5-Letter Words Matching _ O _ _ C

42 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ O _ _ C, 8 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

8 common words42 valid words

Common Words (8)

Words most likely to be the answer.

conic
sonic
ionic
comic
logic
topic
toxic
tonic

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (34)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

bobac
boric
codec
colic
cosec
couac
domic
donec
doric
eolic
folic
goric
hobic
iodic
kopec
korec
loric
lotic
loxic
modoc
monic
moric
moroc
nomic
nonic
noric
romic
roric
sodic
somic
toric
yogic
yonic
zonic

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 42 matches.

Most common letters

o42
c42
i33
r11
n11
m9
d7
l7
e6
t5

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -ic · 33 words
  • -ec · 5 words
  • -ac · 2 words
  • -oc · 2 words

Strategy

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

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