5-Letter Words Matching _ E _ S _

138 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ E _ S _, 18 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

18 common words138 valid words

Common Words (18)

Words most likely to be the answer.

tease

heist

verse

dense

least

yeast

tense

feast

welsh

terse

beast

leash

lease

sense

cease

reuse

geese

verso

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (120)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

beest

beisa

bensh

besse

bessi

bessy

betsi

betso

betsy

celss

cense

deash

deess

deism

deist

dessa

fease

feest

feist

fesse

gease

geast

geest

geisa

geiss

geist

gemse

gesso

heise

helsa

helse

herse

hersh

hesse

heyse

jessa

jesse

jessi

jessy

keese

keest

keist

kelsi

kelso

kelsy

kerst

kesse

leesa

leese

leiss

lense

lepsy

lessn

lewse

mease

meese

mensa

mense

mensk

merse

messe

messy

meuse

mexsp

neese

neisa

neist

nelse

nessa

nessi

nessy

neuss

nevsa

newsy

neysa

pease

peasy

peise

pense

pensy

pepsi

perse

pessa

pexsi

reask

reast

reasy

reese

reesk

reest

reiss

reist

seise

seism

sensa

senso

sensu

sessa

seuss

teasy

teest

teise

temse

tenso

tessa

tessi

tessy

vepse

versa

verst

weesh

weest

weism

weiss

wersh

yeisk

yesso

zeism

zeiss

zeist

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 138 matches.

Most common letters

e138

s138

t36

a35

i33

n27

r20

y18

l18

m16

Vowel distribution

0 with no vowels
61 with 1 unique vowel
74 with 2 unique vowels
3 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-se · 44 words
-st · 23 words
-sa · 16 words
-sy · 13 words
-ss · 9 words

Strategy

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

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