5-Letter Words Matching _ _ A _ N

73 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ A _ N, 15 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

15 common words73 valid words

Common Words (15)

Words most likely to be the answer.

yearn
drain
train
spawn
brawn
brain
stain
learn
again
slain
plain
drawn
prawn
grain
chain

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (58)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

adawn
alain
amain
amann
arain
arawn
awarn
blain
blawn
braun
chaon
chawn
crain
dearn
diann
dwain
dyann
elain
exaun
fiann
flain
flann
flawn
frawn
frayn
ghain
gnawn
grahn
grawn
hearn
iraan
joann
kearn
leann
luann
oraon
owain
ptain
rhamn
roann
ryann
scarn
sharn
shaun
shawn
shayn
spain
spann
starn
staun
stawn
swain
swann
thain
thatn
thawn
tuarn
twain

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 73 matches.

Most common letters

a73
n73
r30
i27
w21
s15
h14
l12
t11
e8

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 30 with 1 unique vowel
  • 40 with 2 unique vowels
  • 3 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -in · 24 words
  • -wn · 15 words
  • -nn · 12 words
  • -rn · 10 words
  • -un · 4 words

Strategy

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

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