5-Letter Words Matching _ _ U M _

63 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ U M _, 13 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

13 common words63 valid words

Common Words (13)

Words most likely to be the answer.

flume
thumb
slump
plume
chump
thump
crump
crumb
stump
plumb
plump
trump
clump

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (50)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

alums
arums
baume
bluma
blume
brume
cauma
chums
couma
douma
doums
drums
erump
exuma
fiume
flump
fruma
frump
gaums
gaumy
geums
gluma
glume
glump
goumi
grume
grump
houma
izumi
klump
leuma
naumk
neuma
neume
neums
nouma
pluma
plums
plumy
rhumb
scums
sdump
shuma
siums
slums
spume
spumy
stums
tsuma
whump

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 63 matches.

Most common letters

u63
m63
p23
a20
s20
l19
e16
r12
g9
b8

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -mp · 16 words
  • -ma · 14 words
  • -ms · 13 words
  • -me · 10 words
  • -mb · 4 words

Strategy

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

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