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Five-letter words matching __LO_

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Showing 77 matching words

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77 matching words4 not previously used11 past answers

Position 1A 14%P 10%B 9%M 9%

Position 2O 23%E 19%A 18%I 13%

Position 5S 30%N 22%W 8%G 5%

15 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess TALON

Still undecided: 1st letter: A, B, C, F, I, M, N, P, S, T, V·2nd letter: A, E, G, I, L, O, Y·5th letter: N, O, R, T, W, Y

Possible answers

AGLOW ALLOT ALLOW ALLOY BELOW COLON COLOR FELON IGLOO MELON NYLON PILOT

3 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

AGLOW used ALLOT used ALLOW used ALLOY used BELOW used COLON used COLOR possible FELON possible IGLOO used MELON used NYLON used PILOT used SALON possible TALON used VALOR possible KILOS guess SOLOS guess ABLOW guess AFLOW guess AGLOO guess ALLOD guess AULOI guess AULOS guess AZLON guess BALOI guess BALON guess BALOO guess BALOT guess BELON guess BOLOS guess CALOS guess CELOM guess COLOG guess DELOS guess DOLOR guess DOLOS guess FILON guess FILOS guess GALOP guess HALON guess HALOS guess HELOS guess HELOT guess HOLON guess HOLOS guess JALOP guess KOLOS guess KYLOE guess LILOS guess LOLOG guess LOLOS guess MELOE guess MELOS guess MILOR guess MILOS guess MOLOI guess MOLOS guess NOLOS guess ORLON guess ORLOP guess PELOG guess PELON guess PHLOX guess PILON guess PILOW guess POLOS guess PYLON guess RELOS guess SALOL guess SALOP guess SILOS guess SOLON guess SPLOG guess TELOI guess TELOS guess XOLOS guess XYLOL guess

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Splits these words most evenly: TALON of the 77 words here

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Useful letters still to test

S 36% A 32% N 23% E 21% I 19% P 17%

Words with five different letters

57% of the matches have no repeated letters.

AGLOW BELOW FELON MELON PILOT

Common letter pairs

LO 77/77 words (100%) OS 23/77 words (30%) OL 20/77 words (26%) AL 18/77 words (23%) ON 17/77 words (22%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 6% · two: 82% · three or more: 12%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match __LO_?: 77 five-letter words match __LO_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 15 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, TALON has the highest feedback entropy at 5.34 bits against the possible answers.

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