5-Letter Words Matching _ R I _ E

45 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ R I _ E, 18 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

18 common words45 valid words

Common Words (18)

Words most likely to be the answer.

pride
bribe
grime
gripe
brine
trite
prize
trice
arise
price
write
prime
urine
bride
tribe
tripe
crime
drive

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (27)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

arite
brice
brike
brise
brite
brize
crile
crine
cripe
drice
erine
frike
frise
frize
grice
gride
grike
grise
mrike
prine
prise
trike
trine
urite
wride
wrive
zrike

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 45 matches.

Most common letters

r45
i45
e45
t10
b9
c9
p9
d6
k6
n6

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 0 with 1 unique vowel
  • 41 with 2 unique vowels
  • 4 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ke · 6 words
  • -ne · 6 words
  • -se · 5 words
  • -te · 5 words
  • -ce · 5 words

Strategy

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

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