5-Letter Words Matching _ _ A R D

19 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ A R D, 8 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

8 common words19 valid words

Common Words (8)

Words most likely to be the answer.

shard
hoard
award
beard
chard
heard
board
guard

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (11)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

alard
byard
eward
fiard
icard
izard
liard
lyard
phard
sward
yeard

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 19 matches.

Most common letters

a19
r19
d19
h5
e4
i4
l3
w3
b3
y3

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 8 with 1 unique vowel
  • 11 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -rd · 19 words

Strategy

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

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