5-Letter Words Matching S _ _ _ H

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

14 common words70 valid words

Common Words (14)

Words most likely to be the answer.

slosh
sooth
sloth
south
swath
smash
swish
slush
sixth
slash
shush
swash
smith
stash

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (56)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

sabah
saiph
saith
sangh
sarah
sauch
saugh
sawah
schuh
scyth
seech
selah
semih
sereh
seugh
sheth
shiah
shieh
shilh
shish
shluh
sidth
simah
singh
sirih
sitch
slath
slich
slish
smeth
smich
smush
smyth
snash
snath
sough
spath
sposh
staph
stech
stegh
stich
stith
stosh
stroh
subah
subch
sugih
sumph
surah
susah
swith
swosh
sylph
synch
synth

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 70 matches.

Most common letters

s70
h70
t26
a24
i22
u16
c11
l11
e10
m9

Vowel distribution

  • 5 with no vowels
  • 49 with 1 unique vowel
  • 16 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -th · 18 words
  • -sh · 15 words
  • -ah · 9 words
  • -ch · 9 words
  • -gh · 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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