5-Letter Words Matching _ R O S _

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

6 common words24 valid words

Common Words (6)

Words most likely to be the answer.

dross
prose
cross
arose
frost
gross

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (18)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

brose
brost
brosy
crosa
crose
crost
erose
frosh
frosk
grose
grosz
krosa
orose
orosi
proso
pross
prost
prosy

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 24 matches.

Most common letters

r24
o24
s24
e7
p5
t4
c4
a3
b3
f3

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 14 with 1 unique vowel
  • 9 with 2 unique vowels
  • 1 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -se · 7 words
  • -st · 4 words
  • -ss · 4 words
  • -sy · 2 words
  • -sa · 2 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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