5-Letter Words Matching _ A V _ _

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

12 common words126 valid words

Common Words (12)

Words most likely to be the answer.

naval
favor
savvy
haven
cavil
gavel
savoy
havoc
navel
savor
waver
raven

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (114)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aavso
bavin
bavon
cavae
caval
cavan
cavea
caved
cavel
caver
caves
cavey
cavia
cavie
cavin
cavit
cavum
cavus
davao
daven
daver
davey
david
davie
davin
davis
davit
davon
davos
davys
eaved
eaver
eaves
favel
favin
favus
gavan
gaven
gavia
gavin
gavle
gavot
gavra
havel
haver
haves
havre
javan
javas
javed
javel
javer
kavas
kaver
kavla
laval
lavas
laved
laven
laver
laves
lavic
lavon
maven
mavie
mavin
mavis
mavra
navar
naves
navet
navew
navig
navis
navvy
oaves
pavan
paved
pavel
paven
paver
paves
pavia
pavid
pavin
pavis
pavla
raved
ravel
raver
raves
ravia
ravid
ravin
raviv
saval
saved
saver
saves
savey
savil
savin
tavel
taver
tavey
tavgi
tavia
tavie
tavis
tavoy
waved
waves
wavey
yavar

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 126 matches.

Most common letters

a126
v126
e61
i34
s32
n32
r27
l25
d22
c18

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 20 with 1 unique vowel
  • 101 with 2 unique vowels
  • 5 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -er · 12 words
  • -es · 10 words
  • -in · 9 words
  • -el · 9 words
  • -ed · 8 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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