5-Letter Words Matching _ _ I _ N

79 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ I _ N, 11 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

11 common words79 valid words

Common Words (11)

Words most likely to be the answer.

feign
alien
onion
scion
reign
align
deign
cairn
avian
axion
union

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (68)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

adion
anion
apian
apiin
arian
arion
asian
ation
avion
baign
bairn
blinn
brian
brien
brinn
brion
chian
chien
coign
deion
djinn
drinn
elian
erian
erinn
exion
flinn
gaivn
guinn
guion
gwinn
heian
hsian
hsien
ician
idion
ilian
ilion
inion
irian
ition
ixion
luian
nairn
noibn
obion
orian
orion
plion
prion
quinn
scian
shien
shisn
skien
soign
stion
svign
tairn
teian
thisn
trion
uninn
urian
urien
urion
xtian
zuian

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 79 matches.

Most common letters

i79
n79
a35
o29
r22
e17
g12
s12
u10
l9

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 9 with 1 unique vowel
  • 49 with 2 unique vowels
  • 21 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -on · 25 words
  • -an · 20 words
  • -nn · 10 words
  • -gn · 8 words
  • -en · 7 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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