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Five-letter words matching __V_R

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What the remaining words have in common

45 matching words2 not previously used14 past answers

Position 1S 13%L 11%F 9%E 7%

Position 2A 29%I 27%E 18%O 13%

Position 4E 82%O 9%A 7%I 2%

16 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess FAVOR

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

Possible answers

COVER DIVER FAVOR FEVER GIVER HOVER LEVER LIVER LOVER MOVER NEVER RIVER

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

COVER used DIVER used FAVOR used FEVER used GIVER possible HOVER used LEVER used LIVER used LOVER used MOVER used NEVER used RIVER possible ROVER used SAVOR used SEVER used WAVER used DOVER guess SAVER guess AIVER guess ALVAR guess BEVER guess BEVOR guess CAVER guess EAVER guess EEVER guess ELVER guess FAVER guess FIVER guess GYVER guess HAVER guess HIVER guess INVAR guess INVER guess JIVER guess LAVER guess LIVOR guess NAVAR guess PAVER guess RAVER guess SEVIR guess SIVER guess SYVER guess TAVER guess VIVER guess WIVER guess

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36% possible answers

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Splits these words most evenly: TAVER of the 45 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

E 87% A 36% I 33% O 22% L 16% S 13%

Words with five different letters

69% of the matches have no repeated letters.

COVER DIVER FAVOR GIVER HOVER

Common letter pairs

VE 37/45 words (82%) ER 37/45 words (82%) AV 13/45 words (29%) IV 12/45 words (27%) EV 8/45 words (18%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 4% · two: 89% · three or more: 7%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match __V_R?: 45 five-letter words match __V_R 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, TAVER has the highest feedback entropy at 5.19 bits against the possible answers.

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