5-Letter Words Matching _ R O _ E

47 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ R O _ E, 16 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

16 common words47 valid words

Common Words (16)

Words most likely to be the answer.

erode
wrote
prove
trove
trope
grove
prone
prose
drove
arose
grope
probe
broke
drone
froze
crone

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (31)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

brome
brose
brote
croce
crome
crore
crose
crowe
croze
drome
erose
frome
frore
grobe
grofe
grose
grote
irone
krome
krone
orose
proke
prole
prome
prore
prote
trode
troke
trone
troue
wroke

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 47 matches.

Most common letters

r47
o47
e47
p11
t10
s7
c7
b6
k6
m6

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -se · 7 words
  • -me · 6 words
  • -ne · 6 words
  • -ke · 4 words
  • -te · 4 words

Strategy

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

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