5-Letter Words Matching _ _ I _ D

41 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ I _ D, 16 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

16 common words41 valid words

Common Words (16)

Words most likely to be the answer.

guild
triad
grind
pried
shied
child
third
build
plied
blind
weird
tried
fried
cried
dried
spied

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (25)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

abied
ahind
baird
beild
caird
flied
heild
hliod
iliad
ivied
laird
maiid
naiad
poind
saied
saiid
scind
skied
stied
swird
teiid
teind
waird
wried
yaird

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 41 matches.

Most common letters

i41
d41
e20
r16
a13
l11
s8
n7
h6
t6

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 6 with 1 unique vowel
  • 33 with 2 unique vowels
  • 2 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ed · 15 words
  • -rd · 8 words
  • -nd · 6 words
  • -ld · 5 words
  • -ad · 3 words

Strategy

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

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