5-Letter Words Matching _ O _ S _

147 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ O _ S _, 32 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

32 common words147 valid words

Common Words (32)

Words most likely to be the answer.

coast

boost

moist

goose

louse

loose

house

rouse

worst

noose

hoist

copse

roast

poise

joist

joust

poesy

posse

mouse

toast

noisy

lousy

foist

bossy

worse

boast

noise

horse

moose

roost

mossy

torso

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (115)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

boise

boist

boose

boosy

bossa

bouse

bousy

bowse

boyse

const

consy

coosa

coost

copsy

corse

corso

corsy

cosse

cousy

doesn

doest

doisy

donsy

dorsa

dorse

dorsi

dorsy

dossy

douse

dowse

doyst

foism

forst

fossa

fosse

goosy

gorse

gorst

gorsy

gosse

gossy

hoast

hoise

holst

hoose

hoosh

horsa

horst

horsy

houss

housy

howso

joash

johst

jooss

joost

komsa

kosse

loasa

loess

lohse

loise

lossa

losse

lossy

lowse

moise

moism

moosa

moost

mopsy

morse

mossi

mosso

motss

mousy

mowse

norse

norsk

popsy

possy

potsy

pousy

roist

roosa

roose

rosse

rossi

rossy

rotse

roust

sonsy

sousa

souse

sowse

toise

toist

tomsk

toosh

topsl

topsy

torse

torsi

torsk

tossy

touse

toust

tousy

towsy

voust

woosh

wopsy

youse

zoism

zoist

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 147 matches.

Most common letters

o147

s147

e51

t47

y37

r35

i24

u22

m19

h19

Vowel distribution

0 with no vowels
50 with 1 unique vowel
80 with 2 unique vowels
17 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-se · 47 words
-sy · 34 words
-st · 31 words
-sa · 11 words
-so · 4 words

Strategy

32 answers (of 147 valid guesses) match _ O _ S _. Use a high-information guess that tests common letters in the empty positions, even if it's not in the candidate list.

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