5-Letter Words Matching _ _ S E _

200 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ S E _, 16 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

16 common words200 valid words

Common Words (16)

Words most likely to be the answer.

asset
loser
upset
onset
unset
risen
reset
beset
poser
easel
nosey
bused
miser
wiser
riser
laser

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (184)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

absee
absey
aksel
alsea
alsen
alsey
amsel
ansel
anser
apses
arses
assen
asser
asses
based
basel
baser
bases
besee
besew
bises
biset
boser
bosey
buses
busey
bysen
cased
casel
caser
cases
casey
cosec
cosed
cosen
coses
coset
cosey
cusec
desex
dosed
doser
doses
dtset
dusen
eased
easer
eases
ebsen
edsel
eisen
eiser
elses
elset
elsey
erses
essed
essee
essen
esses
essex
exsec
fused
fusee
fusel
fuses
gases
gisel
guser
hasek
hasen
hosea
hosed
hosel
hosen
hoses
ibsen
insea
insee
insep
inset
iosep
issei
itsec
jasen
jasey
josee
josef
josep
joser
joses
josey
kaser
kasey
kosel
koser
kosey
lased
lases
lcsen
lesed
losel
loses
losey
luser
lysed
lyses
maser
mesel
mesem
mises
mosel
moser
moses
mosey
mused
muser
muses
muset
mysel
neses
nisei
nisen
nosed
noser
noses
oases
oesel
olsen
orsel
ossea
osseo
osset
ousel
owsen
owser
paseo
pases
pesek
pisek
posed
posen
poses
posey
puses
pusey
rased
rasen
raser
rases
resee
resew
resex
rises
rosed
rosel
rosen
roser
roses
roset
rusel
ruses
sisel
sises
tcsec
umset
unsee
unsew
unsex
upsey
ursel
vases
vised
vises
viseu
wasel
weser
wised
wisen
wises
yeses
yssel
yusem
zoser

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 200 matches.

Most common letters

s200
e200
o62
a51
r48
l42
n38
i30
u30
d25

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 35 with 1 unique vowel
  • 157 with 2 unique vowels
  • 8 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -es · 38 words
  • -er · 28 words
  • -el · 24 words
  • -en · 21 words
  • -ed · 19 words

Strategy

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

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