5-Letter Words Matching _ I V E _

40 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ I V E _, 6 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

6 common words40 valid words

Common Words (6)

Words most likely to be the answer.

liver
rivet
given
river
diver
giver

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (34)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aiver
civet
dived
divel
dives
divet
fiver
fives
gives
givey
hived
hiver
hives
iives
jived
jiver
jives
kiver
lived
liven
lives
niven
rived
rivel
riven
rives
siver
tiver
vivek
viver
vives
wived
wiver
wives

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 40 matches.

Most common letters

i40
v40
e40
r18
s11
d10
l6
t4
g4
n4

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -er · 13 words
  • -es · 10 words
  • -ed · 6 words
  • -en · 4 words
  • -et · 3 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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