5-Letter Words Matching S _ A R _

51 valid 5-letter words match the pattern S _ A R _, 16 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

16 common words51 valid words

Common Words (16)

Words most likely to be the answer.

start
smart
shard
scare
snarl
snare
stare
share
swarm
sharp
shark
scarf
spare
spark
scary
stark

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (35)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

saare
scarn
scarp
scars
scart
sears
seary
shara
shari
sharl
sharn
skart
slare
slart
smarm
smarr
snark
snary
soars
soary
sparc
sparm
sparr
spars
spart
spary
starn
starr
stars
starw
stary
sward
sware
swarf
swart

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 51 matches.

Most common letters

s51
a51
r51
t14
e10
p10
c8
h8
n7
y6

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 38 with 1 unique vowel
  • 13 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -re · 8 words
  • -rt · 7 words
  • -ry · 6 words
  • -rs · 5 words
  • -rk · 4 words

Strategy

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

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