5-Letter Words Matching S _ _ R _

183 valid 5-letter words match the pattern S _ _ R _, 45 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

45 common words183 valid words

Common Words (45)

Words most likely to be the answer.

swirl
start
smart
store
shire
shard
scare
story
scorn
snarl
sorry
snare
swore
sport
score
stare
stork
sworn
storm
share
spore
swarm
shirk
short
slurp
spurn
stern
spire
snort
sharp
shark
scarf
shirt
smirk
sword
spurt
spare
sperm
spark
scary
stark
shorn
shore
snore
skirt

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (138)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

saare
sabra
sabre
sacra
sacre
sacro
sacry
sagra
saire
sairy
sarra
sarre
saura
saury
sayre
scarn
scarp
scars
scart
scurf
sears
seary
secre
seers
segre
selry
seora
serra
serry
sesra
shara
shari
sharl
sharn
sherd
shere
sheri
sherj
sherl
sherm
sherr
shira
shiri
shirl
shiro
shirr
shorl
shure
shurf
sidra
sikra
sirra
sitra
skart
skere
skerl
skers
skirl
skirp
skirr
skyre
slare
slart
slirt
slorp
slurb
slurs
smarm
smarr
smerk
smore
smurr
snark
snary
snerp
snirl
snirt
snork
snurl
snurp
snurt
soars
soary
soord
sorra
sourd
sours
soury
sparc
sparm
sparr
spars
spart
spary
spere
spira
spiro
spirt
spiry
spory
spurl
spurs
ssort
sspru
starn
starr
stars
starw
stary
stere
steri
sterk
stero
stert
stire
stirk
stirp
stirs
storz
sturk
sturm
sturt
subra
sucre
sudra
suers
supra
surra
surry
sutra
sward
sware
swarf
swart
swerd
swird
swire
swure

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 183 matches.

Most common letters

s183
r183
a80
e60
t45
i37
o36
u32
p32
h29

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 123 with 1 unique vowel
  • 58 with 2 unique vowels
  • 2 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -re · 34 words
  • -ra · 21 words
  • -rt · 20 words
  • -ry · 17 words
  • -rs · 12 words

Strategy

45 answers (of 183 valid guesses) match S _ _ R _. Use a high-information guess that tests common letters in the empty positions, even if it's not in the candidate list.

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