Five-letter words matching __NC_

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25 possible answers fit.

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

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, C, D, F, H, L, M, O, P, R, S, W·2nd letter: A, E, I, O, U, Y·5th letter: E, H, Y

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13 more possible answers are in the full list below.

Pattern guide

What fits __NC_?

All 71 matching words are shown above. 25 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

77% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

NC 25% CH 10% CE 9% IN 7% AN 6%

Vowels

No vowels: 4% · one: 52% · two: 42% · three or more: 1%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match __NC_?
71 five-letter words match __NC_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 25 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, RANCE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.61 bits against the possible answers.
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