5-Letter Words Matching _ A _ V E

21 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ A _ V E, 7 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

7 common words21 valid words

Common Words (7)

Words most likely to be the answer.

valve
carve
waive
naive
halve
salve
mauve

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (14)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

calve
fauve
harve
jahve
larve
maeve
marve
parve
sauve
tarve
varve
warve
wauve
yahve

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 21 matches.

Most common letters

a21
v21
e21
r8
l5
u4
h4
m3
w3
c2

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -ve · 21 words

Strategy

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

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