5-Letter Words Matching S _ _ C _

74 valid 5-letter words match the pattern S _ _ C _, 21 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

21 common words74 valid words

Common Words (21)

Words most likely to be the answer.

spicy
stick
shock
stuck
slack
slick
stack
snuck
smack
since
speck
space
shuck
stock
smock
saucy
spice
shack
slice
snack
sauce

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (53)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

sacci
sacco
saice
sanct
sancy
sauch
sayce
secco
seech
sence
senci
sercq
shice
shick
sicca
sisco
sitch
skice
sleck
slich
slock
smich
sneck
snick
snock
soncy
sorce
sorci
spack
spacy
spece
specs
spect
spica
spick
spics
spock
stacc
stace
staci
stacy
stech
steck
stich
stsci
styca
subch
succi
sulci
swack
swick
synch
syncs

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 74 matches.

Most common letters

s74
c74
i28
k27
a25
e24
t16
h14
n13
p13

Vowel distribution

  • 2 with no vowels
  • 48 with 1 unique vowel
  • 22 with 2 unique vowels
  • 2 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ck · 26 words
  • -ce · 13 words
  • -ch · 9 words
  • -ci · 7 words
  • -cy · 6 words

Strategy

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

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