5-Letter Words Matching _ E _ R _

157 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ E _ R _, 21 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

21 common words157 valid words

Common Words (21)

Words most likely to be the answer.

yearn

weary

ferry

retro

leery

genre

heart

zebra

pearl

rearm

beard

learn

retry

terra

weird

teary

heard

merry

berry

metro

decry

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (136)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

beare

bearm

bears

becry

beera

beers

beery

behre

beira

beora

beore

berra

berri

besra

betrs

bewry

ceara

cedre

cedry

ceert

ceorl

cerro

deare

dearn

dearr

dears

deary

debra

dedra

deere

deers

deery

derri

derry

fears

feere

ferri

ferro

fevre

gears

geary

geira

genro

georg

gerri

gerry

hearn

hears

hehre

heirs

henri

henry

herra

herry

jeers

jeery

jerre

jerri

jerry

jewry

keare

kearn

keary

keirs

kerri

kerry

lears

leary

leers

legra

lehrs

leora

lepra

lepre

lepry

meara

mears

meers

merri

metra

metre

metry

nears

necro

nedra

nedry

negro

nehru

pears

peart

peary

pedro

peers

peert

peery

perri

perry

petra

petre

petri

petro

rears

redry

refry

repro

repry

sears

seary

secre

seers

segre

selry

seora

serra

serry

sesra

tears

teart

tedra

terre

terri

terry

tetra

vedro

veers

veery

vefry

verre

verry

weare

wears

weirs

werra

yeara

yeard

years

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 157 matches.

Most common letters

e157

r157

a67

y45

s36

d25

t24

b20

p19

i17

Vowel distribution

0 with no vowels
60 with 1 unique vowel
92 with 2 unique vowels
5 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-ry · 41 words
-rs · 27 words
-ra · 26 words
-re · 20 words
-ri · 11 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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