5-Letter Words Matching _ _ U _ T

78 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ U _ T, 28 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

28 common words78 valid words

Common Words (28)

Words most likely to be the answer.

crust
moult
jaunt
blurt
exult
mount
taunt
doubt
fault
vault
count
erupt
shunt
gaunt
grunt
blunt
stunt
squat
joust
haunt
spurt
court
fruit
trust
brunt
daunt
vaunt
adult

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (50)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

adust
agust
ahunt
bluet
bouet
boult
bruet
bruit
chuet
cruet
crunt
dault
drunt
educt
eruct
exust
faust
flurt
fluyt
fount
frust
gault
giust
gruft
hault
haust
hoult
inuit
inust
naunt
poult
prunt
roust
sault
saunt
scuft
scult
scutt
shult
sluit
snurt
soult
squet
squit
sturt
thurt
tourt
toust
voust
yourt

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 78 matches.

Most common letters

u78
t78
s30
r25
n23
a21
l21
o17
e11
c11

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 23 with 1 unique vowel
  • 54 with 2 unique vowels
  • 1 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -nt · 20 words
  • -lt · 15 words
  • -st · 14 words
  • -rt · 9 words
  • -et · 6 words

Strategy

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

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