5-Letter Words Matching _ _ E _ D

73 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ E _ D, 24 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

24 common words73 valid words

Common Words (24)

Words most likely to be the answer.

bleed
spend
tweed
steed
ahead
yield
field
stead
creed
tread
bread
amend
breed
fiend
speed
dread
freed
wield
blend
kneed
trend
greed
plead
knead

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (49)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

abend
adead
agend
ameed
anend
aread
arend
bield
brerd
clead
cread
dreed
emend
eneid
fjeld
fremd
freud
glead
gleed
gweed
hield
neeld
obeid
ogeed
oread
piend
preed
prepd
psend
pseud
saeed
scend
shedd
sheld
shend
sherd
skeed
snead
sneed
steid
stend
svend
swerd
theyd
treed
upend
ureid
utend
wierd

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 73 matches.

Most common letters

e73
d73
n24
r23
a21
s19
l14
i12
t10
p9

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 35 with 1 unique vowel
  • 35 with 2 unique vowels
  • 3 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ed · 19 words
  • -nd · 18 words
  • -ad · 14 words
  • -ld · 8 words
  • -rd · 4 words

Strategy

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

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