5-Letter Words Starting With SHO

12 common words and 43 valid guesses start with "SHO". Pick from here to refine your next guess.

12 common words43 valid words

Common Words (12)

Words most likely to be the answer.

shown
showy
shock
shook
shoal
short
shove
shoot
shone
shout
shorn
shore

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (31)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

shoad
shoat
shode
shoed
shoer
shoes
shogi
shogs
shoji
shojo
shola
shole
shona
shood
shooi
shool
shoon
shoop
shoor
shoos
shope
shops
shorl
shote
shots
shott
showa
showd
shows
shoya
shoyu

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 43 matches.

Most common letters

s43
h43
o43
e10
a7
t7
r6
d5
l5
n5

Most common letter by position

The most common letter in the 4th position is o, appearing in 9 of 43 words.

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 21 with 1 unique vowel
  • 22 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ad · 1 words
  • -al · 1 words
  • -at · 1 words
  • -ck · 1 words
  • -de · 1 words

Strategy

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

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