Five-letter words with S in the middle (__S__)

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83 of the 613 matches are possible answers.

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Still undecided: 1st letter: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, V, W, Z·2nd letter: A, E, I, N, O, P, R, S, U·4th letter: A, C, E, H, I, K, L, O, P, S, T, U·5th letter: A, C, D, E, I, L, M, N, O, R, S, T, Y

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71 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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Pattern guide

What fits __S__?

613 words match this pattern in the Wordle guess list. 83 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

44% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

SE 169/613 words (28%) AS 166/613 words (27%) ES 147/613 words (24%) ST 119/613 words (19%) US 109/613 words (18%)

Vowels

No vowels: 1% · one: 31% · two: 62% · three or more: 6%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match __S__?
613 five-letter words match __S__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 83 are possible answers.