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Five-letter words matching __N_H

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Showing 43 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

43 matching words4 not previously used13 past answers

Position 1M 12%B 9%D 9%L 9%

Position 2A 23%U 21%E 19%I 16%

Position 4C 65%E 9%T 9%A 5%

17 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess BUNCH

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, C, F, H, L, M, N, P, R, T, W·2nd letter: A, E, I, O, U, Y·4th letter: C, T

Possible answers

BENCH BUNCH CINCH CONCH FINCH HUNCH LUNCH LYNCH MONTH MUNCH NINTH PINCH

5 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

BENCH used BUNCH used CINCH used CONCH used FINCH used HUNCH used LUNCH used LYNCH possible MONTH used MUNCH used NINTH used PINCH used PUNCH possible RANCH used TENTH used WENCH possible WINCH possible SYNTH guess BANDH guess BUNDH guess CANEH guess DENCH guess DONAH guess DUNCH guess DUNSH guess GANCH guess GINCH guess GONCH guess HANCH guess HENCH guess KANEH guess KENCH guess LANCH guess LINCH guess MANEH guess MENSH guess MYNAH guess PANCH guess RUNCH guess SANGH guess SYNCH guess TENCH guess YRNEH guess

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Opening information

Splits these words most evenly: CANEH of the 43 words here

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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Useful letters still to test

C 67% E 28% A 28% U 21% I 16% D 14%

Words with five different letters

84% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BENCH BUNCH FINCH LUNCH LYNCH

Common letter pairs

NC 28/43 words (65%) CH 28/43 words (65%) AN 10/43 words (23%) UN 9/43 words (21%) EN 8/43 words (19%)

Vowels

No vowels: 7% · one: 84% · two: 9% · three or more: 0%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match __N_H?: 43 five-letter words match __N_H in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 17 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, CANEH has the highest feedback entropy at 5.21 bits against the possible answers.

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