5-Letter Words Matching _ _ E C _

61 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ E C _, 11 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

11 common words61 valid words

Common Words (11)

Words most likely to be the answer.

niece
wreck
beech
check
elect
speck
erect
leech
fleck
piece
eject

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (50)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aleck
alecs
areca
beeck
bleck
boece
breck
caeca
cleck
crecy
csect
cueca
czech
dreck
dsect
dweck
erech
eveck
execs
exect
flect
frech
freck
grece
greco
keech
lbeck
leeco
lrecl
meece
meech
moeck
mtech
oneco
pleck
reece
seech
sleck
sneck
spece
specs
spect
stech
steck
teece
theca
tieck
usecc
xsect
yeech

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 61 matches.

Most common letters

e61
c61
k21
s15
t15
l13
r13
h13
a6
b6

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 46 with 1 unique vowel
  • 14 with 2 unique vowels
  • 1 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ck · 20 words
  • -ch · 11 words
  • -ct · 9 words
  • -ce · 8 words
  • -ca · 4 words

Strategy

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

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