5-Letter Words Matching _ R I E _
36 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ R I E _, 9 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.
9 common words36 valid words
Common Words (9)
Words most likely to be the answer.
pried
grief
brief
crier
drier
tried
fried
cried
dried
Other Valid 5-Letter Words (27)
Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.
ariel
aries
ariew
brien
brier
bries
cries
criey
dries
eries
frier
fries
grieg
grier
krieg
kries
oriel
prier
pries
trier
tries
uriel
urien
vries
wried
wrier
wries
What These Words Have in Common
Letter patterns across all 36 matches.
Most common letters
r36
i36
e36
s11
d8
f5
w4
b4
c4
g4
Vowel distribution
- 0 with no vowels
- 0 with 1 unique vowel
- 30 with 2 unique vowels
- 6 with 3+ unique vowels
Most common endings
- -es · 11 words
- -er · 8 words
- -ed · 6 words
- -el · 3 words
- -ef · 2 words
Strategy
9 answers fit. Look at the most common remaining letters above and choose a guess that probes the unknown positions.
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