5-Letter Words Matching _ R _ S _

119 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ R _ S _, 33 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

33 common words119 valid words

Common Words (33)

Words most likely to be the answer.

fresh

crust

crass

truss

trash

tryst

brisk

arise

wrest

dross

cress

prose

frisk

wrist

brass

cross

crash

crest

arose

brash

grass

erase

prism

crisp

brush

dress

frost

gross

crush

trust

grasp

press

artsy

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (86)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

arase

arest

arish

arist

arnst

arusa

brast

bress

brest

brisa

brise

briss

brist

brose

brost

brosy

brusa

brusk

cresa

cresc

criss

crist

crosa

crose

crost

cruse

cryst

drest

drisk

druse

drusi

drusy

erisa

ernst

erose

frase

frass

fress

frise

friss

frist

frosh

frosk

frush

frust

grise

grist

grose

grosz

grush

gruss

irisa

irish

kress

kriss

krosa

kruse

orest

orose

orosi

oruss

prase

presa

presb

prese

prest

prise

priss

proso

pross

prost

prosy

pruss

pryse

trask

trass

trasy

tresa

tress

trest

trisa

trish

trist

trush

urase

wrast

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 119 matches.

Most common letters

r119

s119

e45

t39

a36

i31

o26

u21

p18

b17

Vowel distribution

2 with no vowels
79 with 1 unique vowel
34 with 2 unique vowels
4 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-st · 28 words
-ss · 25 words
-se · 22 words
-sh · 13 words
-sa · 11 words

Strategy

33 answers (of 119 valid guesses) match _ R _ 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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