5-Letter Words Matching _ _ R I _

258 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ R I _, 10 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

10 common words258 valid words

Common Words (10)

Words most likely to be the answer.

merit
eerie
lurid
acrid
lyric
curio
strip
sprig
serif
peril

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (248)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

abrim
abrin
abris
adria
adrip
aeria
aeric
aerie
afric
afrit
agria
agric
agrin
alric
amrit
april
arria
arrie
arrio
arris
atria
atrip
auria
auric
aurie
aurin
aurir
auris
avril
avrit
baria
baric
barid
barie
barih
baris
barit
beria
berio
berit
boric
borid
boris
burin
caria
carib
carid
carie
caril
carin
ceria
ceric
cerin
chria
chris
coria
corie
corin
curia
curie
curin
cyrie
cyril
daria
daric
darii
darin
dario
deric
deriv
doria
doric
dorie
dorin
doris
durio
edric
edris
egrid
elric
enrib
epris
eyrie
eyrir
faria
fario
feria
ferie
ferio
fgrid
flrie
furie
furil
garik
garin
gerik
gerim
gerip
goric
gorin
guria
guric
gyric
harim
horim
hyrie
iaria
idria
idris
ifrit
inria
iorio
jarib
jarid
jerib
jerid
jeris
jorie
jorin
joris
juris
karia
karie
karil
karim
karin
kerin
kirin
kirit
korie
korin
kyrie
laria
larid
larin
laris
larix
liris
loria
loric
lorie
lorin
loris
lurie
lyrid
lyris
maria
marid
marie
maril
marin
mario
maris
meril
meris
mirid
moria
moric
morie
morin
murid
naric
naris
nerin
niris
noria
noric
norie
norit
nuris
oaric
obrit
ofris
oorie
orrin
orris
osric
ourie
parik
paris
peria
peris
perit
poria
purim
purin
puris
pyric
rerig
ririe
roric
rorid
rorie
roris
rurik
sarid
sarif
sarin
sarip
saris
scrim
scrin
scrip
scrit
seric
serin
serio
shrip
shris
sirih
siris
sprit
stria
strid
strig
strit
strix
syria
tarie
tarim
tarin
teria
thrip
toric
torie
torii
torin
turin
turio
ugric
ulric
unrid
unrig
unrip
uprid
uprip
varia
vario
varix
virid
xeric
xyrid
xyris
yuria
yurik
zaria
zoril
zoris

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 258 matches.

Most common letters

r258
i258
a110
e71
o63
s57
c54
n43
d40
u37

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 34 with 1 unique vowel
  • 169 with 2 unique vowels
  • 55 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ia · 35 words
  • -is · 33 words
  • -in · 30 words
  • -ic · 30 words
  • -ie · 30 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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