This should be an easy puzzle.
Replace the x in the below with letters to make 6 valid 5-letters English words (no proper nouns or abbreviations) both vertically and horizontally.
This puzzle will be more fun if you only use a dictionary to validate your answers rather than use it to search for words that fit.
There may be more than one solution. However, the challenge is to use the least number of distinct characters to replace the x
s.
Green tick to the first valid answer that uses the least numbers of letters.
C x D x T
x x x
R x T x R
x x x
D x R x S