5-Letter Words Matching _ O S _ _

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

8 common words142 valid words

Common Words (8)

Words most likely to be the answer.

loser

poser

bosom

posit

posse

bossy

nosey

mossy

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (134)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aosta

bosch

boser

bosey

bosix

bosks

bosky

boson

bossa

bosun

cosby

cosec

cosed

cosen

coses

coset

cosey

cosie

cosin

cosma

cosme

cosmo

cosse

costa

costs

dosed

doser

doses

dosia

dosis

dossy

eosin

fosie

fossa

fosse

gosip

gosse

gossy

hosea

hosed

hosel

hosen

hoses

hoshi

hosta

hosts

iosep

josee

josef

josep

joser

joses

josey

joshi

josie

josip

josue

kosak

kosel

koser

kosey

kosha

koshu

kosin

koslo

kosos

kosse

kosti

losel

loses

losey

lossa

losse

lossy

mosan

mosby

mosca

mosel

moser

moses

mosey

mosgu

moshe

moshi

mosks

mosra

mossi

mosso

moste

mosts

mosul

mosur

nosed

noser

noses

nosig

posca

posed

posen

poses

posey

posho

posix

possy

posts

rosal

rosan

rosat

rosco

rosed

rosel

rosen

roser

roses

roset

roshi

rosie

rosin

rosio

rosol

rospa

rosse

rossi

rossy

sosia

sosie

sosna

tosca

tosch

toshy

tossy

yoshi

zoser

zosma

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 142 matches.

Most common letters

o142

s142

e67

r30

i28

m24

a23

c21

y21

h19

Vowel distribution

0 with no vowels
29 with 1 unique vowel
102 with 2 unique vowels
11 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-er · 10 words
-es · 9 words
-ey · 8 words
-sy · 8 words
-se · 7 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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