5-Letter Words Matching S _ O _ E

39 valid 5-letter words match the pattern S _ O _ E, 18 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

18 common words39 valid words

Common Words (18)

Words most likely to be the answer.

store
stove
smoke
swore
score
scope
spoke
spore
stole
shove
slope
scone
shone
stoke
smote
stone
shore
snore

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (21)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

saone
scoke
scote
scove
shode
shole
shope
shote
sloke
slone
slote
smore
snoke
sooke
spode
spole
stoae
stome
stope
stowe
swope

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 39 matches.

Most common letters

s39
o39
e39
t13
p9
n7
k7
r7
h7
l7

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -ke · 7 words
  • -re · 7 words
  • -ne · 5 words
  • -pe · 5 words
  • -te · 4 words

Strategy

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

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