5-Letter Words Matching _ E _ I _

279 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ E _ I _, 21 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

21 common words279 valid words

Common Words (21)

Words most likely to be the answer.

helix
merit
denim
eerie
fetid
genie
sepia
debit
remit
media
resin
begin
befit
belie
medic
devil
serif
relic
peril
tepid
refit

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (258)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aecia
aegia
aegir
aegis
aemia
aeria
aeric
aerie
aesir
aevia
bedim
bedin
bedip
bejig
belia
belis
bemis
bemix
benia
benic
benil
benim
benin
benis
beria
berio
berit
besin
besit
betis
bevil
bevin
bevis
bewig
bewit
bezil
cebid
cebil
cecil
cedis
cefis
celia
celie
celik
celin
celio
cenis
ceria
ceric
cerin
cetic
cetid
cetin
deair
debir
decil
dedie
dedit
defis
defix
delia
delim
delis
delit
demit
denie
denio
denis
depit
deric
deriv
detin
devin
dewie
dexie
eemis
fecit
fedia
fedin
felic
felid
felis
felix
femic
feria
ferie
ferio
fetis
gelid
genia
genic
genii
genin
genio
genip
genit
geoid
gerik
gerim
gerip
getic
getid
hedie
hedin
helio
hemia
hemic
hemin
henie
henig
hewie
hexis
jelib
jemie
jenin
jerib
jerid
jeris
jewis
kefir
kelia
kepis
kerin
kesia
kevil
kevin
lecia
legis
legit
lelia
lenin
lenis
lepid
lesiy
levin
levir
levis
levit
lewie
lewin
lewis
lexia
lexic
lexie
lexis
medii
medin
medio
medit
melia
melic
melie
melis
menic
menis
meril
meris
mesic
metic
metif
metin
metis
mexia
necia
nelia
nelie
nepil
nepit
nerin
nevil
nevin
nevis
newie
oenin
pedir
pekin
penis
pepin
peria
peris
perit
petie
petit
pewit
rebia
rebid
recip
recit
redia
redid
redig
redip
refix
regia
regie
regin
regis
rehid
rejig
relig
relit
remix
renie
renig
renin
reoil
repic
repin
rerig
resid
resit
retia
retie
retin
retip
revie
rewin
sekiu
selia
selie
selig
selim
semic
semih
semis
senit
sepic
seric
serin
serio
sesia
sevik
sewin
tedie
teiid
telia
telic
temin
tenia
tenio
tepic
teria
tevis
tewit
vedic
vedis
vegie
velic
venie
venin
vexil
xenia
xenic
xeric
yetis
zelig
zenia
zenic

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 279 matches.

Most common letters

e279
i279
r80
n78
l71
s62
d61
t56
c50
a44

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 0 with 1 unique vowel
  • 222 with 2 unique vowels
  • 57 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ia · 38 words
  • -in · 37 words
  • -is · 36 words
  • -ic · 28 words
  • -ie · 28 words

Strategy

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

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