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Five-letter words matching __U_D

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Showing 42 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

42 matching words5 not previously used11 past answers

Position 1F 14%S 12%B 10%C 10%

Position 2O 40%A 19%L 17%R 10%

Position 4N 29%E 26%L 21%I 12%

16 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess ROUND

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, C, D, F, G, H, M, P, R, S, W·2nd letter: L, O, Q, R·4th letter: A, E, I, L, N, R

Possible answers

BOUND CLUED COULD DRUID FLUID FOUND GOURD HOUND MOUND POUND ROUND SOUND

4 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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

BOUND possible CLUED possible COULD used DRUID possible FLUID possible FOUND used GOURD possible HOUND used MOUND used POUND used ROUND used SOUND used SQUAD used SQUID used WOULD used WOUND used GLUED guess MOULD guess AGUED guess BLUED guess BLUID guess BOURD guess CAULD guess COURD guess EQUID guess FAULD guess FAURD guess FEUED guess FLUED guess GRUED guess GRUND guess HAULD guess LAUND guess LOUED guess LOUND guess MAUND guess NOULD guess SLUED guess SPUED guess TAULD guess TRUED guess YAULD guess

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

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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Useful letters still to test

L 45% O 40% N 31% E 29% A 24% R 21%

Words with five different letters

95% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BOUND CLUED COULD FLUID FOUND

Common letter pairs

OU 17/42 words (40%) UN 12/42 words (29%) ND 12/42 words (29%) UE 11/42 words (26%) ED 11/42 words (26%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 2% · two: 88% · three or more: 10%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match __U_D?: 42 five-letter words match __U_D in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 16 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, TRUED has the highest feedback entropy at 5.26 bits against the possible answers.

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