5-Letter Words Matching S _ E _ T

26 valid 5-letter words match the pattern S _ E _ T, 10 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

10 common words26 valid words

Common Words (10)

Words most likely to be the answer.

sweet
smelt
spelt
sleet
sheet
sweat
swept
scent
spent
slept

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (16)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

sceat
sheat
shent
siest
skeat
skeet
slent
spect
spekt
stedt
stent
stept
stert
suent
svelt
swelt

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 26 matches.

Most common letters

s26
e26
t26
l7
p7
n6
a4
w4
c3
h3

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -nt · 6 words
  • -at · 4 words
  • -et · 4 words
  • -lt · 4 words
  • -pt · 3 words

Strategy

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

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