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Five-letter words matching __OL_

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Showing 82 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

82 matching words1 not previously used8 past answers

Position 1S 15%A 12%D 11%P 9%

Position 2O 28%H 15%A 6%I 6%

Position 5S 26%E 21%I 10%L 10%

9 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess ATOLL

Still undecided: 1st letter: A, D, K, S, T, V, W·2nd letter: C, H, I, N, O, R, T·5th letter: A, D, E, L, Y

Possible answers

ATOLL DROLL KNOLL SCOLD STOLE TROLL VIOLA WHOLE WOOLY

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

ATOLL used DROLL used KNOLL used SCOLD used STOLE used TROLL used VIOLA used WHOLE used WOOLY possible COOLS guess FOOLS guess IDOLS guess PAOLO guess POOLS guess TOOLS guess ACOLD guess AHOLD guess AHOLE guess AIOLI guess AMOLE guess ANOLE guess APOLS guess AWOLS guess AZOLE guess BOOLS guess CHOLA guess CHOLI guess CHOLO guess COOLY guess DHOLE guess DHOLL guess DHOLS guess DIOLS guess DOOLE guess DOOLS guess DOOLY guess DROLE guess ECOLE guess ENOLS guess GAOLS guess GOOLD guess GOOLS guess GOOLY guess HAOLE guess HOOLY guess IDOLA guess MOOLA guess MOOLI guess MOOLS guess MOOLY guess NMOLI guess NMOLS guess OBOLE guess OBOLI guess OBOLS guess OKOLE guess OVOLI guess OVOLO guess PAOLI guess PEOLA guess POOLY guess PROLE guess PROLL guess QUOLL guess SAOLA guess SHOLA guess SKOLS guess SMOLT guess SOOLE guess SOOLS guess STOLN guess SWOLE guess SWOLL guess SWOLN guess THOLE guess THOLI guess UNOLD guess VIOLD guess VIOLS guess WOOLD guess WOOLS guess YMOLT guess

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Splits these words most evenly: ANOLE of the 82 words here

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Useful letters still to test

S 38% A 26% E 23% D 22% I 17% H 17%

Words with five different letters

48% of the matches have no repeated letters.

SCOLD STOLE VIOLA WHOLE ACOLD

Common letter pairs

OL 82/82 words (100%) OO 23/82 words (28%) LS 21/82 words (26%) LE 17/82 words (21%) HO 13/82 words (16%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 17% · two: 56% · three or more: 27%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match __OL_?: 82 five-letter words match __OL_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 9 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, ANOLE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.57 bits against the possible answers.

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