5-Letter Words Matching _ A _ R _

168 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ A _ R _, 9 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

9 common words168 valid words

Common Words (9)

Words most likely to be the answer.

marry

parry

harry

hairy

carry

fairy

dairy

cairn

macro

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (159)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

baerl

bagre

baird

bairn

bajra

bajri

bakra

barra

barre

barri

barry

basra

baure

bauru

bawra

cabre

cadre

cahra

caird

cairo

cakra

calrs

camra

capra

capri

carri

carrs

daira

dairi

dairt

darra

darry

dauri

eagre

fabre

fabri

faery

faire

fairm

fairs

farra

farro

faurd

faure

fayre

garry

gaura

gaure

gauri

gaurs

gavra

gawra

haars

haerr

haire

hairs

haori

harre

harri

havre

iatry

jagra

jarra

jarry

kafre

karri

karry

kauri

kaury

labra

lagro

laird

lairs

lairy

larry

latro

latry

laura

laure

lauri

lauro

laury

lawry

maars

macri

madra

madre

maera

mahra

mahri

maire

mairs

mamry

maori

marra

masry

matra

maura

maure

mauri

mauro

maury

mavra

naara

nacre

nacry

naira

nairn

nairy

narra

nauru

padre

padri

pairs

pairt

parra

parrs

saare

sabra

sabre

sacra

sacre

sacro

sacry

sagra

saire

sairy

sarra

sarre

saura

saury

sayre

tahrs

taira

tairn

tamra

tarra

tarre

tarri

tarrs

tarry

tauri

tayra

vaire

vairs

vairy

vajra

valry

varro

waers

waird

wairs

warri

waura

wawro

yaird

yarry

zabra

zaire

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 168 matches.

Most common letters

a168

r168

i58

y36

e35

s33

u26

m25

b22

c22

Vowel distribution

0 with no vowels
59 with 1 unique vowel
87 with 2 unique vowels
22 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-ra · 42 words
-ry · 32 words
-re · 30 words
-ri · 21 words
-rs · 16 words

Strategy

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

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