5-Letter Words Matching _ _ E _ N

78 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ E _ N, 9 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

9 common words78 valid words

Common Words (9)

Words most likely to be the answer.

glean
stein
sheen
clean
ocean
queen
stern
preen
green

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (69)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

acean
ahern
aleen
ameen
arean
asean
avern
breen
brenn
clein
cleon
crean
creen
creon
deeyn
doesn
elean
eleen
foehn
freen
freon
gheen
gleen
glenn
grein
gwenn
gweyn
idean
ileon
kiehn
klein
kleon
krein
krenn
kuehn
maeon
needn
odeen
odeon
okean
olean
olein
paean
paeon
pheon
pleon
prepn
quean
quern
rheen
rhein
shean
shewn
skean
skeen
skein
spean
speen
stean
steen
sweyn
thegn
thein
treen
tween
vnern
vtern
wheen
whein

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 78 matches.

Most common letters

e78
n78
a23
r23
o17
h15
l15
s15
i13
k10

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 30 with 1 unique vowel
  • 39 with 2 unique vowels
  • 9 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -en · 20 words
  • -an · 17 words
  • -in · 10 words
  • -on · 10 words
  • -rn · 6 words

Strategy

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

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