5-Letter Words Matching _ R E S _

22 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ R E S _, 6 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

6 common words22 valid words

Common Words (6)

Words most likely to be the answer.

fresh
wrest
cress
crest
dress
press

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (16)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

arest
bress
brest
cresa
cresc
drest
fress
kress
orest
presa
presb
prese
prest
tresa
tress
trest

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 22 matches.

Most common letters

r22
e22
s22
t10
p5
a4
c4
b3
d2
f2

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 17 with 1 unique vowel
  • 5 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -st · 8 words
  • -ss · 7 words
  • -sa · 3 words
  • -sc · 1 words
  • -sh · 1 words

Strategy

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

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