5-Letter Words Matching _ _ U _ E

163 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ U _ E, 35 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

35 common words163 valid words

Common Words (35)

Words most likely to be the answer.

flume

gouge

rouge

acute

pause

saute

gauze

chute

louse

plume

house

elude

boule

truce

azure

rouse

amuse

fluke

cause

mouse

route

flute

abuse

prude

crude

prune

brute

reuse

etude

sauce

mauve

deuce

coupe

gauge

haute

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (128)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

abune

adure

aguie

akule

akure

alure

amuze

apure

aquae

aruke

atule

atune

bauge

baume

baure

biune

blume

bouge

bouse

bruce

bruke

brule

brume

brune

chude

chuje

chuse

clune

clute

coude

couve

cruce

cruse

daube

dauke

daune

douce

douse

druce

drupe

druse

druze

educe

elute

emule

enure

etuve

exude

faure

fause

faute

fauve

feune

feute

fiume

fouke

foute

gaure

gause

giule

glume

grube

grume

hauge

hause

houve

imune

inure

joule

jouve

kaule

kluge

klute

knute

kruse

krute

laude

laure

leuce

louie

loupe

maude

maure

meuse

meute

moule

neume

ovule

paule

piute

pouce

poule

reube

reune

sauve

scuse

scute

shune

shure

shute

skuse

smuse

soule

souse

spuke

spume

spute

stube

stude

stupe

swure

taube

taupe

thule

toure

touse

trude

uaupe

unuse

usure

veuve

vouge

wauve

whute

youre

youse

youve

youze

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 163 matches.

Most common letters

u163

e163

a49

r45

s42

t35

o35

l33

c25

d23

Vowel distribution

0 with no vowels
0 with 1 unique vowel
73 with 2 unique vowels
90 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-se · 26 words
-te · 21 words
-re · 17 words
-le · 14 words
-ne · 11 words

Strategy

35 answers (of 163 valid guesses) match _ _ U _ E. Use a high-information guess that tests common letters in the empty positions, even if it's not in the candidate list.

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