5-Letter Words Matching _ _ O R _

132 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ O R _, 27 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

27 common words132 valid words

Common Words (27)

Words most likely to be the answer.

ivory
fjord
store
thorn
story
glory
scorn
acorn
swore
sport
chord
score
stork
sworn
storm
spore
adorn
adore
chore
short
abort
snort
flora
sword
shorn
shore
snore

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (105)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

abord
aborn
adora
adorl
afore
agora
amora
amorc
amort
amory
anora
anorn
aport
atory
awork
beora
beore
bjork
bjorn
blore
boors
boort
ceorl
chora
chort
chorz
coorg
coors
crore
doorn
doors
edora
elora
emory
enorm
enorn
evora
fiora
fiord
fiore
flore
flori
floro
flory
frore
frory
georg
glore
glori
grory
haori
iform
ijore
inorb
inorg
isort
ixora
knorr
koord
koorg
leora
loord
loory
maori
mbori
mhorr
moore
moorn
moors
moory
niort
njord
nyoro
odors
ofori
omora
phora
phore
poore
poori
poort
prore
psora
seora
shorl
slorp
smore
snork
soord
spory
ssort
storz
thora
thore
thoro
thorp
thorr
thort
tsort
unorn
whore
whorl
whort
whory
xport

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 132 matches.

Most common letters

o132
r132
a35
e35
s33
t28
n24
h24
l18
i18

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -re · 24 words
  • -ra · 18 words
  • -rt · 16 words
  • -rn · 13 words
  • -ry · 13 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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