5-Letter Words Matching C _ _ S _

65 valid 5-letter words match the pattern C _ _ S _, 22 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

22 common words65 valid words

Common Words (22)

Words most likely to be the answer.

crust
crass
coast
chest
class
chose
chase
cress
clasp
cross
copse
crash
crest
cause
clash
crisp
curse
chasm
cease
crush
close
chess

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (43)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

canso
canst
capsa
carse
casse
cassi
cassy
catso
causa
celss
cense
chass
chese
chosn
chuse
cissy
clase
clast
closh
cmise
const
consy
coosa
coost
copsy
corse
corso
corsy
cosse
cousy
cresa
cresc
criss
crist
crosa
crose
crost
cruse
cryst
cuish
cursa
curst
cusso

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 65 matches.

Most common letters

c65
s65
a26
e25
r24
o23
h14
t13
u12
l8

Vowel distribution

  • 1 with no vowels
  • 36 with 1 unique vowel
  • 27 with 2 unique vowels
  • 1 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -se · 18 words
  • -st · 12 words
  • -ss · 8 words
  • -sa · 6 words
  • -sy · 6 words

Strategy

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

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