5-Letter Words Matching _ _ O S E

24 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ O S E, 10 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

10 common words24 valid words

Common Words (10)

Words most likely to be the answer.

those
goose
loose
chose
prose
noose
arose
close
moose
whose

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (14)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

alose
biose
boose
brose
crose
diose
erose
grose
hoose
idose
orose
phose
roose
ulose

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 24 matches.

Most common letters

o24
s24
e24
r8
h5
l4
b3
i3
c3
a2

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 0 with 1 unique vowel
  • 18 with 2 unique vowels
  • 6 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -se · 24 words

Strategy

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

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