5-Letter Words Matching _ _ A F _

36 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ A F _, 9 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

9 common words36 valid words

Common Words (9)

Words most likely to be the answer.

staff
chaff
shaft
leafy
draft
chafe
craft
graft
snafu

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (27)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

abaff
abaft
awaft
blaff
ccafs
chaft
draff
ecafe
flaff
graff
guafo
haafs
khafs
kraft
leafs
loafs
naafi
pfaff
quaff
scaff
shaff
siafu
skaff
snaff
usafa
waafs
wrafs

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 36 matches.

Most common letters

a36
f36
s16
t9
c7
h7
r7
l5
u5
e4

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -ff · 13 words
  • -ft · 8 words
  • -fs · 7 words
  • -fe · 2 words
  • -fu · 2 words

Strategy

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

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