5-Letter Words Matching _ _ _ C E

114 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ _ C E, 30 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

30 common words114 valid words

Common Words (30)

Words most likely to be the answer.

trace
wince
mince
farce
voice
twice
trice
price
niece
grace
lance
place
truce
since
dunce
space
pence
spice
dance
force
slice
fence
ounce
juice
sauce
deuce
brace
hence
piece
peace

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (84)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aface
agace
alice
alyce
amice
anice
apace
arace
avice
barce
beice
bocce
boece
boice
bonce
boyce
brice
bruce
bryce
bunce
carce
cayce
cence
chace
circe
croce
cruce
darce
deice
dolce
douce
drice
druce
dulce
educe
gance
garce
glace
gorce
grece
grice
hance
joice
joyce
lecce
leuce
loyce
maice
mayce
meece
merce
misce
nance
nonce
nunce
perce
ploce
ponce
pouce
pryce
punce
rance
reace
recce
reece
reice
roice
royce
saice
sayce
sence
shice
skice
sorce
spece
stace
teece
terce
unice
vance
vince
yance
yince
ypsce

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 114 matches.

Most common letters

c114
e114
a38
r36
i34
n29
o22
u18
p16
s15

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -ce · 114 words

Strategy

30 answers fit. Look at the most common remaining letters above and choose a guess that probes the unknown positions.

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