5-Letter Words Matching _ _ A _ M

42 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ A _ M, 10 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

10 common words42 valid words

Common Words (10)

Words most likely to be the answer.

charm
claim
qualm
realm
swarm
rearm
psalm
alarm
chasm
spasm

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (32)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

bearm
brahm
chaim
chamm
chaum
crawm
dramm
dwalm
enarm
glaum
icasm
imaum
inarm
miasm
pharm
phasm
plasm
praam
prahm
reaum
scaum
shaum
shawm
slaum
smalm
smarm
sparm
tharm
tzaam
unarm
uparm
whalm

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 42 matches.

Most common letters

a42
m42
r20
s15
h13
l11
u10
c9
p9
i6

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 23 with 1 unique vowel
  • 17 with 2 unique vowels
  • 2 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -rm · 13 words
  • -um · 7 words
  • -sm · 6 words
  • -lm · 6 words
  • -hm · 2 words

Strategy

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

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