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Five-letter words matching __RD_

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What the remaining words have in common

73 matching words0 not previously used5 past answers

Position 1B 12%C 10%P 10%G 7%

Position 2A 42%O 21%U 15%E 14%

Position 5S 47%Y 22%A 10%O 10%

5 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess HORDE

Still undecided: 1st letter: H, N, T, W·2nd letter: A, E, O·5th letter: E, Y

Possible answers

HARDY HORDE NERDY TARDY WORDY

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

HARDY used HORDE used NERDY used TARDY used WORDY used BIRDS guess CARDS guess CORDS guess GARDE guess HERDS guess LORDS guess NERDS guess VERDE guess WARDS guess WORDS guess YARDS guess BARDE guess BARDO guess BARDS guess BARDY guess BIRDO guess BORDE guess BORDS guess BURDS guess CARDI guess CARDY guess CORDA guess CURDS guess CURDY guess EARDS guess FARDS guess FORDO guess FORDS guess FYRDS guess GARDA guess GIRDS guess GORDO guess GURDY guess HARDS guess HURDS guess JIRDS guess LARDS guess LARDY guess LORDY guess MARDS guess MARDY guess MERDE guess MERDS guess NARDS guess NURDS guess NURDY guess PARDI guess PARDS guess PARDY guess PERDU guess PERDY guess PURDA guess PURDY guess SARDS guess SORDA guess SORDO guess SORDS guess SURDS guess TARDO guess TARDS guess TURDS guess VARDA guess VARDO guess VARDY guess YERDS guess YIRDS guess ZARDA guess ZERDA guess

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Splits these words most evenly: GARDE of the 73 words here

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S 49% A 48% Y 27% O 26% E 21% U 16%

Words with five different letters

85% of the matches have no repeated letters.

HARDY HORDE NERDY TARDY WORDY

Common letter pairs

RD 73/73 words (100%) DS 34/73 words (47%) AR 31/73 words (42%) DY 16/73 words (22%) OR 15/73 words (21%)

Vowels

No vowels: 1% · one: 66% · two: 33% · three or more: 0%

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How many five-letter words match __RD_?: 73 five-letter words match __RD_ 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, GARDE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.25 bits against the possible answers.

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