5-Letter Words Matching S _ O R _

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

16 common words25 valid words

Common Words (16)

Words most likely to be the answer.

store
story
scorn
swore
sport
score
stork
sworn
storm
spore
short
snort
sword
shorn
shore
snore

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (9)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

seora
shorl
slorp
smore
snork
soord
spory
ssort
storz

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 25 matches.

Most common letters

s25
o25
r25
t9
e8
n6
h4
p4
w3
c2

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 17 with 1 unique vowel
  • 7 with 2 unique vowels
  • 1 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -re · 7 words
  • -rt · 4 words
  • -rn · 3 words
  • -rk · 2 words
  • -rd · 2 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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