5-Letter Words Matching _ H O _ _

175 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ H O _ _, 29 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

29 common words175 valid words

Common Words (29)

Words most likely to be the answer.

those

thorn

choke

shown

showy

whoop

photo

shock

chose

ghost

chord

shook

choir

shoal

chore

short

shove

shoot

phony

shone

whole

ghoul

phone

shout

chock

shorn

shore

thong

whose

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (146)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

ahola

ahold

aholt

ahong

ahouh

ahoys

bhola

bhoot

choak

choca

choco

choel

choes

choga

choil

choko

choky

chola

chold

choli

cholo

chomp

chong

chonk

chook

choom

choop

chopa

chops

chora

chort

chorz

chosn

chots

chott

choup

chous

chout

choux

chowk

chows

choya

dhobi

dhoby

dhole

dhoni

dhoon

dhoti

dhoty

dhoul

dhows

ghole

ghoom

jhool

khoin

khoja

khoka

khond

khosa

khoum

lhota

mhorr

ohone

phobe

phoby

phoca

phoma

phono

phons

phora

phore

phose

phoss

phots

rhoda

rhode

rhody

rhoea

rhoeo

rhomb

rhona

shoad

shoat

shode

shoed

shoer

shoes

shogi

shogs

shoji

shojo

shola

shole

shona

shood

shooi

shool

shoon

shoop

shoor

shoos

shope

shops

shorl

shote

shots

shott

showa

showd

shows

shoya

shoyu

thoas

thock

thoer

thoft

thoke

thokk

thole

tholi

thoma

thone

thoom

thoon

thora

thore

thoro

thorp

thorr

thort

thoth

thous

thowt

whoas

wholl

whomp

whone

whoof

whoot

whops

whore

whorl

whort

whory

whoso

xhosa

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 175 matches.

Most common letters

h175

o175

s66

t45

c43

a36

e35

r34

l26

p26

Vowel distribution

0 with no vowels
84 with 1 unique vowel
89 with 2 unique vowels
2 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-re · 5 words
-le · 5 words
-ne · 5 words
-la · 4 words
-rt · 4 words

Strategy

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

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