5-Letter Words Matching _ E G _ _

86 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ E G _ _, 10 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

10 common words86 valid words

Common Words (10)

Words most likely to be the answer.

begun
regal
begat
beget
segue
begin
legal
began
leggy
vegan

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (76)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aeger
aegia
aegir
aegis
aegle
begad
begar
begay
begem
begga
beggs
begob
begod
begot
begum
begut
degas
degum
hegel
heger
jegar
kegan
leger
leges
legge
legis
legit
legoa
legra
legua
megan
megen
meges
meggi
meggs
meggy
neger
negev
negro
negus
peggi
peggs
peggy
pegma
regan
regel
regen
reger
reges
reget
regga
reggi
reggy
regia
regie
regin
regis
regle
regma
regna
regur
segal
segar
seggy
segni
segno
segol
segos
segou
segre
tegan
tegea
tegua
vegas
vegie
yeggs

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 86 matches.

Most common letters

e86
g86
a33
r29
s23
n18
l17
b16
i15
m11

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 27 with 1 unique vowel
  • 51 with 2 unique vowels
  • 8 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -an · 6 words
  • -er · 5 words
  • -gy · 5 words
  • -gs · 4 words
  • -is · 3 words

Strategy

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

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