5-Letter Words Matching _ _ A V _

60 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ A V _, 14 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

14 common words60 valid words

Common Words (14)

Words most likely to be the answer.

leave
grave
crave
bravo
weave
brave
knave
gravy
suave
heavy
stave
heave
guava
shave

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (46)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

abave
agave
ajava
atavi
awave
bhava
bhave
brava
bravi
chave
clava
clave
clavi
clavy
cravo
deave
dhava
djave
drava
drave
erava
flavo
glave
goave
huave
ipava
keavy
leavy
loave
meave
njave
olavo
peavy
piave
quave
reave
seave
seavy
slave
slavi
slavs
soave
spave
teave
thave
trave

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 60 matches.

Most common letters

a60
v60
e41
r13
l13
s10
h9
b7
o7
c7

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -ve · 35 words
  • -va · 9 words
  • -vy · 7 words
  • -vi · 4 words
  • -vo · 4 words

Strategy

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

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