5-Letter Words Matching _ _ C E _

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

8 common words77 valid words

Common Words (8)

Words most likely to be the answer.

ulcer
nicer
excel
emcee
racer
facet
dicey
bicep

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (69)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

accel
alces
ancel
arced
arces
bices
cacei
cicer
daces
dacey
decem
diced
dicer
dices
duces
faced
facer
faces
feces
fices
fyces
hacek
jacey
kacey
laced
lacee
lacer
laces
lacet
lacey
licet
luces
lucet
lucey
lycea
lycee
maced
maceo
macer
maces
macey
oicel
oncer
onces
oncet
paced
pacer
paces
picea
puces
raced
racep
races
riced
ricer
rices
ricey
sicel
sicer
sices
sycee
syces
taces
tacet
ticer
viced
vices
voces
zacek

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 77 matches.

Most common letters

c77
e77
a38
s26
i23
r21
l19
d16
y13
t8

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -es · 23 words
  • -er · 13 words
  • -ed · 9 words
  • -ey · 8 words
  • -et · 6 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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