5-Letter Words Matching _ R A N _

46 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ R A N _, 8 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

8 common words46 valid words

Common Words (8)

Words most likely to be the answer.

crank
drank
prank
crane
brand
grant
frank
grand

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (38)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

arand
arank
arany
brana
brank
brans
brant
crang
crany
drang
drant
franc
frans
franz
grana
grane
grani
grank
grano
grans
irani
krang
kranj
krans
orang
orans
orant
prana
prand
prang
trank
tranq
trans
trant
urana
wrand
wrang
wrans

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 46 matches.

Most common letters

a46
r46
n46
g14
k11
d8
t8
s7
b5
c5

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -nk · 8 words
  • -ns · 7 words
  • -ng · 6 words
  • -nd · 5 words
  • -nt · 5 words

Strategy

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

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