5-Letter Words Matching _ L _ C _

53 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ L _ C _, 16 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

16 common words53 valid words

Common Words (16)

Words most likely to be the answer.

cluck
flick
click
clock
pluck
black
flack
flock
slack
slick
place
block
elect
slice
clack
fleck

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (37)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

alack
aleck
alecs
alica
alice
alick
aluco
alyce
bleck
blick
bloch
blocs
clach
cleck
clich
flacc
flect
flics
flocs
glace
glack
glick
gluck
klick
kluck
plack
pleck
plica
ploce
ploch
plock
sleck
slich
slock
tlaco
ulick
vlach

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 53 matches.

Most common letters

l53
c53
k30
a21
e15
i15
o12
s10
f8
p8

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -ck · 30 words
  • -ce · 6 words
  • -ch · 6 words
  • -cs · 4 words
  • -ca · 2 words

Strategy

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

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