5-Letter Words Matching _ _ U S E

26 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ U S E, 9 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

9 common words26 valid words

Common Words (9)

Words most likely to be the answer.

pause
louse
house
rouse
amuse
cause
mouse
abuse
reuse

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (17)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

bouse
chuse
cruse
douse
druse
fause
gause
hause
kruse
meuse
scuse
skuse
smuse
souse
touse
unuse
youse

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 26 matches.

Most common letters

u26
s26
e26
o9
a7
r5
m4
c4
h3
b2

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -se · 26 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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