5-Letter Words Matching _ _ I R _
120 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ I R _, 19 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.
19 common words120 valid words
Common Words (19)
Words most likely to be the answer.
swirl
shire
hairy
quirk
fairy
twirl
dairy
third
shirk
flirt
spire
afire
shirt
smirk
cairn
weird
whirl
chirp
skirt
Other Valid 5-Letter Words (101)
Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.
ahira
akira
amire
amirs
baird
bairn
beira
blirt
caird
cairo
chirk
chirl
chirm
chiro
chirr
chirt
chiru
coire
coirs
csiro
daira
dairi
dairt
emirs
exira
faire
fairm
fairs
foirl
geira
guiro
haire
hairs
heirs
keirs
laird
lairs
lairy
loire
maire
mairs
mbira
moira
moire
muire
naira
nairn
nairy
noire
osirm
pairs
pairt
phira
pmirr
poire
quira
quire
quirl
quirt
saire
sairy
shira
shiri
shirl
shiro
shirr
skirl
skirp
skirr
slirt
snirl
snirt
spira
spiro
spirt
spiry
stire
stirk
stirp
stirs
swird
swire
taira
tairn
thira
thirl
thirt
twire
twirk
twirp
umiri
vaire
vairs
vairy
waird
wairs
weirs
whirr
whirs
yaird
zaire
What These Words Have in Common
Letter patterns across all 120 matches.
Most common letters
i120
r120
a52
s46
h29
e28
t25
l17
m15
o15
Vowel distribution
- 0 with no vowels
- 38 with 1 unique vowel
- 60 with 2 unique vowels
- 22 with 3+ unique vowels
Most common endings
- -re · 20 words
- -ra · 15 words
- -rs · 15 words
- -rt · 12 words
- -rl · 10 words
Strategy
19 answers fit. Look at the most common remaining letters above and choose a guess that probes the unknown positions.
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