5-Letter Words Matching S _ _ F _

44 valid 5-letter words match the pattern S _ _ F _, 11 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

11 common words44 valid words

Common Words (11)

Words most likely to be the answer.

staff
swift
shaft
snuff
shift
skiff
scoff
stiff
sniff
stuff
snafu

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (33)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

saiff
saify
sanfo
scaff
scifi
scuff
scuft
seifs
selfs
serfs
shaff
sheff
shiff
shuff
shufu
siafu
skaff
skift
sluff
smift
snaff
snift
solfa
spiff
stefa
steff
stife
stoff
suffr
sulfa
sulfo
surfs
surfy

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 44 matches.

Most common letters

s44
f44
i16
a14
u14
t14
e7
h7
n6
o5

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 33 with 1 unique vowel
  • 10 with 2 unique vowels
  • 1 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ff · 20 words
  • -ft · 7 words
  • -fs · 4 words
  • -fu · 3 words
  • -fa · 3 words

Strategy

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

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