5-Letter Words Matching _ R _ T E

22 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ R _ T E, 7 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

7 common words22 valid words

Common Words (7)

Words most likely to be the answer.

crate
wrote
trite
grate
write
irate
brute

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (15)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

arete
arite
brite
brote
crete
drate
frate
grete
grote
krute
orate
prate
prote
urate
urite

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 22 matches.

Most common letters

r22
e22
t22
a10
i6
o5
u4
b3
g3
c2

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -te · 22 words

Strategy

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

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