5-Letter Words Matching _ _ E A _

126 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ E A _, 39 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

39 common words126 valid words

Common Words (39)

Words most likely to be the answer.

great

cheat

break

pleat

ahead

creak

stead

smear

glean

treat

sneak

dream

cream

clean

ocean

ideal

swear

tread

steal

bread

shear

freak

sweat

steak

bleak

cheap

clear

dread

bleat

cleat

wreak

tweak

steam

wheat

gleam

plead

spear

knead

speak

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (87)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

abeam

abear

aceae

acean

adead

afear

aheap

aleak

anear

apeak

aread

areae

areal

arean

arear

areas

asean

blear

bream

brear

cheam

clead

cleam

cread

crean

creat

drear

elean

eneas

exeat

fleak

fleam

flear

fleas

fleay

fream

frear

glead

gteau

idean

ideas

ileac

ileal

obeah

okean

olean

oneal

oread

oreas

paean

pheal

pleas

poeas

queak

queal

quean

rheae

rheas

sceat

sheaf

sheal

shean

sheas

sheat

skean

skeat

snead

sneap

speal

spean

stean

sweal

theah

theat

treas

tweag

upeat

ureal

ureas

uveal

uveas

wheal

wheam

wreat

zoeae

zoeal

zoeas

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 126 matches.

Most common letters

a126

e126

r43

s38

l37

t27

n24

h20

d19

c18

Vowel distribution

0 with no vowels
0 with 1 unique vowel
101 with 2 unique vowels
25 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-an · 17 words
-at · 16 words
-ar · 14 words
-ad · 14 words
-al · 14 words

Strategy

39 answers (of 126 valid guesses) match _ _ E A _. 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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