5-Letter Words Matching _ H O _ E

27 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ H O _ E, 10 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

10 common words27 valid words

Common Words (10)

Words most likely to be the answer.

those
choke
chose
chore
shove
shone
whole
phone
shore
whose

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (17)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

dhole
ghole
ohone
phobe
phore
phose
rhode
shode
shole
shope
shote
thoke
thole
thone
thore
whone
whore

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 27 matches.

Most common letters

h27
o27
e27
s11
r6
t6
l5
n5
p5
w4

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -re · 5 words
  • -le · 5 words
  • -ne · 5 words
  • -se · 4 words
  • -ke · 2 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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