5-Letter Words Matching _ _ I O _

52 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ I O _, 8 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

8 common words52 valid words

Common Words (8)

Words most likely to be the answer.

onion
idiot
scion
idiom
axiom
prior
axion
union

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (44)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

adion
adios
agios
anion
apiol
apios
arioi
arion
ariot
ation
avion
baioc
brion
brios
chios
chiot
chiou
deion
eliot
exion
griot
guion
hliod
idion
ilion
inion
ition
ixion
khios
obion
olios
orion
plion
prion
sciot
stion
thiol
triol
trion
trior
trios
urion
uviol
vaios

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 52 matches.

Most common letters

i52
o52
n25
a15
r14
t14
s12
l9
d7
c6

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 0 with 1 unique vowel
  • 29 with 2 unique vowels
  • 23 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -on · 25 words
  • -os · 9 words
  • -ot · 6 words
  • -ol · 4 words
  • -om · 2 words

Strategy

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

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