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Five-letter words matching __L_E

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Showing 70 matching words

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70 matching words4 not previously used11 past answers

Position 1M 13%V 13%B 10%D 10%

Position 2O 30%A 21%E 19%I 11%

Position 4L 20%I 14%V 14%S 11%

15 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess VALUE

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, D, F, H, M, P, S, T, V·2nd letter: A, E, I, O, U·4th letter: D, E, G, I, L, S, U, V

Possible answers

BELIE BELLE BILGE BULGE DELVE FALSE HALVE MELEE PULSE SALVE SOLVE TILDE

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

BELIE used BELLE used BILGE used BULGE used DELVE used FALSE used HALVE used MELEE possible PULSE possible SALVE possible SOLVE used TILDE used TULLE possible VALUE used VALVE used DOLCE guess JOLIE guess KYLIE guess OLLIE guess SALLE guess VILLE guess AGLEE guess ALLEE guess BELEE guess BELVE guess BULSE guess CALLE guess CALVE guess COLLE guess DALLE guess DOLEE guess DOLIE guess DULCE guess DULSE guess FILLE guess FOLIE guess GELEE guess GOLPE guess HALSE guess HELVE guess HOLME guess KYLOE guess MALAE guess MELOE guess MILLE guess MOLIE guess MOLLE guess MOLUE guess MULIE guess MULSE guess NOLLE guess PILAE guess POLJE guess RELIE guess RILLE guess SALSE guess SALUE guess SELLE guess SOLDE guess TELAE guess VALSE guess VILDE guess VOLAE guess VOLKE guess VOLTE guess VOLVE guess WALIE guess WELKE guess WOLVE guess ZOLLE guess

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Splits these words most evenly: SALUE of the 70 words here

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Useful letters still to test

O 34% A 29% I 26% V 24% S 20% U 16%

Words with five different letters

53% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BILGE BULGE FALSE HALVE PULSE

Common letter pairs

OL 22/70 words (31%) LE 20/70 words (29%) LL 16/70 words (23%) AL 16/70 words (23%) EL 13/70 words (19%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 67% · three or more: 33%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match __L_E?: 70 five-letter words match __L_E 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, SALUE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.56 bits against the possible answers.

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