5-Letter Words Matching S _ _ R T

20 valid 5-letter words match the pattern S _ _ R T, 8 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

8 common words20 valid words

Common Words (8)

Words most likely to be the answer.

start
smart
sport
short
snort
shirt
spurt
skirt

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (12)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

scart
skart
slart
slirt
snirt
snurt
spart
spirt
ssort
stert
sturt
swart

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 20 matches.

Most common letters

s20
r20
t20
a7
i5
o4
p4
n3
u3
h2

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 20 with 1 unique vowel
  • 0 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -rt · 20 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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