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Five-letter words matching __T_L

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Showing 41 matching words

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13 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess MOTEL

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, E, F, H, M, N, O, P, T, U, V·2nd letter: A, C, E, I, N, O, X·4th letter: A, E, I, O

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Possible answers

BETEL EXTOL FATAL FETAL HOTEL METAL MOTEL NATAL OCTAL PETAL TOTAL UNTIL

1 more possible answer is in the full list below.

BETEL possible EXTOL used FATAL possible FETAL possible HOTEL used METAL used MOTEL used NATAL used OCTAL possible PETAL used TOTAL used UNTIL used VITAL used INTEL guess PATEL guess ARTAL guess ARTEL guess BOTEL guess BUTYL guess CETYL guess CITAL guess DATAL guess DATIL guess DITAL guess DOTAL guess ICTAL guess INTIL guess KATAL guess KETOL guess KITUL guess METEL guess METOL guess NITAL guess NOTAL guess OCTYL guess ONTAL guess RATAL guess RATEL guess ROTAL guess SETAL guess SOTOL guess

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Useful letters still to test

A 61% E 41% O 34% I 24% N 17% C 12%

Words with five different letters

73% of the matches have no repeated letters.

EXTOL FETAL HOTEL METAL MOTEL

Common letter pairs

TA 13% AL 13% ET 5% TE 5% EL 5%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 7% · two: 93% · three or more: 0%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match __T_L?: 41 five-letter words match __T_L in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 13 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, ARTEL has the highest feedback entropy at 5.76 bits against the possible answers.

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Best matching test word: ARTEL (5.76 bits)

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