5-Letter Words Matching _ O _ C _

93 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ O _ C _, 14 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

14 common words93 valid words

Common Words (14)

Words most likely to be the answer.

vouch

voice

pooch

coach

couch

porch

pouch

touch

notch

roach

conch

torch

force

botch

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (79)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

bocca

bocce

bocci

boece

boice

bonce

bosch

bouch

boucl

boyce

coact

cocci

cocco

codcf

concn

cooch

cotch

dolce

dolci

doncy

dorca

dorcy

douce

forcs

forcy

fotch

goico

gooch

gorce

gotch

hocco

hoick

hooch

hotch

houck

joice

joyce

loach

looch

lorca

louch

loyce

moeck

monck

mooch

mosca

motch

mouch

mowch

noach

nonce

norco

nowch

poach

ponca

ponce

poock

posca

potch

pouce

poucy

rocca

rocco

roice

ronco

rosco

rotch

royce

soncy

sorce

sorci

tocci

torcs

tosca

tosch

wouch

yocco

yoick

zocco

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 93 matches.

Most common letters

o93

c93

h38

r21

e20

t16

a14

n14

u13

i12

Vowel distribution

0 with no vowels
40 with 1 unique vowel
47 with 2 unique vowels
6 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-ch · 35 words
-ce · 19 words
-co · 9 words
-ca · 8 words
-ck · 6 words

Strategy

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

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