5-Letter Words Matching _ _ N E _

242 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ N E _, 19 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

19 common words242 valid words

Common Words (19)

Words most likely to be the answer.

linen
panel
goner
finer
renew
money
piney
honey
diner
tenet
inner
owner
liner
saner
annex
miner
apnea
sinew
boney

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (223)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

abner
abnet
acned
acnes
adnex
aenea
agnel
agnes
agnew
ainee
aknee
annet
arneb
arnee
arnel
arney
avner
awned
awner
baned
banes
benes
benet
bines
binet
boned
boner
bones
canea
caned
canel
caner
canes
caney
cinel
cines
coned
coner
cones
coney
csnet
cunea
cunei
cuneo
cuney
danes
daney
deneb
denes
dined
dines
donec
donee
doner
donet
doney
dunes
dynel
dynes
eanes
ebner
ennew
epner
ernes
eunet
fanes
fined
fines
finew
ganef
ganev
genep
genes
genet
ginep
gonef
goney
haney
henen
hines
hiney
honed
honer
hones
hynek
hynes
inned
innes
innet
itnez
janek
janel
janes
janet
janey
jenei
jonel
jones
junet
kaneh
kanes
kines
koner
konev
lanes
laney
lenee
lenes
linea
lined
lines
linet
liney
lonee
loner
loney
lunel
lunes
lunet
lynea
lynen
maned
maneh
manei
manes
manet
maney
menes
mined
mines
monee
monel
moner
monet
nanes
nenes
nines
nones
nonet
nunes
nunez
nynex
olnee
olnek
olney
omnes
ornes
owned
paned
panes
penes
pined
pinel
piner
pines
pones
poney
ranee
raney
renee
reneg
renes
renet
rinee
riner
ronel
ronen
roneo
runed
runer
runes
saned
sanes
senex
seney
sines
sones
sonet
sunet
taney
tenes
tenez
tinea
tined
tines
toned
toner
tones
toney
tuned
tuner
tunes
tyned
tyner
tynes
unnet
unnew
usnea
vaned
vanes
vened
vener
venez
vinea
vined
viner
vines
vinet
vinew
vyner
waned
waner
wanes
waney
wined
winer
wines
winey
wyner
zineb
zoned
zoner
zones

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 242 matches.

Most common letters

n242
e242
a73
s69
i58
o56
r53
d43
t39
y38

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -es · 60 words
  • -er · 34 words
  • -ed · 28 words
  • -ey · 26 words
  • -et · 22 words

Strategy

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

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