5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching __L_R

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What the remaining words have in common

45 matching words4 not previously used6 past answers

Position 1P 16%M 13%T 11%O 9%
Position 2I 24%O 24%A 20%L 7%
Position 4E 56%A 36%O 9%

10 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess PALER

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

Possible answers

BALER COLOR FILER IDLER MOLAR PALER POLAR RULER SOLAR VALOR

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What fits __L_R?

All 45 matching words are shown above. 10 are possible answers.

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Useful letters still to test

E 60% A 53% O 38% I 29% P 16% M 13%

Words with five different letters

80% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BALER FILER IDLER MOLAR PALER

Common letter pairs

LE 25/45 words (56%) ER 25/45 words (56%) LA 16/45 words (36%) AR 16/45 words (36%) OL 12/45 words (27%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 5% · two: 93% · three or more: 2%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match __L_R?
45 five-letter words match __L_R in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 10 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, TALER has the highest feedback entropy at 5.77 bits against the possible answers.