5-Letter Words Matching _ R _ S T

28 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ R _ S T, 7 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

7 common words28 valid words

Common Words (7)

Words most likely to be the answer.

crust
tryst
wrest
wrist
crest
frost
trust

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (21)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

arest
arist
arnst
brast
brest
brist
brost
crist
crost
cryst
drest
ernst
frist
frust
grist
orest
prest
prost
trest
trist
wrast

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 28 matches.

Most common letters

r28
s28
t28
e9
i7
a5
o5
c5
b4
u3

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -st · 28 words

Strategy

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

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