5-Letter Words Matching _ _ W _ R

30 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ W _ R, 10 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

10 common words30 valid words

Common Words (10)

Words most likely to be the answer.

sower
fewer
power
lower
sewer
tower
cower
mower
newer
rower

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (20)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

bower
dewar
dewer
dower
gower
hawer
hewer
jowar
jower
mewar
mewer
newar
pawer
rawer
sawer
sewar
sowar
tawer
tewer
vower

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 30 matches.

Most common letters

w30
r30
e28
o14
a11
s5
d3
m3
t3
h2

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 7 with 1 unique vowel
  • 23 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -er · 24 words
  • -ar · 6 words

Strategy

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

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