5-Letter Words Ending In ATE

12 common words and 27 valid guesses end in "ATE". The ending is locked — narrow further by starting letter.

12 common words27 valid words

Common Words (12)

Words most likely to be the answer.

abate
crate
agate
grate
irate
slate
plate
skate
elate
ovate
state
spate

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (15)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

acate
alate
amate
blate
drate
enate
frate
hiate
ocate
orate
otate
prate
quate
urate
uvate

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 27 matches.

Most common letters

a27
t27
e27
r8
l5
o4
s4
c3
p3
u3

Most common letter by position

The most common letter in the 1st position is a, appearing in 5 of 27 words.

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 0 with 1 unique vowel
  • 18 with 2 unique vowels
  • 9 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common openings

  • ab- · 1 words
  • ac- · 1 words
  • ag- · 1 words
  • al- · 1 words
  • am- · 1 words

Strategy

12 possible answers end in "ATE". Try a guess that uses one of the common openings shown above.

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