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Five-letter words matching __YE_

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Showing 63 matching words

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63 matching words3 not previously used5 past answers

Position 1S 21%F 11%B 10%H 8%

Position 2A 32%O 21%E 11%R 10%

Position 5R 43%D 33%S 10%E 5%

8 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess LAYER

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, D, F, G, L, P·2nd letter: A, L, O, R, U·5th letter: E, R

Possible answers

BUYER DRYER FLYER FOYER GAYER LAYER PAYEE PAYER

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

BUYER used DRYER used FLYER used FOYER used GAYER possible LAYER used PAYEE possible PAYER possible BAYER guess ABYES guess AIYEE guess BAYED guess BAYES guess BOYED guess BOYEY guess COYED guess COYER guess CRYER guess DOYEN guess FAYED guess FAYER guess FEYED guess FEYER guess FRYER guess GEYER guess GUYED guess HAYED guess HAYER guess HAYEY guess HEYED guess HOYED guess JOYED guess KEYED guess KEYER guess LAYED guess MAYED guess NOYED guess NOYES guess PAYED guess PLYER guess PRYER guess RAYED guess ROYET guess SAYED guess SAYEE guess SAYER guess SCYES guess SEYEN guess SHYER guess SKYED guess SKYER guess SKYEY guess SLYER guess SNYES guess STYED guess STYES guess TOYED guess TOYER guess TRYER guess TUYER guess TWYER guess WAYED guess WRYER guess

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Splits these words most evenly: SAYER of the 63 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

R 46% D 37% A 35% S 25% O 21% T 13%

Words with five different letters

65% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BUYER FLYER FOYER GAYER LAYER

Common letter pairs

YE 63/63 words (100%) ER 27/63 words (43%) ED 21/63 words (33%) AY 20/63 words (32%) OY 13/63 words (21%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 28% · two: 67% · three or more: 5%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match __YE_?: 63 five-letter words match __YE_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 8 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, SAYER has the highest feedback entropy at 5.48 bits against the possible answers.

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