5-Letter Words Matching _ _ I D E

25 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ I D E, 11 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

11 common words25 valid words

Common Words (11)

Words most likely to be the answer.

pride
aside
oxide
slide
snide
abide
glide
elide
bride
guide
chide

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (14)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

amide
aoide
awide
azide
clide
egide
gnide
gride
imide
oside
shide
teide
weide
wride

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 25 matches.

Most common letters

i25
d25
e25
a6
s5
g5
r4
l4
o3
w3

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -de · 25 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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