5-Letter Words Matching _ _ A _ D

67 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ A _ D, 18 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

18 common words67 valid words

Common Words (18)

Words most likely to be the answer.

stand
shard
hoard
bland
scald
award
braid
beard
plaid
fraud
chard
brand
heard
board
gland
grand
staid
guard

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (49)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aband
aland
alard
amand
anand
apaid
arand
awald
baaed
byard
chadd
chald
claud
coaid
doand
eland
ewald
eward
fiard
fraid
heald
icard
izard
liard
lyard
oland
phard
plaud
prand
readd
roald
scand
scawd
skald
spaad
spaed
spaid
spald
sward
thatd
ubald
unadd
viand
weald
whand
whatd
woald
wrand
yeard

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 67 matches.

Most common letters

a67
d67
r29
l22
n19
i12
s12
w11
e11
h11

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 32 with 1 unique vowel
  • 34 with 2 unique vowels
  • 1 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -rd · 19 words
  • -nd · 18 words
  • -ld · 11 words
  • -id · 7 words
  • -dd · 3 words

Strategy

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

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