5-Letter Words Matching _ _ U S _

87 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ U S _, 21 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

21 common words87 valid words

Common Words (21)

Words most likely to be the answer.

blush
crust
truss
pause
louse
house
plush
rouse
amuse
joust
cause
mouse
slush
abuse
shush
lousy
brush
reuse
crush
trust
flush

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (66)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

abush
adusk
adust
agush
agust
ahush
arusa
azusa
bouse
bousy
brusa
brusk
causa
chuse
cousy
cruse
douse
druse
drusi
drusy
ejusd
exust
fause
faust
flusk
frush
frust
gause
gauss
giust
grush
gruss
hausa
hause
haust
houss
housy
inust
itusa
kruse
meuse
mousy
neuss
oruss
pousy
pruss
roust
sausa
scuse
seuss
siusi
skuse
smuse
smush
sousa
souse
stuss
touse
toust
tousy
trush
unuse
voust
wausa
whush
youse

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 87 matches.

Most common letters

u87
s87
e30
a25
r23
o23
h22
t20
y9
b8

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 22 with 1 unique vowel
  • 47 with 2 unique vowels
  • 18 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -se · 26 words
  • -sh · 15 words
  • -st · 14 words
  • -sa · 9 words
  • -ss · 9 words

Strategy

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

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