5-Letter Words Matching _ _ B _ E

72 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ B _ E, 8 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

8 common words72 valid words

Common Words (8)

Words most likely to be the answer.

ombre
amble
bible
noble
table
fable
imbue
cable

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (64)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

abbie
abbye
albee
albie
ambie
bable
bobbe
bybee
cabre
coble
debee
debye
dobie
doble
dubhe
dubre
ebbie
elbie
embue
fabre
fibre
gabie
gable
gobbe
habbe
hable
hebbe
hobie
hoboe
hubie
ibbie
inbye
jobie
jobye
jubbe
keble
kibbe
libre
lubke
mabie
mable
mcbee
moble
nable
nobie
rebbe
roble
rubie
ruble
rubye
sable
sabme
sabre
sibie
sible
soble
syble
tobie
tobye
tubae
tybie
umble
umbre
upbye

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 72 matches.

Most common letters

b72
e72
l27
i24
a23
o17
u14
r13
m12
y10

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -le · 22 words
  • -ie · 17 words
  • -re · 8 words
  • -ye · 7 words
  • -be · 7 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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