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One hundred twenty five words put E second and N third, and the fourth box is where they really separate.
T takes it in twenty one of the one hundred twenty five and N in sixteen, with I on fourteen and D on thirteen. CENTS, PENNY, GENIE and SENDS each show one of them.
Seventeen of the one hundred twenty five repeat a letter, and most of those put a second N straight after the first. PENNY, HENNA, FENNY, BENNE and GENNY all work that way.
It is the kind of shape that hides in plain sight. If you are scanning for words with no repeats you will skip the whole group.
SENSE, HENCE, BENCH, VENUE and MENUS are the everyday members, with GENRE and PENNY close behind.
S closes thirty four of the one hundred twenty five, E closes twenty two and Y closes sixteen, which is most of the last box between them.
So ruling out a plural, a silent E and a Y ending in one guess is the strongest move here.
SENSE repeats the E and the S, which wastes part of the guess. BENCH tests a fresh set of letters and covers the CH ending, so it usually tells you more.
A tropical fruit tree from the Caribbean. It swells the count without being a word you would reach for.
Seven of them do. PENNY, HENNY, FENNY, BENNY and GENNY are all short Y forms built on a doubled N.
GENIE is the singular and GENII is a plural of genius in its older sense. Swap the final E for an I and you move between them.