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Five-letter words matching __O_N

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Showing 43 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

43 matching words2 not previously used18 past answers

Position 1S 33%A 16%C 9%F 7%

Position 2R 28%L 14%H 12%T 9%

Position 4W 30%R 21%O 19%I 12%

20 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess CROWN

Still undecided: 1st letter: A, B, C, D, F, G, K, S, T·2nd letter: C, D, H, L, N, P, R, W·4th letter: A, I, O, R, W

Possible answers

ACORN ADORN BLOWN BROWN CLOWN CROWN DROWN FLOWN FROWN GROAN GROIN GROWN

8 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

ACORN used ADORN possible BLOWN used BROWN used CLOWN used CROWN used DROWN possible FLOWN used FROWN used GROAN used GROIN used GROWN used KNOWN used SCORN used SHORN used SHOWN used SPOON used SWOON used SWORN used THORN used SLOAN guess ABOON guess ABORN guess ADOON guess ADOWN guess ALOIN guess CHOON guess CROON guess DOORN guess ELOIN guess FRORN guess KROON guess PROIN guess PROYN guess QUOIN guess SHOON guess STOLN guess STONN guess STOUN guess STOWN guess SWOLN guess SWOUN guess UNOWN guess

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47% possible answers

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

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R 47% W 40% S 33% A 21% L 19% C 14%

Words with five different letters

70% of the matches have no repeated letters.

ACORN ADORN BLOWN BROWN CLOWN

Common letter pairs

OW 13/43 words (30%) WN 13/43 words (30%) RO 12/43 words (28%) OR 9/43 words (21%) RN 9/43 words (21%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 46% · two: 42% · three or more: 12%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match __O_N?: 43 five-letter words match __O_N in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 20 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, SLOAN has the highest feedback entropy at 5.35 bits against the possible answers.

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