5-Letter Words Matching _ _ _ R D

47 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ _ R D, 14 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

14 common words47 valid words

Common Words (14)

Words most likely to be the answer.

fjord
shard
hoard
award
chord
third
beard
sword
chard
weird
heard
board
gourd
guard

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (33)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

abord
alard
alurd
baird
bourd
brerd
byard
caird
elurd
eward
faurd
fiard
fiord
icard
izard
koord
laird
liard
loord
lourd
lyard
njord
phard
sherd
soord
sourd
sward
swerd
swird
waird
wierd
yaird
yeard

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 47 matches.

Most common letters

r47
d47
a27
o15
i14
e10
w9
l8
u8
h8

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 20 with 1 unique vowel
  • 27 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -rd · 47 words

Strategy

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

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