5-Letter Words Matching _ R E _ D

20 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ R E _ D, 8 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

8 common words20 valid words

Common Words (8)

Words most likely to be the answer.

creed
tread
bread
breed
dread
freed
trend
greed

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (12)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aread
arend
brerd
cread
dreed
fremd
freud
oread
preed
prepd
treed
ureid

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 20 matches.

Most common letters

r20
e20
d20
a7
b3
f3
t3
n2
c2
u2

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 11 with 1 unique vowel
  • 7 with 2 unique vowels
  • 2 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ed · 7 words
  • -ad · 6 words
  • -nd · 2 words
  • -rd · 1 words
  • -md · 1 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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