5-Letter Words Matching S _ O _ T

29 valid 5-letter words match the pattern S _ O _ T, 9 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

9 common words29 valid words

Common Words (9)

Words most likely to be the answer.

stout
snout
sport
spout
short
shoot
snort
shout
scout

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (20)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

scoot
scott
sfoot
shoat
shott
skoot
skout
sloat
sloot
smolt
smoot
smout
snoot
spoot
ssort
stoat
stoit
stoot
stopt
stott

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 29 matches.

Most common letters

s29
o29
t29
u7
h5
r4
p4
c3
a3
l3

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -ot · 9 words
  • -ut · 7 words
  • -rt · 4 words
  • -tt · 3 words
  • -at · 3 words

Strategy

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

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