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7 words fit both edges
3 tiles remain unsettled. SCARP fills them with C, A, and R, so it is a useful word to compare with the exact letters your board has kept or rejected.
7 real matches in Wurdella
5-Letter Words Starting With S and Ending In P
S at the front and P at the end leave 7 complete answers, running alphabetically from SCARP to SWEEP. Only the 3 interior tiles can change from one result to the next.
Repeated letters
3 answers repeat a letter
SHEEP, SLEEP, and SWEEP each use a duplicate. For a cleaner letter test, compare them with SCARP, SCAUP, and SHARP.
Reading order
SCARP to SWEEP: the whole shortlist
SCARP, SCAUP, SHARP, SHEEP, SLEEP, STOUP, and SWEEP make up the entire result set, so there is no hidden second page of answers.
All 7 matches from SCARP to SWEEP
7 choices are few enough to verify one by one. Compare SCARP, SHEEP and SWEEP with the same care, then cross out anything that contradicts the board.
- SCARP
- SCAUP
- SHARP
- SHEEP
- SLEEP
- STOUP
- SWEEP
What separates these 7 candidates
A, E, and C appear across the open parts of the list more often than the other movable letters. SCARP exposes 3 distinct letters outside the fixed clue: C, A, and R.
Leaders in open positions
- second: C in 2 words
- third: A in 3 words
- fourth: E in 3 words
Movable letters seen most often
- A appears outside the fixed clue in 3 candidates
- E appears outside the fixed clue in 3 candidates
- C appears outside the fixed clue in 2 candidates
- H appears outside the fixed clue in 2 candidates
- R appears outside the fixed clue in 2 candidates
Vowel count across the matches
5 of the 7 matches use 2 vowels. SCAUP is one concrete example of that shape.
1 vowel: 22 vowels: 5
S and P lock the outside
Compare the inside of SCARP
Ignore the already-proven S and P while measuring new information. The middle of SCARP contributes C, A, and R. Compare those interior letters with the same positions in the other answers; one yellow or gray clue there can settle a 7-word shortlist quickly.
SCARP fits both edges, but that only settles two squares. Its interior C, A, and R must still match the exact positions and letter quantities shown in your round.
Browse solving strategies →Meanings found in this 7-word result set
Every match on this page has a glossary note. The entries for SCARP, SCAUP, and SHARP show the exact sense Wurdella uses, which is worth checking before an unfamiliar spelling costs a turn.
- SCARP
- A steep slope, cliff, or face of an escarpment.
- SCAUP
- A diving duck of the genus Aythya, especially the greater or lesser scaup.
- SHARP
- Having a fine cutting edge or point; also clear or sudden.
- SHEEP
- A domesticated woolly ruminant mammal commonly raised for wool, meat, or milk.
- SLEEP
- A natural state of rest in which consciousness and activity are reduced.
- STOUP
- A basin or vessel for holy water, especially near a church entrance.
- SWEEP
- To clean or move something using a broad brushing motion.
Keep S and P at the edges, then revise the middle
From 5-Letter Words Starting With S and Ending In P, the nearest alternative is 5-Letter Words Starting With S and Ending In E, currently with 25 matches. Use the links below only when new board feedback changes the constraint you actually know.
25 matches
5-Letter Words Starting With S and Ending In E
Open list →10 matches
5-Letter Words Starting With S and Ending In L
Open list →9 matches
5-Letter Words Starting With S and Ending In T
Open list →8 matches
5-Letter Words Starting With S and Ending In D
Open list →7 matches
5-Letter Words Starting With S and Ending In K
Open list →7 matches
5-Letter Words Starting With S and Ending In N
Open list →Inspect the middle of SCARP
Anchor S first and P last, then read only the interior of SCARP. If C, A, and R conflict with a fixed, yellow or excluded tile, cross it out and move to the next candidate.