5-Letter Words Matching S H O _ _

43 valid 5-letter words match the pattern S H O _ _, 12 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

12 common words43 valid words

Common Words (12)

Words most likely to be the answer.

shown
showy
shock
shook
shoal
short
shove
shoot
shone
shout
shorn
shore

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (31)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

shoad
shoat
shode
shoed
shoer
shoes
shogi
shogs
shoji
shojo
shola
shole
shona
shood
shooi
shool
shoon
shoop
shoor
shoos
shope
shops
shorl
shote
shots
shott
showa
showd
shows
shoya
shoyu

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 43 matches.

Most common letters

s43
h43
o43
e10
a7
t7
r6
d5
l5
n5

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 21 with 1 unique vowel
  • 22 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ad · 1 words
  • -al · 1 words
  • -at · 1 words
  • -ck · 1 words
  • -de · 1 words

Strategy

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

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