5-Letter Words Matching F L A _ _

32 valid 5-letter words match the pattern F L A _ _, 10 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

10 common words32 valid words

Common Words (10)

Words most likely to be the answer.

flair
flack
flank
flash
flame
flake
flail
flare
flask
flaky

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (22)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

flabs
flacc
flaff
flagg
flags
flain
flamb
flams
flamy
flane
flang
flann
flans
flaps
flary
flats
flavo
flawn
flaws
flawy
flaxy
flays

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 32 matches.

Most common letters

f32
l32
a32
s10
n7
y6
k5
e4
m4
g3

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 24 with 1 unique vowel
  • 8 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -bs · 1 words
  • -cc · 1 words
  • -ck · 1 words
  • -ff · 1 words
  • -gg · 1 words

Strategy

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

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