5-Letter Words Ending In UGH

6 common words and 23 valid guesses end in "UGH". The ending is locked — narrow further by starting letter.

6 common words23 valid words

Common Words (6)

Words most likely to be the answer.

bough
tough
laugh
cough
dough
rough

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (17)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

baugh
brugh
faugh
gough
haugh
heugh
hough
jough
lough
maugh
paugh
saugh
seugh
sough
teugh
waugh
wough

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 23 matches.

Most common letters

u23
g23
h23
o11
a8
b3
e3
s3
r2
l2

Most common letter by position

The most common letter in the 1st position is b, appearing in 3 of 23 words.

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 1 with 1 unique vowel
  • 22 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common openings

  • ba- · 1 words
  • bo- · 1 words
  • br- · 1 words
  • co- · 1 words
  • do- · 1 words

Strategy

6 possible answers end in "UGH". Try a guess that uses one of the common openings shown above.

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