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Five-letter words matching __MB_

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Showing 69 matching words

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69 matching words0 not previously used5 past answers

Position 1L 12%J 10%B 9%G 9%

Position 2A 30%O 25%I 23%U 16%

Position 5O 32%S 22%I 13%A 10%

5 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess GUMBO

Still undecided: 1st letter: G, J, L, M, R·2nd letter: A, I, U·5th letter: A, O

Possible answers

GUMBO JUMBO LIMBO MAMBO RUMBA

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: COMBE of the 69 words here

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O 51% A 35% I 33% S 26% U 20% E 13%

Words with five different letters

70% of the matches have no repeated letters.

GUMBO JUMBO LIMBO RUMBA COMBE

Common letter pairs

MB 69/69 words (100%) BO 24/69 words (35%) AM 21/69 words (30%) OM 17/69 words (25%) IM 16/69 words (23%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 30% · two: 68% · three or more: 2%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match __MB_?: 69 five-letter words match __MB_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 5 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, COMBE has the highest feedback entropy at 4.6 bits against the possible answers.

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