5-Letter Words Matching _ _ U _ D

56 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ U _ D, 16 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

16 common words56 valid words

Common Words (16)

Words most likely to be the answer.

pound
round
could
found
squad
mound
fluid
sound
would
clued
bound
wound
druid
gourd
hound
squid

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (40)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

akund
alurd
amund
aouad
bauld
blued
bourd
cauld
ehudd
ejusd
elurd
equid
erund
fauld
faurd
feued
flued
glued
gould
hauld
laund
leund
lludd
lourd
maund
mould
nould
pfund
sauld
skuld
slued
sourd
spued
thund
tould
tound
trued
ulund
vlund
yauld

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 56 matches.

Most common letters

u56
d56
l27
n20
o20
a14
e14
r11
s9
f7

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 6 with 1 unique vowel
  • 48 with 2 unique vowels
  • 2 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -nd · 19 words
  • -ld · 13 words
  • -ed · 8 words
  • -rd · 7 words
  • -id · 4 words

Strategy

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

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