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Five-letter words matching __RU_

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Showing 42 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

42 matching words2 not previously used10 past answers

Position 1S 31%G 7%K 7%M 7%

Position 2O 19%A 14%U 14%C 7%

Position 5S 33%M 26%N 10%G 7%

12 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess SCRUM

Still undecided: 1st letter: F, R, S, T, V·2nd letter: C, E, H, I, O, T, Y·5th letter: B, G, M, N, P, S, T

Possible answers

FORUM RERUN SCRUB SCRUM SERUM SHRUB SHRUG STRUT SYRUP THRUM TORUS VIRUS

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

FORUM used RERUN used SCRUB used SCRUM used SERUM used SHRUB used SHRUG used STRUT used SYRUP used THRUM used TORUS possible VIRUS possible AGRUM guess AURUM guess DURUM guess ECRUS guess GARUM guess GURUS guess GYRUS guess INRUN guess JARUL guess JORUM guess KORUN guess KORUS guess KURUS guess LARUM guess MARUA guess MORUK guess MURUK guess OKRUG guess PORUS guess PYRUS guess RURUS guess SARUS guess SIRUP guess SORUS guess SPRUE guess SPRUG guess STRUM guess UPRUN guess VARUS guess XERUS guess

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29% possible answers

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Splits these words most evenly: SPRUE of the 42 words here

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S 60% M 33% O 21% A 19% G 17% P 17%

Words with five different letters

69% of the matches have no repeated letters.

FORUM SCRUB SCRUM SERUM SHRUB

Common letter pairs

RU 42/42 words (100%) US 14/42 words (33%) UM 11/42 words (26%) OR 8/42 words (19%) UR 6/42 words (14%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 26% · two: 69% · three or more: 5%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match __RU_?: 42 five-letter words match __RU_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 12 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, SPRUE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.13 bits against the possible answers.

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