5-Letter Words Matching _ _ R S _

89 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ R S _, 15 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

15 common words89 valid words

Common Words (15)

Words most likely to be the answer.

first

marsh

purse

nurse

verse

worst

burst

terse

parse

harsh

curse

worse

horse

verso

torso

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (74)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

barse

birse

birsy

bursa

burse

carse

corse

corso

corsy

cursa

curst

darst

dorsa

dorse

dorsi

dorsy

durst

earsh

farse

farsi

forst

garse

girse

girsh

gorse

gorst

gorsy

gursh

harst

herse

hersh

hirse

hirsh

hirst

horsa

horst

horsy

hurst

hyrse

hyrst

karst

kerst

kirst

kursh

kursk

larsa

marse

marsi

merse

morse

norse

norsk

nursy

parsi

perse

pursy

qursh

sarsa

sarsi

tarse

tarsi

tdrss

torse

torsi

torsk

turse

versa

verst

warse

warst

wersh

wurst

yursa

zprsn

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 89 matches.

Most common letters

r89

s89

e37

a28

t28

o25

h21

u19

i16

y10

Vowel distribution

3 with no vowels
47 with 1 unique vowel
39 with 2 unique vowels
0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-se · 30 words
-st · 19 words
-sh · 10 words
-sa · 8 words
-sy · 7 words

Strategy

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

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