5-Letter Words Matching _ _ N C H

32 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ N C H, 12 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

12 common words32 valid words

Common Words (12)

Words most likely to be the answer.

bench
cinch
lunch
winch
finch
conch
hunch
munch
ranch
bunch
punch
pinch

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (20)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

canch
dunch
funch
ganch
hanch
hench
hinch
kench
kinch
lanch
lench
linch
lynch
minch
nunch
rinch
runch
synch
tench
wench

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 32 matches.

Most common letters

n32
c32
h32
u9
i9
e6
a5
l5
r3
b2

Vowel distribution

  • 2 with no vowels
  • 30 with 1 unique vowel
  • 0 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ch · 32 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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