5-Letter Words Matching B _ _ S _

76 valid 5-letter words match the pattern B _ _ S _, 14 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

14 common words76 valid words

Common Words (14)

Words most likely to be the answer.

blush
boost
brisk
blast
bless
bliss
brass
burst
brash
beast
brush
bossy
boast
balsa

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (62)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

baese
bagsc
baiss
bakst
barse
bassa
bassi
basso
bassy
batse
beest
beisa
bensh
besse
bessi
bessy
betsi
betso
betsy
biisk
bilsh
biose
birse
birsy
bisso
bitsy
biysk
blase
blash
blest
blist
boise
boist
boose
boosy
bossa
bouse
bousy
bowse
boyse
brast
bress
brest
brisa
brise
briss
brist
brose
brost
brosy
brusa
brusk
btise
buist
bulse
bursa
burse
bussu
bussy
butsu
buyse
byssi

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 76 matches.

Most common letters

b76
s76
e31
i25
a24
t22
r22
o19
u15
y14

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -se · 18 words
  • -st · 15 words
  • -sy · 10 words
  • -sa · 7 words
  • -ss · 6 words

Strategy

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

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