used QUIRK used SHIRK used SLICK used SLINK possible SMIRK used STICK used STINK used THICK used THINK used TRICK used WHISK used ALICK guess BOINK guess CHINK guess CHIRK guess CRINK guess DEINK guess ERICK guess FLISK guess GLISK guess HAICK guess HOICK guess KAIAK guess KLICK guess KNICK guess KWINK guess PLINK guess PRINK guess QUINK guess REINK guess SAICK guess SHIOK guess SKINK guess SMICK guess SNICK guess SPICK guess SPINK guess STIRK guess SWINK guess THILK guess TWINK guess TWIRK guess UMIAK guess WHILK guess WRICK guess YOICK guess

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Splits these words most evenly: REINK of the 59 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

C 46% N 37% S 34% R 32% L 22% H 20%

Words with five different letters

86% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BLINK BRICK BRINK BRISK CLINK

Common letter pairs

IC 23/59 words (39%) CK 23/59 words (39%) IN 20/59 words (34%) NK 20/59 words (34%) RI 12/59 words (20%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 75% · two: 22% · three or more: 3%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match __I_K?: 59 five-letter words match __I_K 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, REINK has the highest feedback entropy at 4.95 bits against the possible answers.

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