5-Letter Words Matching _ _ S _ E

104 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ S _ E, 11 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

11 common words104 valid words

Common Words (11)

Words most likely to be the answer.

masse
waste
paste
ensue
caste
posse
issue
haste
aisle
taste
baste

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (93)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

absee
aisne
ansae
arsle
basie
baske
basle
basye
besee
besse
bisie
bisme
casie
casse
ceste
cisne
cosie
cosme
cosse
cusie
dasie
desde
deste
disme
elsie
essee
essie
fesse
feste
fiske
fosie
fosse
fusee
gaspe
geste
gosse
gusle
hasse
hesse
hisbe
insee
insue
issie
jaspe
jesse
josee
josie
josue
kesse
kosse
lasse
leste
lishe
lisle
losse
mashe
mesne
messe
misce
moshe
moste
musie
nashe
nisse
ossie
paske
passe
peste
piste
rasse
resee
reste
resue
rosie
rosse
russe
sasse
sosie
susie
tasse
teste
tisbe
tyste
unsee
ursae
visie
visne
wesle
weste
whsle
wisse
wiste
ypsce

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 104 matches.

Most common letters

s104
e104
i36
a31
t21
o18
u13
b12
l12
n11

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -se · 24 words
  • -te · 19 words
  • -ie · 17 words
  • -ee · 8 words
  • -le · 7 words

Strategy

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

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