5-Letter Words Matching _ I _ S _

70 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ I _ S _, 8 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

8 common words70 valid words

Common Words (8)

Words most likely to be the answer.

sissy
first
midst
tipsy
kiosk
missy
gipsy
rinse

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (62)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

ailsa
biisk
bilsh
biose
birse
birsy
bisso
bitsy
biysk
cissy
didst
dinse
diose
dipso
dipsy
ditsy
giess
gilse
girse
girsh
giust
hilsa
hirse
hirsh
hirst
hissy
iiasa
kirst
kissy
liesa
liesh
liest
limsy
linsk
lipse
lissa
lissi
lissy
miasm
miass
mimsy
minsk
missa
missi
nissa
nisse
nissy
piasa
piast
piest
pinsk
riess
rissa
ritsu
siest
sissu
siusi
tinsy
tissu
wiese
wisse
yinst

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 70 matches.

Most common letters

i70
s70
e19
y18
t17
l13
r13
a12
n10
p9

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 32 with 1 unique vowel
  • 35 with 2 unique vowels
  • 3 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -sy · 16 words
  • -se · 12 words
  • -st · 11 words
  • -sa · 9 words
  • -sk · 6 words

Strategy

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

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