5-Letter Words Matching _ _ _ S H

81 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ _ S H, 27 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

27 common words81 valid words

Common Words (27)

Words most likely to be the answer.

blush
fresh
flesh
slosh
trash
marsh
plush
crash
smash
swish
brash
slush
welsh
slash
shush
leash
flash
clash
harsh
brush
awash
crush
swash
gnash
quash
stash
flush

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (54)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

abash
abush
agush
ahush
alish
amish
apish
arish
bensh
bilsh
blash
closh
cuish
deash
earsh
elish
flosh
frosh
frush
girsh
grush
gursh
hersh
hirsh
hoosh
irish
joash
klosh
knish
kursh
liesh
naish
plash
qursh
raash
shish
slish
smush
snash
sposh
stosh
swosh
taish
toosh
trish
trush
udish
vaish
walsh
weesh
wersh
whish
whush
woosh

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 81 matches.

Most common letters

s81
h81
a34
r24
l22
u21
i21
e12
o12
w11

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 62 with 1 unique vowel
  • 19 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -sh · 81 words

Strategy

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

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