5-Letter Words Matching S _ _ N _

142 valid 5-letter words match the pattern S _ _ N _, 40 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

40 common words142 valid words

Common Words (40)

Words most likely to be the answer.

stink
stand
spend
slung
saint
sting
swine
stank
sunny
spiny
stung
sound
shunt
stony
shank
sauna
suing
stint
slang
stunt
skunk
scone
shone
swung
spunk
scent
spent
shiny
swing
slant
spine
scant
stone
slunk
sling
spank
slink
stunk
scene
shine

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (102)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

sains
saone
sarna
saunt
sawny
scand
scans
scena
scend
scind
seana
secno
seena
seenu
segni
segno
seine
senna
shana
shane
shang
shani
shant
shena
shend
sheng
shent
shina
shing
shins
shona
shune
shunk
shuns
siana
siang
siena
signa
signe
signs
signy
skene
skink
skins
skint
slane
slank
slent
sline
slone
slonk
soane
somne
somni
sonni
sonny
soong
soony
sorns
sosna
spane
spang
spann
spans
spina
spink
spins
spong
spung
srini
ssing
stane
stang
stans
stend
steng
steno
stent
stine
stond
stong
stonk
sttng
stuns
suant
suent
suina
suine
suint
sunna
sunni
sunns
svend
swane
swang
swank
swann
swans
swink
swonk
syene
sylni

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 142 matches.

Most common letters

s142
n142
a52
e48
i46
t37
u28
g28
o26
h21

Vowel distribution

  • 1 with no vowels
  • 87 with 1 unique vowel
  • 49 with 2 unique vowels
  • 5 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ne · 24 words
  • -ng · 22 words
  • -nk · 18 words
  • -nt · 17 words
  • -na · 17 words

Strategy

40 answers (of 142 valid guesses) match S _ _ N _. Use a high-information guess that tests common letters in the empty positions, even if it's not in the candidate list.

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