5-Letter Words Matching _ _ U _ L

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

5 common words23 valid words

Common Words (5)

Words most likely to be the answer.

gruel
equal
usual
skull
cruel

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (18)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

ahull
boucl
churl
crull
dougl
equel
joual
knurl
paull
peuhl
reuel
scull
shull
snurl
spurl
stull
thurl
trull

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 23 matches.

Most common letters

u23
l23
r10
s7
e6
a5
h5
c5
o3
p3

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 11 with 1 unique vowel
  • 10 with 2 unique vowels
  • 2 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ll · 8 words
  • -rl · 5 words
  • -el · 4 words
  • -al · 3 words
  • -cl · 1 words

Strategy

5 answers match _ _ U _ L. With 2 green letters locked in, you're almost certainly one guess away.

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