5-Letter Words Matching _ _ O S _
81 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ O S _, 21 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.
21 common words81 valid words
Common Words (21)
Words most likely to be the answer.
floss
boost
those
slosh
goose
loose
chose
dross
ghost
prose
kiosk
noose
cross
arose
frost
gross
gloss
close
moose
roost
whose
Other Valid 5-Letter Words (60)
Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.
acost
alosa
alose
alost
biose
boose
boosy
brose
brost
brosy
chosn
closh
coosa
coost
crosa
crose
crost
diose
erose
flosh
flosi
frosh
frosk
glost
goosy
grose
grosz
hoose
hoosh
idose
jooss
joost
khosa
klosh
knosp
krosa
moosa
moost
orose
orosi
pfosi
phose
phoss
ploss
proso
pross
prost
prosy
roosa
roose
sposh
sposi
stosh
stoss
swosh
toosh
ulose
whoso
woosh
xhosa
What These Words Have in Common
Letter patterns across all 81 matches.
Most common letters
o81
s81
r27
e24
h22
t17
l15
a12
p12
c11
Vowel distribution
- 0 with no vowels
- 42 with 1 unique vowel
- 33 with 2 unique vowels
- 6 with 3+ unique vowels
Most common endings
- -se · 24 words
- -st · 13 words
- -sh · 11 words
- -ss · 10 words
- -sa · 8 words
Strategy
21 answers fit. Look at the most common remaining letters above and choose a guess that probes the unknown positions.
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