5-Letter Words Matching _ _ I E _

102 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ I E _, 20 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

20 common words102 valid words

Common Words (20)

Words most likely to be the answer.

quiet
alien
chief
spiel
plier
pried
flier
shied
grief
thief
brief
plied
crier
drier
tried
skier
fried
cried
dried
spied

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (82)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

abied
abies
acier
acies
adiel
adieu
agiel
alief
aliet
amiel
amies
ariel
aries
ariew
aview
baiel
blier
brien
brier
bries
chiel
chien
cries
criey
dries
eries
exies
flied
flies
frier
fries
geier
grieg
grier
hsien
icier
ivied
ivies
khieu
klieg
knies
krieg
kries
maier
meier
moier
mtier
oriel
osier
phies
plies
prier
pries
saied
shieh
shiel
shien
shier
shies
skied
skien
skies
skiey
slier
snies
spier
spies
stied
stier
sties
thier
trier
tries
twier
uriel
urien
uziel
vries
wried
wrier
wries
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What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 102 matches.

Most common letters

i102
e102
r54
s43
l23
a19
d19
h14
t12
f11

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 0 with 1 unique vowel
  • 75 with 2 unique vowels
  • 27 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -er · 26 words
  • -es · 25 words
  • -ed · 15 words
  • -el · 11 words
  • -en · 7 words

Strategy

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

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