5-Letter Words Matching _ R _ I _

119 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ R _ I _, 15 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

15 common words119 valid words

Common Words (15)

Words most likely to be the answer.

drain

groin

train

trait

brain

braid

broil

orbit

frail

trail

grain

fruit

droit

grail

druid

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (104)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

arain

arbil

ardie

ardin

ardis

areic

argia

argid

argil

argin

arkie

arlie

arlin

arlis

armil

armin

armit

arnie

arnim

aroid

arpin

arria

arrie

arrio

arris

arsis

artic

artie

arvid

arvie

arvin

brail

broid

bruin

bruis

bruit

craie

craig

craik

crain

creil

crois

croix

drail

drais

droil

erbia

erbil

erlin

ermin

ermit

ernie

ervil

ervin

erwin

fraid

fraik

freia

freir

freit

froid

fruin

graig

graip

greig

grein

greit

gruis

irbid

irbil

irbis

irvin

irwin

krait

kreil

krein

kreis

kreit

orbic

orcin

orgia

orgic

orlin

ornie

ornis

orpin

orpit

orrin

orris

ortiz

orvie

orvil

orwin

traik

troic

trois

urbia

urbic

ureic

ureid

uriia

urmia

ursid

vraic

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 119 matches.

Most common letters

r119

i119

a60

n33

e33

o28

l21

t20

d19

b18

Vowel distribution

0 with no vowels
5 with 1 unique vowel
93 with 2 unique vowels
21 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-in · 28 words
-il · 16 words
-is · 13 words
-it · 12 words
-ie · 11 words

Strategy

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

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