5-Letter Words Matching _ R _ S S

25 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ R _ S S, 10 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

10 common words25 valid words

Common Words (10)

Words most likely to be the answer.

crass
truss
dross
cress
brass
cross
grass
dress
gross
press

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (15)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

bress
briss
criss
frass
fress
friss
gruss
kress
kriss
oruss
priss
pross
pruss
trass
tress

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 25 matches.

Most common letters

r25
s25
e7
a5
i5
o5
c4
u4
p4
b3

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 24 with 1 unique vowel
  • 1 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ss · 25 words

Strategy

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

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