5-Letter Words Matching _ _ E _ T

156 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ E _ T, 42 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

42 common words156 valid words

Common Words (42)

Words most likely to be the answer.

greet
great
cheat
pleat
sweet
smelt
chest
inert
crept
treat
inept
fleet
avert
wrest
spelt
sleet
dwelt
event
elect
guest
sheet
crest
sweat
overt
adept
tweet
bleat
swept
scent
spent
alert
cleat
agent
slept
quest
knelt
cleft
wheat
erect
exert
theft
eject

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (114)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

abert
adest
aleft
aleut
ament
anent
anett
apert
arent
arest
awest
beent
beest
blent
blert
blest
brent
brest
brett
ceert
cheet
chert
clept
creat
csect
doest
drent
drest
dsect
ebert
egest
eleut
enent
erept
evert
ewest
exeat
exect
feest
fient
flect
freet
freit
fremt
frett
geest
ghent
gleet
gleit
glent
greit
grewt
gwent
hbert
hiett
ibert
ident
idest
ivett
keest
kreit
liest
lieut
miett
msent
obert
olent
opelt
orest
ovest
ovett
peert
piert
piest
prent
prest
puett
queet
quelt
quent
reest
rhett
sceat
sheat
shent
siest
skeat
skeet
slent
spect
spekt
stedt
stent
stept
stert
suent
svelt
swelt
teest
theat
theet
trent
trest
ulent
umest
upeat
urent
usent
weent
weest
wheft
whewt
wreat
xsect

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 156 matches.

Most common letters

e156
t156
s60
r50
n34
l33
a31
p22
c22
i18

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 87 with 1 unique vowel
  • 66 with 2 unique vowels
  • 3 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -st · 30 words
  • -nt · 30 words
  • -rt · 18 words
  • -at · 16 words
  • -et · 12 words

Strategy

42 answers (of 156 valid guesses) match _ _ E _ T. Use a high-information guess that tests common letters in the empty positions, even if it's not in the candidate list.

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