5-Letter Words Matching _ _ I V _

37 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ I V _, 6 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

6 common words37 valid words

Common Words (6)

Words most likely to be the answer.

olive
privy
alive
waive
naive
drive

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (31)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

ajiva
ative
aviva
chive
chivw
chivy
clive
daiva
ediva
gaivn
khiva
knive
krivu
neiva
ogive
oliva
reive
saiva
shiva
shive
shivs
shivy
skive
skivy
slive
snivy
spivs
stive
stivy
swive
wrive

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 37 matches.

Most common letters

i37
v37
e19
a14
s13
h8
y6
l5
r5
n5

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -ve · 17 words
  • -va · 9 words
  • -vy · 6 words
  • -vs · 2 words
  • -vw · 1 words

Strategy

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

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