5-Letter Words Matching _ _ R U _
92 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ R U _, 12 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.
12 common words92 valid words
Common Words (12)
Words most likely to be the answer.
shrub
shrug
strut
scrub
serum
syrup
rerun
torus
scrum
forum
virus
thrum
Other Valid 5-Letter Words (80)
Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.
abrus
acrux
adrue
aurum
berun
borup
burut
carua
carum
carus
corum
curua
cyrus
dhruv
dorus
durum
ecrus
enrut
eurus
faruq
furud
garua
garum
gorum
gurus
gyrus
herut
horus
hyrum
hyrup
inrub
inrun
jorum
jurua
korun
kurus
larue
larum
larus
lorum
lorus
lyrus
marut
morus
murut
okrug
orrum
parus
perun
porum
porus
purus
pyrus
rerub
saruk
sarum
sarus
scruf
serut
sirup
sorus
sprue
sprug
strub
strue
strum
struv
syrus
thruv
torun
turus
tyrus
unrun
uprun
utrum
varus
verus
warua
xerus
yuruk
What These Words Have in Common
Letter patterns across all 92 matches.
Most common letters
r92
u92
s46
a22
m22
o18
t18
e16
p13
c11
Vowel distribution
- 0 with no vowels
- 34 with 1 unique vowel
- 56 with 2 unique vowels
- 2 with 3+ unique vowels
Most common endings
- -us · 28 words
- -um · 19 words
- -un · 8 words
- -ut · 7 words
- -ua · 5 words
Strategy
12 answers fit. Look at the most common remaining letters above and choose a guess that probes the unknown positions.
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