5-Letter Words Matching M _ _ S _

51 valid 5-letter words match the pattern M _ _ S _, 8 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

8 common words51 valid words

Common Words (8)

Words most likely to be the answer.

masse
moist
midst
marsh
missy
mouse
moose
mossy

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (43)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

maise
maist
manse
manso
mapss
marse
marsi
massa
massy
matsu
mayst
mease
meese
mensa
mense
mensk
merse
messe
messy
meuse
mexsp
miasm
miass
mimsy
minsk
missa
missi
moise
moism
moosa
moost
mopsy
morse
mossi
mosso
motss
mousy
mowse
muist
mulse
mumsy
mussy
mvssp

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 51 matches.

Most common letters

m51
s51
e20
a19
i16
o16
y10
t8
u8
n6

Vowel distribution

  • 1 with no vowels
  • 24 with 1 unique vowel
  • 23 with 2 unique vowels
  • 3 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -se · 16 words
  • -sy · 9 words
  • -st · 6 words
  • -sa · 4 words
  • -ss · 3 words

Strategy

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

Related Word Lists