5-Letter Words Matching _ E A R _

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

9 common words44 valid words

Common Words (9)

Words most likely to be the answer.

yearn
weary
heart
pearl
rearm
beard
learn
teary
heard

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (35)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

beare
bearm
bears
ceara
deare
dearn
dearr
dears
deary
fears
gears
geary
hearn
hears
keare
kearn
keary
lears
leary
meara
mears
nears
pears
peart
peary
rears
sears
seary
tears
teart
weare
wears
yeara
yeard
years

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 44 matches.

Most common letters

e44
a44
r44
s15
y12
d8
n6
t5
b4
m4

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -rs · 14 words
  • -ry · 8 words
  • -rn · 5 words
  • -re · 4 words
  • -rd · 3 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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