5-Letter Words Matching _ H _ F _

22 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ H _ F _, 6 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

6 common words22 valid words

Common Words (6)

Words most likely to be the answer.

chaff
shaft
shift
chafe
whiff
theft

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (16)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

chaft
chefs
chufa
chuff
khafs
khufu
phyfe
shaff
sheff
shiff
shuff
shufu
thoft
wheft
whift
whuff

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 22 matches.

Most common letters

h22
f22
s9
a7
t7
c6
e6
u6
i4
w4

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -ff · 8 words
  • -ft · 7 words
  • -fe · 2 words
  • -fs · 2 words
  • -fu · 2 words

Strategy

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

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