5-Letter Words Matching _ E _ S E

44 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ E _ S E, 10 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

10 common words44 valid words

Common Words (10)

Words most likely to be the answer.

tease
verse
dense
tense
terse
lease
sense
cease
reuse
geese

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (34)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

besse
cense
fease
fesse
gease
gemse
heise
helse
herse
hesse
heyse
jesse
keese
kesse
leese
lense
lewse
mease
meese
mense
merse
messe
meuse
neese
nelse
pease
peise
pense
perse
reese
seise
teise
temse
vepse

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 44 matches.

Most common letters

e44
s44
n9
m8
a7
r7
l6
h5
p5
t5

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 31 with 1 unique vowel
  • 13 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -se · 44 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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