5-Letter Words Matching _ I _ O _

129 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ I _ O _, 9 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

9 common words129 valid words

Common Words (9)

Words most likely to be the answer.

pilot

widow

vigor

rigor

minor

pivot

bison

visor

bigot

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (120)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aidos

ainoi

bicol

bigod

bijou

bikol

bilos

bilow

bipod

biron

biton

cibol

cimon

dicot

didos

digor

dijon

dilog

dilos

dinos

dioon

divot

dixon

eidos

eikon

fidos

filos

finos

gigot

gijon

gipon

giron

giros

jiboa

kikoi

kilom

kilos

kimon

kinoo

kinos

kinot

kiron

kirov

kisor

lidos

ligon

limon

limos

linon

linos

lirot

livor

miaou

miaow

mikol

milon

milor

milos

minoa

minos

minot

minow

misos

nicol

nidor

nihon

nikon

nikos

nilot

ninon

ninos

ninox

niton

nitos

niwot

nixon

picot

pilon

pilos

pinon

pinot

pirog

pirol

pirot

piton

pizor

rigol

ripon

rison

sidon

sihon

siloa

silos

simon

sinon

siroc

sirop

siros

ticon

tigon

tikor

timon

timor

tirol

tiros

titos

vidor

vinod

vinos

viron

vison

vivos

vizor

wilow

winos

winou

wiros

wixom

wiyot

ziwot

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 129 matches.

Most common letters

i129

o129

n61

s42

l33

r33

t28

d21

m21

k16

Vowel distribution

0 with no vowels
0 with 1 unique vowel
118 with 2 unique vowels
11 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-on · 36 words
-os · 30 words
-ot · 16 words
-or · 14 words
-ol · 8 words

Strategy

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

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