5-Letter Words Matching S _ I _ E

50 valid 5-letter words match the pattern S _ I _ E, 17 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

17 common words50 valid words

Common Words (17)

Words most likely to be the answer.

spike
shire
smite
spite
swine
smile
slide
seize
slime
snide
spire
spice
slice
suite
spine
snipe
shine

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (33)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

saice
saire
saite
seige
seine
seise
shice
shide
shive
skice
skime
skite
skive
sline
slipe
slite
slive
snite
spile
spise
stife
stile
stime
stine
stipe
stire
stite
stive
suine
swile
swipe
swire
swive

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 50 matches.

Most common letters

s50
i50
e50
t15
l11
p11
n10
c5
r5
h5

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -te · 8 words
  • -ne · 7 words
  • -ce · 5 words
  • -re · 5 words
  • -ve · 5 words

Strategy

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

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