5-Letter Words Matching S _ E A _

25 valid 5-letter words match the pattern S _ E A _, 11 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

11 common words25 valid words

Common Words (11)

Words most likely to be the answer.

stead
smear
sneak
swear
steal
shear
sweat
steak
steam
spear
speak

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (14)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

sceat
sheaf
sheal
shean
sheas
sheat
skean
skeat
snead
sneap
speal
spean
stean
sweal

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 25 matches.

Most common letters

s25
e25
a25
t9
n7
h6
k5
p5
l4
r4

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 0 with 1 unique vowel
  • 25 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -at · 4 words
  • -al · 4 words
  • -an · 4 words
  • -ar · 4 words
  • -ak · 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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