5-Letter Words Matching _ _ R S E

30 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ R S E, 8 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

8 common words30 valid words

Common Words (8)

Words most likely to be the answer.

purse
nurse
verse
terse
parse
curse
worse
horse

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (22)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

barse
birse
burse
carse
corse
dorse
farse
garse
girse
gorse
herse
hirse
hyrse
marse
merse
morse
norse
perse
tarse
torse
turse
warse

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 30 matches.

Most common letters

r30
s30
e30
a8
o8
u5
h4
t4
b3
i3

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -se · 30 words

Strategy

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

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