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Five-letter words matching __XE_

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Showing 86 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

86 matching words0 not previously used5 past answers

Position 1L 10%M 9%F 8%P 8%

Position 2O 26%A 23%E 22%I 19%

Position 5S 50%D 28%R 14%N 6%

5 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess FIXER

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, F, P, V, W·2nd letter: A, I, O·5th letter: L, N, R

Possible answers

BOXER FIXER PIXEL VIXEN WAXEN

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

BOXER used FIXER used PIXEL used VIXEN used WAXEN used BOXED guess BOXES guess FIXED guess FIXES guess FOXES guess MIXED guess MIXER guess MIXES guess SEXES guess TAXED guess TAXES guess WAXED guess AIXES guess BOXEN guess COXED guess COXES guess DEXES guess DOXED guess DOXES guess DUXES guess FAXED guess FAXES guess FOXED guess GOXES guess HEXED guess HEXER guess HEXES guess HOXED guess HOXES guess KEXES guess LAXED guess LAXER guess LAXES guess LEXES guess LOXED guess LOXES guess LUXED guess LUXER guess LUXES guess MAXED guess MAXES guess MIXEN guess MUXED guess MUXES guess NIXED guess NIXER guess NIXES guess NOXES guess PAXES guess PIXES guess POXED guess POXES guess PYXED guess PYXES guess RAXED guess RAXES guess REXES guess SAXES guess SEXED guess SEXER guess SIXER guess SIXES guess SOXES guess TAXER guess TEXES guess TUXES guess VAXES guess VEXED guess VEXER guess VEXES guess VOXEL guess VOXES guess WAXER guess WAXES guess WEXED guess WEXES guess WOXEN guess YEXED guess YEXES guess ZAXES guess ZEXES guess

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Splits these words most evenly: TAXER of the 86 words here

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Useful letters still to test

S 53% D 31% O 26% A 24% I 19% R 17%

Words with five different letters

73% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BOXER FIXER PIXEL VIXEN WAXEN

Common letter pairs

XE 86/86 words (100%) ES 43/86 words (50%) ED 24/86 words (28%) OX 22/86 words (26%) AX 20/86 words (23%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 2% · two: 97% · three or more: 1%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match __XE_?: 86 five-letter words match __XE_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 5 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, TAXER has the highest feedback entropy at 4.96 bits against the possible answers.

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