5-Letter Words Starting With CRI

6 common words and 20 valid guesses start with "CRI". Pick from here to refine your next guess.

6 common words20 valid words

Common Words (6)

Words most likely to be the answer.

crimp
crick
crier
crisp
crime
cried

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (14)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

cribo
cribs
cries
criey
crile
crine
crink
cripe
crips
criss
crist
crith
critz
crius

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 20 matches.

Most common letters

c20
r20
i20
e8
s7
p4
t3
b2
k2
m2

Most common letter by position

The most common letter in the 4th position is e, appearing in 4 of 20 words.

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -bo · 1 words
  • -bs · 1 words
  • -ck · 1 words
  • -ed · 1 words
  • -er · 1 words

Strategy

6 answers start with "CRI". Use the common endings shown above to lock in your remaining green letters.

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