5-Letter Words Matching _ _ G H _

30 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ G H _, 10 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

10 common words30 valid words

Common Words (10)

Words most likely to be the answer.

ought
light
night
might
eight
wight
sight
fight
right
tight

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (20)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aught
bigha
bight
bught
dight
eyght
gighe
highs
hight
maghi
mugho
naght
nighs
owght
pight
raghu
sighs
sughs
vughs
yoghs

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 30 matches.

Most common letters

g30
h30
t19
i19
u7
s7
a5
o4
b3
e3

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 22 with 1 unique vowel
  • 8 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ht · 19 words
  • -hs · 6 words
  • -ha · 1 words
  • -he · 1 words
  • -hi · 1 words

Strategy

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

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