5-Letter Words Matching _ A _ O R

30 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ A _ O R, 9 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

9 common words30 valid words

Common Words (9)

Words most likely to be the answer.

major
labor
favor
manor
valor
vapor
razor
mayor
savor

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (21)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

balor
bator
calor
fator
gabor
gagor
gator
hazor
jalor
kapor
lazor
mamor
maror
nador
nagor
nahor
nalor
payor
sapor
tabor
taxor

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 30 matches.

Most common letters

a30
o30
r30
l7
b5
t5
m5
n5
v4
g4

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -or · 30 words

Strategy

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

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