5-Letter Words Matching _ _ R _ O

90 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ R _ O, 6 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

6 common words90 valid words

Common Words (6)

Words most likely to be the answer.

cargo
forgo
curio
verso
turbo
torso

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (84)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

arrio
barco
bardo
barto
berio
burao
buroo
burro
carbo
cardo
carlo
carpo
cerro
corno
corso
corvo
dargo
dario
daroo
deroo
durio
durno
fardo
fargo
fario
farro
ferio
ferro
fordo
garbo
garoo
gerbo
gordo
harco
hermo
iorgo
iorio
jarmo
karoo
largo
larto
marco
margo
mario
marko
marlo
mormo
morro
murdo
narco
norco
nordo
parao
pardo
pargo
parto
porgo
porno
porto
sardo
sargo
sarpo
sarto
scroo
sergo
serio
sermo
servo
sordo
sorgo
tardo
termo
terzo
torto
turco
turio
turro
vario
varro
vireo
virgo
yermo
yorgo
zorro

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 90 matches.

Most common letters

r90
o90
a41
g18
c17
d17
e16
i15
t14
s14

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 20 with 1 unique vowel
  • 57 with 2 unique vowels
  • 13 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -go · 14 words
  • -io · 12 words
  • -do · 11 words
  • -ro · 8 words
  • -co · 6 words

Strategy

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

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