5-Letter Words Matching _ _ U G _

50 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ U G _, 9 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

9 common words50 valid words

Common Words (9)

Words most likely to be the answer.

gouge
rouge
bough
tough
laugh
cough
dough
rough
gauge

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (41)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

ajuga
bauge
baugh
bouge
brugh
chugs
dougl
dougy
drugi
drugs
enugu
erugo
faugh
frugs
glugs
gough
hauge
haugh
heugh
hough
jough
jougs
kluge
lough
maugh
osugi
paugh
plugs
rougy
saugh
seugh
slugs
snugs
sough
teugh
thugs
trugs
tsuga
vouge
waugh
wough

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 50 matches.

Most common letters

u50
g50
h26
o21
s15
a13
e13
r9
l7
b5

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -gh · 23 words
  • -gs · 10 words
  • -ge · 8 words
  • -ga · 2 words
  • -gy · 2 words

Strategy

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

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