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73 five letter words start with NE, and a doubled E is the single most common thing to follow.
A second E leads at about fourteen percent, R at eleven and V at ten. W takes eight, then A and T at five each.
NEVER, NEEDS, NEWLY, NEWER and NERVE are the most common entries, and they cover four different third letters.
NEEDS, NEEDY and NEEDS style forms put a second E straight after the first, which is the largest single shape on the page.
If an E comes back in the third box, that branch is most of what remains, so it is a cheap and decisive test.
NEVER is the sensible opener. It is the most common entry and its V, E and R cover three of the busier positions.
NEEDS is the follow up, since it confirms or eliminates the doubled E shape in one turn.
Both share NEW and split across the last two boxes, so a guess on either narrows the W branch considerably.
Its X appears in nothing else on this page, so an X anywhere in the word settles the answer immediately.
NERVE, NERDS and NERVY among others. At eleven percent it is the second largest branch and its words share their first three letters.