5-Letter Words Matching _ _ S T _

144 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ S T _, 21 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

21 common words144 valid words

Common Words (21)

Words most likely to be the answer.

lusty

nasty

zesty

hasty

rusty

waste

musty

gusty

paste

gusto

vista

caste

tasty

dusty

pesto

haste

taste

pasta

baste

testy

pasty

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (123)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

abstr

aosta

basta

basti

basto

basts

bests

bisti

busti

busto

busts

busty

casta

casts

cesta

ceste

cesti

cista

cists

costa

costs

cysts

desta

deste

desto

distn

distr

disty

dusts

easts

fasta

fasti

fasto

fasts

festa

feste

festy

fists

fisty

fusty

gasts

geste

gests

gists

gusta

gusti

gusts

hasta

hesta

hests

hists

hosta

hosts

instr

jests

justa

justo

justs

kists

kosti

kusti

lasts

lasty

leste

lists

listy

lusts

masts

masty

misti

mists

misty

moste

mosts

musth

musts

nesta

nesto

nests

nesty

oasts

ousts

pasto

pasts

peste

pests

piste

posts

rasty

reste

restr

rests

resty

rusts

sesti

sisto

testa

teste

tests

tyste

unsty

vasta

vasti

vasts

vasty

vesta

vests

vesty

visto

wasta

wasts

wasty

weste

westm

wests

westy

wiste

wists

wysty

xysti

xysts

yesty

zests

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 144 matches.

Most common letters

s144

t144

a54

e53

y34

i33

u25

o22

b12

c11

Vowel distribution

3 with no vowels
95 with 1 unique vowel
46 with 2 unique vowels
0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-ts · 44 words
-ty · 30 words
-ta · 21 words
-te · 19 words
-ti · 12 words

Strategy

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

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