5-Letter Words Matching _ _ I A _

87 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ I A _, 7 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

7 common words87 valid words

Common Words (7)

Words most likely to be the answer.

briar
triad
friar
iliac
trial
axial
avian

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (80)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

akiak
alias
amias
aniak
apian
arian
arias
asian
baiae
brian
cdiac
cgiar
chiam
chian
chiao
chias
drias
elian
elias
eniac
erian
etiam
faial
glial
glias
goias
guiac
heian
heiau
hsian
ician
iliad
ilial
ilian
iliau
inial
irian
isiac
isiah
ixias
kaiak
khiam
kniaz
luian
maiah
mcias
naiad
naias
obias
ociaa
ohias
orial
orian
orias
ozias
phial
pliam
priam
raiae
raias
scian
shiah
shiai
shiau
spial
teian
triac
trias
ukiah
umiac
umiak
umiaq
uniat
uriah
urial
urian
urias
uzial
xtian
zuian

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 87 matches.

Most common letters

a87
i87
s27
n27
r23
l21
h17
c16
u16
m11

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 0 with 1 unique vowel
  • 53 with 2 unique vowels
  • 34 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -an · 20 words
  • -as · 18 words
  • -al · 11 words
  • -ac · 7 words
  • -am · 5 words

Strategy

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

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