5-Letter Words Matching _ _ I F _

43 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ I F _, 12 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

12 common words43 valid words

Common Words (12)

Words most likely to be the answer.

unify
edify
swift
cliff
knife
shift
whiff
skiff
drift
stiff
sniff
grift

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (31)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

afifi
alife
alifs
aoife
clift
coifs
cuifs
deify
gliff
griff
haifa
iliff
kaifs
naifs
neifs
quiff
reifs
reify
saiff
saify
scifi
seifs
shiff
skift
smift
snift
spiff
stife
trifa
waifs
whift

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 43 matches.

Most common letters

f43
i43
s23
t12
a11
e10
l6
r6
n6
c5

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -ff · 12 words
  • -fs · 9 words
  • -ft · 9 words
  • -fy · 5 words
  • -fe · 4 words

Strategy

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

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