5-Letter Words Matching _ _ O C _

49 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ O C _, 12 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

12 common words49 valid words

Common Words (12)

Words most likely to be the answer.

clock
epoch
flock
pooch
shock
crock
block
frock
stock
smock
chock
knock

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (37)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

acock
amoco
apocr
arock
avoca
azoch
bloch
blocs
broca
broch
brock
choca
choco
cooch
croce
croci
crocs
enoch
flocs
gooch
hooch
krock
looch
mooch
phoca
ploce
ploch
plock
poock
slock
snock
spock
thock
troca
troch
trock
troco

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 49 matches.

Most common letters

c49
o49
k21
h19
r15
l11
a10
p9
s9
b6

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 34 with 1 unique vowel
  • 15 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ck · 21 words
  • -ch · 13 words
  • -ca · 5 words
  • -co · 3 words
  • -cs · 3 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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