5-Letter Words Matching _ _ C A _

81 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ C A _, 11 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

11 common words81 valid words

Common Words (11)

Words most likely to be the answer.

focal
cacao
recap
decay
macaw
vocal
fecal
local
decal
vicar
pecan

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (70)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

accad
afcac
alcae
arcae
arcas
ascan
ascap
aucan
bacao
bacau
becap
bocal
cacak
cacam
cacan
cacas
cecal
cicad
cocao
cocas
crcao
cycad
cycas
decad
decaf
decan
decap
ducal
ducan
ducat
escar
hucar
incan
incas
jacal
locap
lucan
lucas
macan
macao
macap
macau
micah
micas
mycah
nicad
nucal
occam
occas
orcas
oscan
oscar
pacas
pacay
picae
pical
picao
picas
pocan
sacae
secam
tacan
tical
uncap
vocab
vocat
wocas
xicak
yacal
yucat

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 81 matches.

Most common letters

a81
c81
o21
s19
l17
e17
n16
p15
d13
i13

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 20 with 1 unique vowel
  • 59 with 2 unique vowels
  • 2 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -al · 13 words
  • -as · 12 words
  • -an · 12 words
  • -ap · 7 words
  • -ao · 6 words

Strategy

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

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