5 Letter Words With O and S

There are 2,211 of them. The everyday ones include THOSE, HOUSE, STORY, SOUTH and CLOSE.

2,211 in total, and 151 of them are on the Wordle answer list.

151 of them have been answers, among them SHORT, SORRY, SOUND, WHOSE and STORE.

2,211 of them, including THOSE, HOUSE, STORY, SOUTH and CLOSE.

Yes. THOSE, HOUSE and STORY all sit on the Wordle answer list, so the pattern is worth playing for rather than ruling out.

Yes. LOOKS and SHOWS are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.

Yes. Make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.

THOSE. It is the most ordinary word here that the answer list carries, so it is the guess to make when you want to win the round rather than learn from it.

Yes. Every word on this list is a legal guess, including the ones that look wrong. ZOSMA and ZORSE are among them. Only a smaller set sits on the answer list, and those are the ones marked in green.

COPSE, DROSS and FOIST. All three are on the answer list, and none is a word you would reach for early, so they are worth remembering once the obvious guesses run out.