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Five-letter words matching __U_Y

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What the remaining words have in common

53 matching words0 not previously used7 past answers

Position 1M 13%G 11%P 11%S 11%
Position 2O 32%A 26%L 19%R 11%
Position 4S 15%E 9%M 9%R 9%

7 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess LOUSY

Still undecided: 1st letter: G, L, P, S, T·2nd letter: A, O, R, T·4th letter: C, D, L, P, S, T

Possible answers

GAUDY LOUSY POUTY SAUCY SOUPY STUDY TRULY

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What fits __U_Y?

All 53 matching words are shown above. 7 are possible answers.

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Useful letters still to test

A 32% O 32% L 28% S 28% R 26% M 21%

Words with five different letters

91% of the matches have no repeated letters.

GAUDY LOUSY POUTY SAUCY SOUPY

Common letter pairs

OU 17/53 words (32%) AU 14/53 words (26%) LU 10/53 words (19%) US 9/53 words (17%) SY 8/53 words (15%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 24% · two: 74% · three or more: 2%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match __U_Y?
53 five-letter words match __U_Y in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 7 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, SAURY has the highest feedback entropy at 5.08 bits against the possible answers.