5-Letter Words Matching _ _ I S _

161 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ I S _, 24 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

24 common words161 valid words

Common Words (24)

Words most likely to be the answer.

moist

heist

brisk

exist

arise

whisk

frisk

wrist

bliss

daisy

hoist

poise

joist

waist

swish

prism

noisy

raise

foist

crisp

amiss

twist

noise

guise

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (137)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

agism

agist

alisa

alish

aliso

alisp

alist

amish

anise

apish

apism

arish

arist

aviso

baiss

beisa

biisk

blist

boise

boist

brisa

brise

briss

brist

btise

buist

cmise

criss

crist

cuish

daisi

deism

deist

doisy

drisk

elisa

elise

elish

episc

epist

erisa

feist

flisk

foism

frise

friss

frist

gaist

geisa

geiss

geist

glisk

gliss

glist

grise

grist

haise

heise

hoise

idism

idist

ilisa

ilise

irisa

irish

juise

keist

knish

kriss

laise

leiss

loise

luisa

luise

maise

maist

moise

moism

muist

naish

neisa

neist

odiss

odist

ovism

ovist

paisa

paise

peise

pliss

prise

priss

puist

quist

reiss

reist

roist

seise

seism

shish

shisn

shist

slish

spise

spiss

suist

swiss

taise

taish

teise

thisn

toise

toist

trisa

trish

trist

tuism

twisp

udish

umist

unism

unist

vaish

vpisu

waise

weism

weiss

whish

whisp

whiss

whist

yeisk

zeism

zeiss

zeist

zoism

zoist

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 161 matches.

Most common letters

i161

s161

e59

t55

a43

r33

h29

o26

m23

l23

Vowel distribution

0 with no vowels
44 with 1 unique vowel
90 with 2 unique vowels
27 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-st · 45 words
-se · 32 words
-ss · 19 words
-sh · 17 words
-sm · 14 words

Strategy

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

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