5-Letter Words Matching _ I R _ _

173 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ I R _ _, 12 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

12 common words173 valid words

Common Words (12)

Words most likely to be the answer.

first

viral

girth

siren

birch

dirge

birth

circa

dirty

girly

mirth

virus

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (161)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

airan

aired

airel

airer

aires

airla

airns

airth

airts

birck

birde

birds

birdt

birdy

birks

birky

birle

birls

birma

birne

birny

biron

birri

birrs

birse

birsy

circe

circs

cires

cirri

dirac

dirae

dirca

dirck

direr

direx

dirgy

dirks

dirls

dirts

firca

fired

firer

fires

firma

firmr

firms

firns

firry

firth

girba

girds

girja

girls

girns

girny

giron

giros

girru

girse

girsh

girts

hirai

hiram

hired

hiren

hirer

hires

hirse

hirsh

hirst

hirza

jirga

kiran

kirby

kirch

kirin

kirit

kirks

kirns

kiron

kirov

kirst

kirve

liras

liris

lirot

mirac

mirak

miran

mired

mires

mirex

mirid

mirks

mirky

mirly

mirna

mirvs

mirza

niris

nirls

pirns

pirny

pirog

pirol

pirot

pirri

ririe

sired

siree

sires

siret

sirex

sirih

siris

sirki

sirky

siroc

sirop

siros

sirra

sirte

sirtf

sirup

tiran

tiraz

tired

tirer

tires

tirks

tirls

tirma

tirol

tiros

tirve

tirza

viren

vireo

vires

virga

virge

virgo

virgy

virid

virls

viron

virtu

wired

wirer

wires

wiros

wirra

wirth

wirtz

yirds

yirrs

yirth

zirai

zirak

ziram

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 173 matches.

Most common letters

i173

r173

s68

e46

a40

t35

d27

n24

k23

g22

Vowel distribution

0 with no vowels
71 with 1 unique vowel
96 with 2 unique vowels
6 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-es · 9 words
-ed · 7 words
-th · 7 words
-er · 6 words
-ls · 6 words

Strategy

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

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