Five-letter words with S as the fourth letter (___S_)

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172 of the 588 matches are possible answers.

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Still undecided: 1st letter: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, Y·2nd letter: A, B, E, H, I, L, M, N, O, P, R, T, U, W, X, Y·3rd letter: A, D, E, G, I, L, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, Y·5th letter: A, E, H, I, K, M, O, P, S, T, Y

Possible answers

160 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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ABASE used ABUSE possible ABYSS used AMASS used AMISS used AMUSE used ANGST used ARISE used AROSE possible ARTSY used AWASH used BALSA used BEAST used BLAST used BLESS possible BLISS used BLUSH used BOAST used BOOST used BOSSY used BRASH used BRASS used BRISK used BRUSH used BURST possible CAUSE used CEASE used CHASE used CHASM used CHESS possible CHEST used CHOSE used CLASH used CLASP used CLASS used CLOSE used COAST used COPSE possible CRASH used CRASS used CRESS possible CREST used CRISP used CROSS used CRUSH used CRUST used CURSE used DAISY used DENSE used DRESS possible DROSS possible ERASE used EXIST used FALSE used FEAST used FIRST used FLASH used FLASK used FLESH used FLOSS used FLUSH possible FOIST used FRESH used FRISK possible FROST used FUSSY possible GASSY possible GEESE used GHOST used GIPSY possible GLASS used GLOSS used GNASH used GOOSE used GRASP used GRASS used GROSS used GUESS used GUEST used GUISE used GYPSY possible HARSH used HEIST used HOIST used HORSE used HOUSE used HUSSY possible JOIST used JOUST used KIOSK used LAPSE used LASSO used LEASE used LEASH used LEAST used LOOSE used LOUSE used LOUSY used MARSH used MASSE used MIDST used MISSY possible MOIST used MOOSE used MOSSY used MOUSE used NOISE used NOISY used NOOSE possible NURSE used OBESE possible PALSY possible PANSY possible PARSE possible PATSY used PAUSE used PHASE used PLUSH possible POESY possible POISE used POSSE used PRESS used PRISM used PROSE used PULSE possible PURSE used QUASH used QUASI possible QUEST used RAISE used REUSE used RINSE possible ROAST possible ROOST used ROUSE used SALSA used SASSY used SENSE used SHUSH used SISSY used SLASH possible SLOSH used SLUSH used SMASH used SPASM used STASH used SWASH possible SWISH used TEASE used TENSE possible TERSE used THESE used THOSE used TIPSY used TOAST used TORSO used TRASH used TRUSS used TRUST used TRYST used TWIST used VERSE used VERSO possible WAIST used WELSH possible WHISK used WHOSE used WORSE used WORST used WREST possible WRIST used YEAST used HURST guess JESSE guess MASSA guess MESSY guess MORSE guess PEPSI guess PUSSY guess SWISS guess VERSA guess ABASH guess ABASK guess ABYSM guess ADUST guess AGASP guess AGAST guess AGISM guess AGIST guess AGUSH guess ALIST guess ALOSE guess ANISE guess ANTSY guess APISH guess APISM guess ARISH guess AVAST guess AVISE guess AVISO guess

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Pattern guide

What fits ___S_?

588 words match this pattern in the Wordle guess list. 172 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

58% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

SE 167/588 words (28%) ST 116/588 words (20%) AS 105/588 words (18%) IS 103/588 words (18%) SS 102/588 words (17%)

Vowels

No vowels: 1% · one: 40% · two: 47% · three or more: 12%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match ___S_?
588 five-letter words match ___S_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 172 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, TARSE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.95 bits against the possible answers.