5-Letter Words Matching _ L E _ T

23 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ L E _ T, 9 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

9 common words23 valid words

Common Words (9)

Words most likely to be the answer.

pleat
fleet
sleet
elect
bleat
alert
cleat
slept
cleft

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (14)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aleft
aleut
blent
blert
blest
clept
eleut
flect
gleet
gleit
glent
olent
slent
ulent

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 23 matches.

Most common letters

l23
e23
t23
a6
n5
c5
f4
b4
s4
u3

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 13 with 1 unique vowel
  • 9 with 2 unique vowels
  • 1 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -nt · 5 words
  • -at · 3 words
  • -et · 3 words
  • -ft · 2 words
  • -rt · 2 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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