5-Letter Words Starting With FLE

3 common words and 19 valid guesses start with "FLE". Pick from here to refine your next guess.

3 common words19 valid words

Common Words (3)

Words most likely to be the answer.

flesh
fleet
fleck

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (16)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

fleak
fleam
flear
fleas
fleay
flect
fleda
fleer
flees
flegm
fleme
fleta
fleur
flews
flexo
fleys

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 19 matches.

Most common letters

f19
l19
e19
a7
s5
m3
r3
t3
k2
y2

Most common letter by position

The most common letter in the 4th position is a, appearing in 5 of 19 words.

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 10 with 1 unique vowel
  • 9 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ak · 1 words
  • -am · 1 words
  • -ar · 1 words
  • -as · 1 words
  • -ay · 1 words

Strategy

Only 3 possible answers start with "FLE" — you're close. Pick the one with the most distinct letters.

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