5-Letter Words Matching _ O V _ _

65 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ O V _ _, 12 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

12 common words65 valid words

Common Words (12)

Words most likely to be the answer.

movie
woven
lover
covet
hovel
rover
cover
hover
novel
mover
covey
coven

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (53)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

bovet
bovey
bovid
bovld
coved
covel
coves
covid
covin
dovap
doven
dover
doves
dovev
dovey
fovea
hoven
hovey
ioved
iover
ioves
jovia
koval
kovar
kovil
kovno
lovat
loved
lovee
lovel
loves
lovey
lovie
moved
moves
novae
novah
novak
novas
novem
novia
novum
novus
roved
roven
roves
rovet
rovit
tovah
tovar
tovet
tovey
yoven

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 65 matches.

Most common letters

o65
v65
e45
n17
d14
l14
r14
a13
i12
t9

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -er · 7 words
  • -ey · 6 words
  • -en · 6 words
  • -es · 6 words
  • -ed · 5 words

Strategy

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

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