5-Letter Words Matching _ _ _ R N

44 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ _ R N, 13 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

13 common words44 valid words

Common Words (13)

Words most likely to be the answer.

yearn
thorn
mourn
scorn
acorn
sworn
adorn
spurn
learn
stern
churn
cairn
shorn

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (31)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aborn
ahern
anorn
avern
awarn
bairn
bjorn
bourn
dearn
diurn
doorn
enorn
flurn
hearn
inurn
journ
kearn
moorn
nairn
quern
scarn
sharn
starn
tairn
tourn
tuarn
unorn
unurn
vnern
vtern
yourn

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 44 matches.

Most common letters

r44
n44
a20
o18
u14
e12
s8
t7
h6
i6

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 18 with 1 unique vowel
  • 26 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -rn · 44 words

Strategy

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

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