5-Letter Words Matching _ A _ S _

156 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ A _ S _, 19 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

19 common words156 valid words

Common Words (19)

Words most likely to be the answer.

masse

pause

lapse

marsh

palsy

daisy

sassy

cause

waist

patsy

false

gassy

pansy

lasso

salsa

parse

raise

harsh

balsa

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (138)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aalst

aamsi

aapss

aavso

baese

bagsc

baiss

bakst

barse

bassa

bassi

basso

bassy

batse

canso

canst

capsa

carse

casse

cassi

cassy

catso

causa

daisi

dansk

dansy

darst

dassy

datsw

eacso

earsh

farse

farsi

fasst

fatso

fause

faust

gadso

gafsa

gaist

gansa

gansy

garse

gause

gauss

gawsy

haase

hadst

haise

halse

halsy

hamsa

hansa

hanse

harst

hasse

hassi

hausa

hause

haust

hawse

hayse

haysi

iatse

jassy

kamsa

kansa

kansu

karst

kassa

kassi

kassu

laise

laksa

lansa

lanse

lapsi

larsa

lassa

lasse

lassu

maise

maist

manse

manso

mapss

marse

marsi

massa

massy

matsu

mayst

naish

nassa

nassi

pabst

paisa

paise

pakse

panse

papst

parsi

passe

passo

passu

passy

raash

rasse

salse

sansi

sansk

sarsa

sarsi

sasse

sausa

sayst

tacso

taise

taish

tansy

tarse

tarsi

tasse

tasso

tawse

tawsy

vaasa

vadso

vaish

valsa

valse

waasi

waise

walsh

warse

warst

wausa

yassy

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 156 matches.

Most common letters

a156

s156

e46

t35

i33

r25

h25

y23

n22

l21

Vowel distribution

0 with no vowels
61 with 1 unique vowel
81 with 2 unique vowels
14 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-se · 44 words
-sa · 25 words
-sy · 19 words
-st · 18 words
-si · 16 words

Strategy

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

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