5-Letter Words Matching _ _ _ U M

115 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ _ U M, 7 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

7 common words115 valid words

Common Words (7)

Words most likely to be the answer.

album
opium
datum
serum
scrum
forum
thrum

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (108)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

accum
adsum
aevum
aksum
algum
annum
antum
apium
arium
aurum
autum
batum
begum
bogum
bonum
bryum
bukum
bynum
carum
cavum
cecum
chaum
colum
corum
degum
donum
durum
ervum
fanum
fayum
filum
garum
glaum
gorum
hilum
hokum
husum
hyrum
idium
ileum
ilium
imaum
iseum
ishum
izyum
jepum
jocum
jorum
jugum
khnum
khoum
kokum
kusum
lanum
larum
ledum
linum
locum
lorum
malum
mecum
minum
mnium
mokum
nahum
nexum
notum
novum
nudum
oakum
odeum
odium
oleum
onium
orium
orrum
otium
ozkum
pedum
petum
pilum
pisum
pneum
porum
reaum
rheum
rozum
sagum
sarum
scaum
sebum
sedum
sevum
shaum
slaum
solum
strum
tatum
tecum
tetum
totum
tucum
ungum
utrum
velum
vinum
vodum
yokum

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 115 matches.

Most common letters

u115
m115
a34
o33
r26
e25
i22
l20
n20
s19

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 16 with 1 unique vowel
  • 84 with 2 unique vowels
  • 15 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -um · 115 words

Strategy

7 answers fit. Look at the most common remaining letters above and choose a guess that probes the unknown positions.

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