5-Letter Words Matching L _ _ _ H

40 valid 5-letter words match the pattern L _ _ _ H, 9 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

9 common words40 valid words

Common Words (9)

Words most likely to be the answer.

lunch
lymph
loath
lurch
laugh
latch
leash
leech
leach

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (31)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

laich
laigh
laith
lanch
larch
latah
leath
ledah
leeth
leigh
leith
lelah
lench
lenth
lesgh
letch
leuch
lewth
lidah
liesh
lilah
linch
litch
loach
looch
lotah
louch
lough
louth
lowth
lynch

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 40 matches.

Most common letters

l40
h40
a18
c17
e16
t14
i10
o8
u7
n6

Vowel distribution

  • 2 with no vowels
  • 17 with 1 unique vowel
  • 21 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ch · 17 words
  • -th · 9 words
  • -ah · 6 words
  • -gh · 5 words
  • -sh · 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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