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89 verified matches
One square is known and 4 are still open. ABUSE places A, B, U, and E around the fixed S, giving you 4 distinct letters to compare with earlier feedback.
89 real matches in Wurdella
5-Letter Words With S as the Fourth Letter
S stays in the fourth position throughout this 89-word set, which begins with ABASE and ends with YEAST. Nothing on this page moves the confirmed tile to make a familiar spelling fit.
Repeated letters
27 answers repeat a letter
ABASE, ABYSS, AMASS, and AMISS are among the repeated-letter choices. For a cleaner letter test, compare them with ABUSE, ABYSM, and ADUST.
Reading order
The list runs from ABASE to YEAST
ABASE, ABUSE, ABYSM, ABYSS, and ADUST open the list; YEAST is the final entry alphabetically.
All 89 matches from ABASE to YEAST
89 matches call for filters, not a top-to-bottom guessing queue. Start with excluded letters, use ABUSE as a comparison point and let the position and vowel summaries cut the field down.
- ABASE
- ABUSE
- ABYSM
- ABYSS
- ADUST
- AGIST
- ALIST
- AMASS
- AMISS
- AMUSE
- ARISE
- BIRSE
- BLISS
- BLUSH
- BOOST
- BRASH
- BRISK
- BRUSH
- BURST
- CAUSE
- CEASE
- CHASE
- CHASM
- CHESS
- CHEST
- CLASH
- CLASP
- CLASS
- CLOSE
- COAST
- COPSE
- CRASH
- CRASS
- CRISP
- CROSS
- DENSE
- DOUSE
- DRESS
- DROSS
- DRUSE
- DULSE
- FALSE
- FEAST
- FIRST
- FLASH
- FLASK
- FOIST
- FRASS
- FRESH
- FROST
- FUBSY
- GHOST
- GLASS
- GOOSE
- GRASP
- GRASS
- GUESS
- GUEST
- GUISE
- HEIST
- HORSE
- HOUSE
- HURST
- JOUST
- KARST
- KIOSK
- LAPSE
- LOESS
- LOOSE
- MERSE
- MESSY
- MOUSE
- NURSE
- PAUSE
- PRESS
- PRISM
- QUASH
- QUASI
- QUEST
- RAISE
- ROAST
- ROUSE
- TRUST
- TRYST
- VERSO
- WERSH
- WHISK
- WREST
- YEAST
What separates these 89 candidates
E, A, and R appear across the open parts of the list more often than the other movable letters. ABUSE exposes 4 distinct letters outside the fixed clue: A, B, U, and E.
Leaders in open positions
- first: C in 16 words
- second: R in 21 words
- third: A in 23 words
- fifth: E in 27 words
Movable letters seen most often
- E appears outside the fixed clue in 43 candidates
- A appears outside the fixed clue in 38 candidates
- R appears outside the fixed clue in 34 candidates
- U appears outside the fixed clue in 25 candidates
- T appears outside the fixed clue in 23 candidates
Vowel count across the matches
40 of the 89 matches use 1 vowel. ABYSM is one concrete example of that shape.
0 vowels: 11 vowel: 402 vowels: 323 vowels: 16
The fourth square does not move
Keep the fourth square honest
Do not slide S into another position just to make a familiar word fit. In ABUSE, the fixed tile stays fourth while A, B, U, and E occupy the open squares. Compare those letters with the board first; then use the position leaders to break ties among the survivors.
ABUSE keeps S fourth, but the other 4 letters still need permission from your board. A single misplaced green or reused gray is enough to rule it out.
Browse solving strategies →Meanings found in this 89-word result set
Every match on this page has a glossary note. The entries for ABASE, ABUSE, and ABYSM show the exact sense Wurdella uses, which is worth checking before an unfamiliar spelling costs a turn.
- ABASE
- To lower someone in rank, dignity, or self-respect.
- ABUSE
- To treat someone or something in a harmful, cruel, or improper way.
- ABYSM
- An abyss, bottomless gulf, or immeasurable depth; an archaic or literary word.
- ABYSS
- A very deep or seemingly bottomless space.
- ADUST
- Scorched, burned, or darkened by heat; sometimes used figuratively for a sunburned or swarthy appearance.
- AGIST
- To assess a charge or tax, especially historically on land or grazing livestock.
- ALIST
- Leaning or tilted to one side, especially of a ship.
- AMASS
- To gradually collect a large quantity.
- AMISS
- Wrong, faulty, or not as it should be.
- AMUSE
- To entertain someone or make that person laugh.
- ARISE
- To begin, appear, develop, or get up.
- BIRSE
- A bristle or stiff hair; chiefly Scottish, also used figuratively of irritation or anger.
- BLISS
- A state of complete happiness or peace.
- BLUSH
- To become red in the face, especially from embarrassment, or the resulting color.
- BOOST
- To increase, improve, or encourage something.
- BRASH
- Bold, self-assertive, and sometimes rude.
- BRISK
- Quick, energetic, and active.
- BRUSH
- A tool with bristles used for cleaning, painting, grooming, or applying a substance.
Keep S fourth and alter one other clue
From 5-Letter Words With S as the Fourth Letter, the nearest alternative is 5-Letter Words With S as the Third Letter, currently with 28 matches. Use the links below only when new board feedback changes the constraint you actually know.
28 matches
5-Letter Words With S as the Third Letter
Open list →10 matches
5-Letter Words With S as the Second Letter
Open list →172 matches
5-Letter Words With A as the Third Letter
Open list →161 matches
5-Letter Words With A as the Second Letter
Open list →152 matches
5-Letter Words With E as the Fourth Letter
Open list →149 matches
5-Letter Words With R as the Second Letter
Open list →Test the open squares around S
Place S in the fourth square before comparing anything else. Then check A, B, U, and E from ABUSE one by one, preserving confirmed positions and moving any yellow away from its rejected square.