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Five-letter words matching __R_D

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Showing 67 matching words

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67 matching words0 not previously used4 past answers

Position 1S 18%M 9%A 7%C 6%

Position 2A 25%I 15%O 12%U 12%

Position 4E 67%I 16%A 9%O 6%

4 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess LURID

Still undecided: 1st letter: A, L, S, W·2nd letter: C, H, O, U·4th letter: E, I, L

Possible answers

ACRID LURID SHRED WORLD

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

ACRID used LURID used SHRED used WORLD used AIRED guess BORED guess CARED guess CURED guess DARED guess FARED guess FIRED guess HIRED guess LURED guess TIRED guess WIRED guess ACRED guess ADRAD guess ADRED guess BARED guess CERED guess CORED guess DERED guess DORAD guess DURED guess EARED guess ERRED guess FARAD guess GORED guess GYRED guess HARED guess JERID guess LERED guess MARID guess MERED guess MIRED guess MIRID guess MURED guess MURID guess NAROD guess OARED guess PARED guess PARID guess PORED guess PURED guess RARED guess RORID guess SARED guess SAROD guess SCROD guess SERED guess SIRED guess SORED guess SPRAD guess SPRED guess SPROD guess STRAD guess SURED guess TARED guess THRID guess TYRED guess UNRED guess UNRID guess VIRED guess VIRID guess WARED guess YDRAD guess YDRED guess

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Splits these words most evenly: TARED of the 67 words here

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Useful letters still to test

E 69% A 39% I 28% O 19% S 18% U 15%

Words with five different letters

72% of the matches have no repeated letters.

ACRID LURID SHRED WORLD ACRED

Common letter pairs

RE 45/67 words (67%) ED 45/67 words (67%) AR 17/67 words (25%) RI 11/67 words (16%) ID 11/67 words (16%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 18% · two: 78% · three or more: 4%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match __R_D?: 67 five-letter words match __R_D 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, TARED has the highest feedback entropy at 5.6 bits against the possible answers.

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