5-Letter Words Matching P _ _ E _

159 valid 5-letter words match the pattern P _ _ E _, 18 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

18 common words159 valid words

Common Words (18)

Words most likely to be the answer.

paper
panel
payer
power
poker
parer
piney
plier
pried
paler
poser
puree
preen
plied
piper
pixel
purer
payee

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (141)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

paced
pacer
paces
paden
paged
pager
pages
paget
palea
paled
pales
palet
palew
paley
paned
panes
papen
papey
pared
parel
paren
pares
pareu
paseo
pases
pated
patee
patel
paten
pater
pates
paved
pavel
paven
paver
paves
pawed
pawer
paxes
payed
payen
pbxes
pedee
peder
pedes
pekes
pelee
peles
pelew
penes
peper
perea
peres
perez
pesek
peter
petes
petey
pewee
phaea
phaet
phies
phren
picea
piked
pikel
piker
pikes
pikey
pilea
piled
pilei
piler
piles
pined
pinel
piner
pines
piped
pipes
pipet
pipey
pisek
pixes
plies
plyer
plzen
podes
podex
pogey
poked
pokes
pokey
poled
poler
poles
poley
pomel
pomes
pomey
pones
poney
popes
pored
poree
porer
pores
poret
posed
posen
poses
posey
poter
powel
poxed
poxes
poyen
preed
prees
prier
pries
proem
pryer
pubes
puces
puget
puked
puker
pukes
puled
puler
pules
pulex
pumex
pured
purey
puses
pusey
pyres
pyrex
pyxes

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 159 matches.

Most common letters

p159
e159
r53
a52
s49
l37
o35
i31
d30
y24

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 27 with 1 unique vowel
  • 128 with 2 unique vowels
  • 4 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -es · 41 words
  • -er · 29 words
  • -ed · 24 words
  • -ey · 14 words
  • -en · 11 words

Strategy

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

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