5-Letter Words Matching _ _ O A _

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

8 common words43 valid words

Common Words (8)

Words most likely to be the answer.

croak
float
gloat
groan
shoal
bloat
cloak
broad

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (35)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

afoam
anoas
aroar
asoak
choak
cloam
croat
eloah
fload
gloam
groat
laoag
ploat
proal
proas
psoae
psoai
psoas
quoad
scoad
shoad
shoat
skoal
sloan
sloat
stoae
stoai
stoas
stoat
thoas
troad
troak
troas
troat
whoas

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 43 matches.

Most common letters

a43
o43
s20
t17
l15
r12
h7
k6
d6
c6

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 0 with 1 unique vowel
  • 37 with 2 unique vowels
  • 6 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -at · 10 words
  • -as · 7 words
  • -ad · 6 words
  • -ak · 5 words
  • -am · 3 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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