5-Letter Words Matching _ _ A I N

24 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ A I N, 9 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

9 common words24 valid words

Common Words (9)

Words most likely to be the answer.

drain
train
brain
stain
again
slain
plain
grain
chain

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (15)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

alain
amain
arain
blain
crain
dwain
elain
flain
ghain
owain
ptain
spain
swain
thain
twain

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 24 matches.

Most common letters

a24
i24
n24
l6
r6
t5
w4
s4
g3
h3

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 0 with 1 unique vowel
  • 22 with 2 unique vowels
  • 2 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -in · 24 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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