5-Letter Words Matching S _ _ T E

28 valid 5-letter words match the pattern S _ _ T E, 9 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

9 common words28 valid words

Common Words (9)

Words most likely to be the answer.

saute
smite
spite
slate
skate
suite
smote
state
spate

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (19)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

saite
scote
scute
shote
shute
sirte
sixte
skete
skite
skyte
slete
slite
slote
smpte
snite
sowte
spete
spute
stite

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 28 matches.

Most common letters

s28
t28
e28
i10
a6
u5
o5
p5
k4
l4

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 5 with 1 unique vowel
  • 20 with 2 unique vowels
  • 3 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -te · 28 words

Strategy

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

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