Five-letter words matching __RI_

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What the remaining words have in common

118 matching words1 not previously used11 past answers

Position 1S 17%A 14%M 9%P 7%
Position 2O 19%A 16%E 16%U 11%
Position 5S 23%C 12%A 10%E 10%
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12 possible answers fit.

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

Still undecided: 1st letter: A, C, E, L, M, P, S·2nd letter: C, E, O, P, T, U, Y·5th letter: A, C, D, E, F, G, L, O, P, S, T

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

ACRID used ATRIA used CURIO used EERIE used LORIS used LURID used LYRIC possible MERIT used PERIL used SERIF used SPRIG used STRIP used DORIS guess KYRIE guess MARIA guess PARIS guess ABRIM guess ABRIN guess ABRIS guess ADRIP guess AERIE guess AFRIT guess AGRIA guess AGRIN guess AMRIT guess ARRIS guess ATRIP guess AURIC guess AURIS guess AYRIE guess BARIC guess BIRIS guess BORIC guess BURIN guess CERIA guess CERIC guess CORIA guess CURIA guess CURIE guess DARIC guess DARIS guess DERIG guess DORIC guess EPRIS guess EYRIE guess EYRIR guess FERIA guess FIRIE guess GARIS guess GORIS guess HARIM guess HORIS guess IBRIK guess JERID guess JURIS guess KORIS guess KURIS guess LARIS guess LORIC guess MARID guess MARIL guess MERIL guess MERIS guess MIRID guess MIRIN guess MORIA guess MORIN guess MURID guess NARIC guess NARIS guess NORIA guess NORIE guess NORIS guess OORIE guess ORRIS guess OURIE guess OWRIE guess PARID guess PERIS guess PORIN guess PURIN guess PURIS guess PYRIC guess RERIG guess RORIC guess RORID guess RORIE guess SARIN guess SARIR guess SARIS guess SCRIM guess SCRIP guess SERIA guess SERIC guess SERIN guess SERIR guess SHRIS guess SIRIH guess SIRIS guess SKRIK guess SPRIT guess STRIA guess STRIG guess STRIM guess THRID guess THRIP guess TORIC guess TORII guess UNRID guess UNRIG guess UNRIP guess VARIA guess VARIX guess VIRID guess XERIC guess ZARIS guess ZORIL guess ZORIS guess

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Pattern guide

What fits __RI_?

All 118 matching words are shown above. 12 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

75% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

RI 118/118 words (100%) IS 27/118 words (23%) OR 24/118 words (20%) AR 20/118 words (17%) ER 19/118 words (16%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 11% · two: 67% · three or more: 22%

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How many five-letter words match __RI_?
118 five-letter words match __RI_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 12 are possible answers.