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40 verified matches
Only the ending is shared. The earlier 4 slots still vary, and AEGIS covers A, E, G, and I before the final S without wasting that comparison on the known tile.
40 real matches in Wurdella
5-Letter Words Ending In S
Fix S in the final square and 40 Wurdella words remain, from ABYSS to XERUS. The ending no longer needs attention; the earlier 4 places are where these candidates separate from one another.
Repeated letters
21 answers repeat a letter
ABYSS, AMASS, AMISS, and BALAS are among the repeated-letter choices. For a cleaner letter test, compare them with AEGIS, ARILS, and CHAOS.
Reading order
The list runs from ABYSS to XERUS
ABYSS, AEGIS, AMASS, AMISS, and ARILS open the list; XERUS is the final entry alphabetically.
All 40 matches from ABYSS to XERUS
This set is small enough for a single careful pass: ABYSS opens it, GRASS marks the midpoint and XERUS closes it. Cross out conflicts as you go instead of rereading the whole list after every clue.
- ABYSS
- AEGIS
- AMASS
- AMISS
- ARILS
- BALAS
- BLISS
- CHAOS
- CHESS
- CLASS
- CRASS
- CROSS
- DRESS
- DROSS
- EIDOS
- ETHOS
- FOCUS
- FRASS
- GIBUS
- GLASS
- GRASS
- GUESS
- GULES
- ILEUS
- LOESS
- LORIS
- MORES
- NIDUS
- OASIS
- ORRIS
- PAVIS
- PIOUS
- PRESS
- PSOAS
- PYXIS
- REBUS
- SPEOS
- TORUS
- VAGUS
- XERUS
What separates these 40 candidates
S, A, and O appear across the open parts of the list more often than the other movable letters. AEGIS exposes 4 distinct letters outside the fixed clue: A, E, G, and I.
Leaders in open positions
- first: A in 5 words
- second: R in 9 words
- third: A in 7 words
- fourth: S in 16 words
Movable letters seen most often
- S appears outside the fixed clue in 19 candidates
- A appears outside the fixed clue in 16 candidates
- O appears outside the fixed clue in 15 candidates
- E appears outside the fixed clue in 14 candidates
- I appears outside the fixed clue in 14 candidates
Vowel count across the matches
22 of the 40 matches use 2 vowels. AMASS is one concrete example of that shape.
1 vowel: 132 vowels: 223 vowels: 5
S closes every answer
Read AEGIS from right to left
Hold S at the end and work backward through the evidence. Before that known tile, AEGIS tests A, E, G, and I without a duplicate. Check those letters against the earliest open squares first, because that is where similar endings usually part company.
The final S earns AEGIS a place on this page. The earlier letters still need to satisfy your greens, yellows and exclusions before the word deserves a turn.
Browse solving strategies →Meanings found in this 40-word result set
Every match on this page has a glossary note. The entries for ABYSS, AEGIS, and AMASS show the exact sense Wurdella uses, which is worth checking before an unfamiliar spelling costs a turn.
- ABYSS
- A very deep or seemingly bottomless space.
- AEGIS
- Support or protection from an authority.
- AMASS
- To gradually collect a large quantity.
- AMISS
- Wrong, faulty, or not as it should be.
- ARILS
- Fleshy coverings that grow around certain seeds.
- BALAS
- A pale rose-red variety of spinel historically known as balas ruby.
- BLISS
- A state of complete happiness or peace.
- CHAOS
- A state of complete disorder or confusion.
- CHESS
- A strategy board game for two players using sixteen pieces each on a checkered board.
- CLASS
- A group taught together, or a category of similar things.
- CRASS
- Lacking sensitivity, refinement, or intelligence.
- CROSS
- To move from one side of something to the other.
- DRESS
- A one-piece garment covering the body and extending down from the shoulders or waist.
- DROSS
- Worthless material or waste separated from something valuable.
- EIDOS
- A form, essence, or defining appearance, especially in philosophy.
- ETHOS
- The guiding beliefs or spirit of a community.
- FOCUS
- The center of attention or interest, or to concentrate attention clearly on something.
- FRASS
- The excrement, debris, and other waste material produced by insects.
Hold the final S and adjust the earlier evidence
From 5-Letter Words Ending In S, the nearest alternative is 5-Letter Words Ending In E, currently with 250 matches. Use the links below only when new board feedback changes the constraint you actually know.
Work backward through AEGIS
Start with the last square: if S is not fixed there, leave this list. If it is, compare A, E, G, and I in AEGIS with the earlier tiles and remove the word at the first contradiction.