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Eighteen words put A first and S third, and seven of them double the S straight away. That one shape is the biggest thing on the page.
S takes the second box thirty nine percent of the time, well ahead of R on three. B and P follow with two each. ASSET and ASSAY come out of the doubled branch, while ARSON and AISLE come from elsewhere.
Eighteen sounds workable until you look inside. ASSES, ASSET, ASSAI, ASSAY and ASSAM share their first three letters, and several differ only in the last box.
ARSES and ARSIS do the same thing one branch over, as do APSES and APSIS. Pairs like that eat guesses without narrowing much.
The useful move is to pick words from different second letters rather than different endings. AISLE and ARSON test more of the pattern than any two words from the doubled branch.
Seven of the eighteen repeat a letter, and almost all of those are the doubled S. It is by far the most likely repeat if you suspect one.
ASSET is the best entry point into that branch. It is the most common word here and it tests E in the fourth box, which five words take.
Yes. It runs A, I, S, L, E, so the A is first and the S is third. The I in the second box makes it the odd one out here.
S, on five words. T follows on three, so between them they close eight of the pattern.
The S in the third box invites a doubled S after the A, and English builds several short words on that stem. It inflates the count without adding variety.