5-Letter Words Matching S _ A _ T

22 valid 5-letter words match the pattern S _ A _ T, 6 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

6 common words22 valid words

Common Words (6)

Words most likely to be the answer.

start
smart
shaft
shalt
slant
scant

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (16)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

scalt
scart
scatt
scaut
shant
skart
slait
slart
smalt
snast
spait
spalt
spart
stadt
suant
swart

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 22 matches.

Most common letters

s22
a22
t22
l7
r7
c5
n5
h3
p3
u2

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 18 with 1 unique vowel
  • 4 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -rt · 7 words
  • -lt · 4 words
  • -nt · 4 words
  • -it · 2 words
  • -tt · 1 words

Strategy

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

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