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Five-letter words matching __UL_

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78 matching words2 not previously used11 past answers

Position 1S 21%M 13%B 5%C 5%

Position 2O 31%A 29%C 6%H 6%

Position 5S 19%E 18%T 14%D 12%

13 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess ADULT

Still undecided: 1st letter: A, B, C, E, F, M, S, T, U, V, W·2nd letter: A, D, K, O, R, V, X·5th letter: A, D, E, K, L, T, Y

Possible answers

ADULT BOULE CAULK COULD EXULT FAULT MOULT SKULK SKULL TRULY UVULA VAULT

1 more possible answer is in the full list below.

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

ADULT used BOULE possible CAULK used COULD used EXULT used FAULT used MOULT used SKULK possible SKULL used TRULY used UVULA used VAULT used WOULD used FOULS guess MOULD guess SOULS guess AHULL guess ALULA guess BAULK guess BOULT guess BRULE guess CAULD guess CAULS guess DAULT guess DOULA guess EMULE guess EXULS guess FAULD guess FOULE guess GAULT guess HAULD guess HAULM guess HAULS guess HAULT guess INULA guess JOULE guess KHULA guess KNULE guess MAULA guess MAULS guess MOULE guess MOULS guess MOULY guess MVULA guess MVULE guess MVULI guess NOULD guess NOULE guess NOULS guess OCULI guess OMULS guess OVULE guess PAULS guess POULE guess POULP guess POULT guess RAULI guess ROULE guess ROULS guess SAULS guess SAULT guess SCULK guess SCULL guess SCULP guess SCULS guess SHULE guess SHULN guess SHULS guess SOULY guess SPULE guess STULL guess STULM guess TAULD guess TRULL guess VOULU guess WAULK guess WAULS guess YAULD guess

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Splits these words most evenly: ROULE of the 78 words here

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Useful letters still to test

A 40% O 35% S 35% T 21% E 21% M 18%

Words with five different letters

79% of the matches have no repeated letters.

ADULT BOULE CAULK COULD EXULT

Common letter pairs

UL 78/78 words (100%) OU 24/78 words (31%) AU 23/78 words (29%) LS 15/78 words (19%) LE 14/78 words (18%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 15% · two: 63% · three or more: 22%

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How many five-letter words match __UL_?: 78 five-letter words match __UL_ 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, ROULE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.47 bits against the possible answers.

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