5-Letter Words Matching _ _ E S S

19 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ E S S, 6 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

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

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -ss · 19 words

Strategy

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

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