5-Letter Words Matching _ A _ D _

172 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ A _ D _, 12 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

12 common words172 valid words

Common Words (12)

Words most likely to be the answer.

gaudy

dandy

daddy

handy

caddy

candy

hardy

tardy

randy

bawdy

paddy

sandy

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (160)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

baddy

baeda

bagdi

baldr

balds

baldy

banda

bande

bandh

bandi

bando

bands

bandy

barde

bardo

bards

bardy

bauds

bawds

bayda

cabda

caddo

caids

candi

cando

cardo

cards

cauda

dagda

danda

darda

dawdy

faade

faddy

falda

farde

fardh

fardo

fards

gaddi

gajda

ganda

garda

garde

gardy

gauds

haddo

haida

halda

haldi

haldu

hands

hardi

hards

haydn

jadda

jaddo

jandy

jarde

kande

kandy

laddy

lamda

landa

lande

lando

lands

landy

lards

lardy

lauda

laude

lauds

maddi

maddy

magda

mahdi

maida

maids

maidu

maidy

malda

manda

mande

mandi

mands

mandy

mardi

mardy

maude

mauds

maudy

mayda

mazda

nadda

naida

nalda

naldo

namda

nanda

nandi

nandu

narda

nards

nardu

nasda

padda

panda

pandy

parde

pardi

pardo

pards

pardy

qaids

raddi

raddy

raids

randa

randi

randn

rands

rarde

saadi

saida

saidi

saids

sakdc

sande

sandi

sands

sardo

sards

saudi

tandi

tandy

tarde

tardo

uapdu

valda

vanda

varda

vardy

vaudy

waadt

waddy

wajda

waldo

wanda

wando

wands

wandy

warda

warde

wards

yards

yauds

zande

zandt

zawde

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 172 matches.

Most common letters

a172

d172

n61

r51

y42

s39

i30

l24

m23

b22

Vowel distribution

0 with no vowels
94 with 1 unique vowel
74 with 2 unique vowels
4 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-da · 41 words
-dy · 37 words
-ds · 29 words
-di · 19 words
-de · 18 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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