5-Letter Words Ending In ESS

6 common words and 19 valid guesses end in "ESS". The ending is locked — narrow further by starting letter.

6 common words19 valid words

Common Words (6)

Words most likely to be the answer.

cress
bless
guess
dress
chess
press

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (13)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

amess
bress
deess
dyess
eyess
fress
ghess
giess
kress
loess
riess
thess
tress

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 19 matches.

Most common letters

e19
s19
r8
h3
d3
g3
b2
l2
c2
y2

Most common letter by position

The most common letter in the 1st position is d, appearing in 3 of 19 words.

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 14 with 1 unique vowel
  • 5 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common openings

  • am- · 1 words
  • bl- · 1 words
  • br- · 1 words
  • ch- · 1 words
  • cr- · 1 words

Strategy

6 possible answers end in "ESS". Try a guess that uses one of the common openings shown above.

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