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Five-letter words matching __Y_E

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Showing 56 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

56 matching words1 not previously used4 past answers

Position 1S 20%G 13%F 11%P 11%

Position 2A 21%O 14%R 13%H 11%

Position 4L 25%N 13%P 11%M 9%

5 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess THYME

Still undecided: 1st letter: M, P, R, S, T·2nd letter: A, H, T·4th letter: B, E, L, M

Possible answers

MAYBE PAYEE RHYME STYLE THYME

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

MAYBE used PAYEE possible RHYME used STYLE used THYME used AIYEE guess AVYZE guess AZYME guess BAYLE guess BLYPE guess CHYLE guess CHYME guess CLYPE guess CRYNE guess EMYDE guess FAYNE guess FAYRE guess FLYPE guess FLYTE guess FOYLE guess FOYNE guess GOYLE guess GRYCE guess GRYDE guess GRYKE guess GRYPE guess GUYLE guess GUYSE guess HAYLE guess HOYLE guess KAYLE guess MOYLE guess ODYLE guess PEYSE guess PHYLE guess POYSE guess PRYSE guess PTYPE guess QUYTE guess RAYLE guess RAYNE guess RHYNE guess ROYNE guess SAYEE guess SAYNE guess SKYRE guess SKYTE guess SLYPE guess SOYLE guess SPYRE guess STYME guess STYRE guess STYTE guess TRYKE guess ULYIE guess ZAYDE guess

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Splits these words most evenly: RAYLE of the 56 words here

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Useful letters still to test

L 36% R 29% A 27% S 27% P 21% T 18%

Words with five different letters

88% of the matches have no repeated letters.

MAYBE RHYME STYLE THYME AVYZE

Common letter pairs

YL 14/56 words (25%) LE 14/56 words (25%) AY 12/56 words (21%) OY 8/56 words (14%) PE 7/56 words (12%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 47% · two: 46% · three or more: 7%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match __Y_E?: 56 five-letter words match __Y_E 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, RAYLE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.45 bits against the possible answers.

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