5-Letter Words Matching S _ _ _ M

48 valid 5-letter words match the pattern S _ _ _ M, 8 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

8 common words48 valid words

Common Words (8)

Words most likely to be the answer.

storm
swarm
serum
sperm
scrum
steam
spasm
scram

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (40)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

sagum
salem
salim
sarum
satem
scaum
sclim
scomm
scrim
sebum
secam
sedum
seism
selim
senam
seram
sevum
shaum
shawm
sherm
shram
shyam
skelm
slaum
sloom
smalm
smarm
sodom
solim
solum
sparm
spoom
squam
ssbam
steem
stram
strom
strum
stulm
sturm

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 48 matches.

Most common letters

s48
m48
a24
r17
e16
u15
l11
t9
o8
c7

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -um · 12 words
  • -am · 10 words
  • -rm · 7 words
  • -im · 5 words
  • -om · 4 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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