The ER, IN & ST Advantage

How the most common bigrams give your opener an edge

(Published 2026-03-18)

ER is the most common letter pair in word puzzle answers, followed by IN and ST. Stuck mid-game? Build your next guess around these bigrams.

Think about: STERN STAIN SUPER SPINE INERT

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