5-Letter Words Matching _ _ O _ N

54 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ O _ N, 20 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

20 common words54 valid words

Common Words (20)

Words most likely to be the answer.

groin
thorn
shown
blown
clown
scorn
groan
frown
acorn
flown
sworn
swoon
crown
adorn
grown
spoon
shorn
drown
known
brown

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (34)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aboon
aborn
acoin
adown
aloin
anorn
aroon
bjorn
broon
broun
chosn
croon
dhoon
dioon
doorn
eloin
enorn
fionn
isoln
khoin
kroon
moorn
quoin
reown
scoon
shoon
sloan
stoon
stoun
swoln
swoun
thoon
unorn
unown

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 54 matches.

Most common letters

o54
n54
r26
w17
s15
a11
i9
c8
l8
h8

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -on · 13 words
  • -rn · 13 words
  • -wn · 13 words
  • -in · 6 words
  • -un · 3 words

Strategy

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

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