5-Letter Words Matching _ O A _ _

96 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ O A _ _, 13 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

13 common words96 valid words

Common Words (13)

Words most likely to be the answer.

coast
hoard
coach
loath
roast
roach
koala
toast
foamy
board
boast
soapy
loamy

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (83)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

boars
boart
boats
coact
coady
coaid
coala
coals
coaly
coamo
coapt
coarb
coart
coati
coats
coaxy
doand
doane
doats
doaty
foals
foaly
foams
goads
goala
goals
goats
goaty
goave
hoagy
hoang
hoare
hoars
hoary
hoast
joana
joane
joann
joash
koali
koans
loach
loads
loafs
loami
loams
loans
loasa
loats
loave
moans
moapa
moats
noach
noami
poach
roads
roald
roams
roana
roane
roann
roans
roark
roars
roath
soaks
soaky
soane
soapi
soaps
soars
soary
soave
toads
toady
toano
woads
woady
woald
xoana
zoaea
zoara

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 96 matches.

Most common letters

o96
a96
s41
r24
t23
l22
c19
n18
d17
h15

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 0 with 1 unique vowel
  • 81 with 2 unique vowels
  • 15 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ts · 6 words
  • -st · 5 words
  • -ch · 5 words
  • -ds · 5 words
  • -rs · 4 words

Strategy

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

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