5-Letter Words Matching _ _ O I _

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

8 common words52 valid words

Common Words (8)

Words most likely to be the answer.

groin
spoil
choir
ovoid
broil
stoic
avoid
droit

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (44)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aboil
acoin
aloid
aloin
alois
anoia
anoil
aroid
avoir
axoid
azoic
blois
broid
choil
clois
cloit
crois
croix
droil
ecoid
eloin
enoil
flois
floit
froid
geoid
hyoid
khoin
knoit
looie
myoid
ploid
pyoid
quoin
quoit
reoil
sloid
stoit
toois
troic
trois
uloid
unoil
zooid

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 52 matches.

Most common letters

o52
i52
l22
d18
r14
a12
c11
n11
s11
t10

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -id · 16 words
  • -il · 9 words
  • -is · 7 words
  • -in · 6 words
  • -it · 6 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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