5-Letter Words Matching _ R _ _ T

129 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ R _ _ T, 31 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

31 common words129 valid words

Common Words (31)

Words most likely to be the answer.

crust
print
front
greet
great
crept
trait
tryst
treat
wrest
erupt
wrist
trout
grunt
crest
draft
crypt
grout
orbit
craft
drift
frost
grant
erect
fruit
tract
trust
brunt
graft
droit
grift

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (98)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

archt
arent
arest
argot
arhat
ariot
arist
armet
armit
arndt
arnot
arnst
arnut
arret
arrgt
bract
brant
brast
brent
brest
brett
brist
britt
bront
brost
brott
brout
bruet
bruit
creat
crist
croat
croft
crost
crout
cruet
crunt
cryst
drant
drent
drest
dript
dropt
drunt
erept
ergot
ermit
ernst
eruct
fract
freet
freit
fremt
frett
frist
fritt
frust
gratt
greit
grewt
grint
griot
gript
grist
groat
gront
groot
gruft
kraft
krait
kraut
kreit
orant
orest
orlet
orpit
ortet
orvet
pratt
prent
prest
prost
prout
prunt
trant
trapt
trent
trest
tript
trist
troat
troft
troot
urent
wrapt
wrast
wreat
wroot

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 129 matches.

Most common letters

r129
t129
a43
e42
o35
i30
s28
n26
u23
g21

Vowel distribution

  • 3 with no vowels
  • 80 with 1 unique vowel
  • 45 with 2 unique vowels
  • 1 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -st · 28 words
  • -nt · 21 words
  • -it · 12 words
  • -pt · 10 words
  • -et · 9 words

Strategy

31 answers (of 129 valid guesses) match _ R _ _ T. Use a high-information guess that tests common letters in the empty positions, even if it's not in the candidate list.

Related Word Lists