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Five-letter words matching __RK_

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70 matching words0 not previously used4 past answers

Position 1B 13%P 13%M 11%D 9%

Position 2A 34%O 20%E 19%I 16%

Position 5S 63%Y 23%A 7%E 3%

4 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess JERKY

Still undecided: 1st letter: J, M, P·2nd letter: A, E, U·5th letter: A, Y

Possible answers

JERKY MURKY PARKA PERKY

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

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Splits these words most evenly: NERKA of the 70 words here

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S 64% A 37% Y 29% E 21% O 21% I 17%

Words with five different letters

87% of the matches have no repeated letters.

JERKY MURKY PERKY BARKS BARKY

Common letter pairs

RK 70/70 words (100%) KS 44/70 words (63%) AR 24/70 words (34%) KY 16/70 words (23%) OR 14/70 words (20%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 87% · two: 13% · three or more: 0%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match __RK_?: 70 five-letter words match __RK_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 4 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, NERKA has the highest feedback entropy at 4.93 bits against the possible answers.

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