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Five-letter words matching __MA_

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93 matching words0 not previously used4 past answers

Position 1A 13%C 10%S 10%L 8%

Position 2A 25%O 18%I 13%E 11%

Position 5S 39%N 22%L 10%R 6%

4 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess HUMAN

Still undecided: 1st letter: H, N, S, W·2nd letter: O, U·5th letter: C, D, N

Possible answers

HUMAN NOMAD SUMAC WOMAN

used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer

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Splits these words most evenly: RIMAE of the 93 words here

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S 44% N 29% O 20% L 19% E 16% U 15%

Words with five different letters

55% of the matches have no repeated letters.

HUMAN NOMAD SUMAC WOMAN BEMAD

Common letter pairs

MA 93/93 words (100%) AS 36/93 words (39%) AM 25/93 words (27%) AN 20/93 words (22%) OM 17/93 words (18%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 3% · two: 92% · three or more: 5%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match __MA_?: 93 five-letter words match __MA_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 4 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, RIMAE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.38 bits against the possible answers.

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