5-Letter Words Matching S _ I R _

30 valid 5-letter words match the pattern S _ I R _, 7 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

7 common words30 valid words

Common Words (7)

Words most likely to be the answer.

swirl
shire
shirk
spire
shirt
smirk
skirt

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (23)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

saire
sairy
shira
shiri
shirl
shiro
shirr
skirl
skirp
skirr
slirt
snirl
snirt
spira
spiro
spirt
spiry
stire
stirk
stirp
stirs
swird
swire

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 30 matches.

Most common letters

s30
i30
r30
t9
h8
k7
p7
e5
l5
a4

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -re · 5 words
  • -rt · 5 words
  • -rl · 4 words
  • -rk · 3 words
  • -ry · 2 words

Strategy

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

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