5-Letter Words Matching _ R A I _

24 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ R A I _, 9 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

9 common words24 valid words

Common Words (9)

Words most likely to be the answer.

drain
train
trait
brain
braid
frail
trail
grain
grail

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (15)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

arain
brail
craie
craig
craik
crain
drail
drais
fraid
fraik
graig
graip
krait
traik
vraic

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 24 matches.

Most common letters

a24
r24
i24
n6
d5
l5
c5
g5
t5
k4

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -in · 6 words
  • -il · 5 words
  • -ik · 3 words
  • -id · 2 words
  • -ig · 2 words

Strategy

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

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