5-Letter Words Matching _ I V _ _

79 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ I V _ _, 12 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

12 common words79 valid words

Common Words (12)

Words most likely to be the answer.

civic
vivid
liver
rivet
given
river
civil
diver
giver
pivot
livid
rival

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (67)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aiver
bivvy
civet
civia
civie
civvy
divan
divas
dived
divel
dives
divet
divia
divid
divot
divus
divvy
fiver
fives
gives
givey
givin
hived
hiver
hives
iives
jived
jiver
jives
kivas
kiver
lived
liven
lives
livia
livor
livre
livvi
livvy
nival
niven
nivre
rived
rivel
riven
rives
sivan
sivas
siver
sivia
sivie
tiver
vivas
vivat
vivax
vivda
vivek
viver
vives
vivia
vivie
vivle
vivos
vivre
wived
wiver
wives

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 79 matches.

Most common letters

i79
v79
e47
r23
d20
s20
a17
l16
n9
t7

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 11 with 1 unique vowel
  • 67 with 2 unique vowels
  • 1 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -er · 13 words
  • -es · 10 words
  • -ed · 6 words
  • -ia · 5 words
  • -vy · 4 words

Strategy

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

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