5-Letter Words Matching P _ _ S E

21 valid 5-letter words match the pattern P _ _ S E, 8 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

8 common words21 valid words

Common Words (8)

Words most likely to be the answer.

pause
phase
purse
prose
poise
posse
parse
pulse

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (13)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

paise
pakse
panse
passe
pease
peise
pense
perse
phose
prase
prese
prise
pryse

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 21 matches.

Most common letters

p21
s21
e21
a9
r8
i4
o4
u3
n2
h2

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -se · 21 words

Strategy

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

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