5-Letter Words Matching _ E _ O _

177 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ E _ O _, 12 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

12 common words177 valid words

Common Words (12)

Words most likely to be the answer.

heron
depot
venom
detox
below
decor
demon
melon
decoy
tenor
lemon
felon

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (165)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aedon
aerol
aeron
aesop
bebog
bebop
bedog
bedot
befog
befop
begob
begod
begot
bejou
bemol
berob
beroe
besom
besot
beton
bevon
bevor
celom
ceros
debor
decos
defoe
defog
deion
dekow
deloo
delos
demob
demos
demot
denom
depoh
depoy
derog
deron
deroo
devol
devon
devot
devow
fedor
ferox
fetor
gecos
gemot
genoa
genom
genos
heloe
helot
hemol
hemon
herod
heros
jecoa
jecon
jehol
jerol
jeton
jevon
kebob
kehoe
kenon
kenos
keros
ketoi
ketol
kevon
ledol
lefor
legoa
lenos
lenox
leroi
leros
lerot
leroy
levon
mebos
mecon
medoc
medon
medor
meloe
melos
memos
menon
menow
meroe
merom
merop
meros
merow
meson
metol
nemos
nepos
nerol
neron
netop
nevoy
pecos
peeoy
pekoe
pelon
pepos
peron
perot
pesos
petos
rebob
rebop
rebox
recon
recor
redon
redos
redox
rehoe
relot
remop
repos
repot
rerob
rerow
resod
resor
resow
rewon
secor
secos
segol
segos
segou
sekos
senor
sepoy
seron
serov
serow
seton
tecon
tejon
tekoa
teloi
telos
tenon
tepor
tepoy
teton
texon
vejoz
velon
veron
wenoa
xenon
xenos
xerox
zelos
zeros

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 177 matches.

Most common letters

e177
o177
r63
n57
s46
d40
l37
m34
t33
b27

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -on · 39 words
  • -os · 30 words
  • -or · 13 words
  • -ot · 12 words
  • -ol · 11 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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