5-Letter Words Matching _ H _ _ T

68 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ H _ _ T, 16 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

16 common words68 valid words

Common Words (16)

Words most likely to be the answer.

cheat
chant
chest
ghost
shaft
shunt
sheet
shalt
shift
short
shoot
shirt
chart
shout
wheat
theft

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (52)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

ahint
ahmet
aholt
ahunt
bhatt
bhoot
chaft
chait
chapt
cheet
chert
chilt
chint
chiot
chirt
chort
chott
chout
chuet
ghast
ghaut
ghent
ihlat
khvat
phaet
phpht
rhett
shant
sheat
shent
shipt
shist
shoat
shott
shult
thant
theat
theet
thirt
thoft
thort
thowt
thurt
whart
wheft
whewt
whift
whipt
whist
whitt
whoot
whort

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 68 matches.

Most common letters

h68
t68
a25
s21
e18
o17
c17
i16
r12
w11

Vowel distribution

  • 1 with no vowels
  • 50 with 1 unique vowel
  • 17 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -rt · 11 words
  • -nt · 9 words
  • -ft · 7 words
  • -at · 7 words
  • -et · 6 words

Strategy

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

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