5-Letter Words Matching _ R _ _ D

68 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ R _ _ D, 25 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

25 common words68 valid words

Common Words (25)

Words most likely to be the answer.

triad
grind
pried
crowd
braid
creed
tread
bread
brood
frond
breed
dread
freed
fraud
broad
proud
tried
brand
trend
greed
fried
grand
druid
cried
dried

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (43)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

arand
arced
archd
aread
arend
argid
armed
aroid
arvad
arvid
brerd
broid
browd
cread
crood
dreed
droud
dryad
erred
erund
fraid
fremd
freud
froid
grond
irbid
irked
irred
orbed
oread
prand
preed
prepd
prodd
treed
troad
trued
ureid
urged
urled
ursid
wrand
wried

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 68 matches.

Most common letters

r68
d68
e36
a26
i21
o16
n11
b11
u11
f8

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 29 with 1 unique vowel
  • 36 with 2 unique vowels
  • 3 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ed · 22 words
  • -nd · 11 words
  • -ad · 11 words
  • -id · 11 words
  • -ud · 4 words

Strategy

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

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