5-Letter Words Matching _ A U _ _

175 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ A U _ _, 22 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

22 common words175 valid words

Common Words (22)

Words most likely to be the answer.

jaunt

gaudy

pause

caulk

saute

gauze

taunt

fault

vault

laugh

sauna

gaunt

cause

haunt

saucy

sauce

mauve

gauge

fauna

daunt

haute

vaunt

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (153)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

baubo

bauch

bauds

bauer

bauge

baugh

bauld

baulk

baume

bauno

baure

bauru

bauta

cauca

cauch

cauda

cauld

cauli

cauls

cauma

caupo

causa

daube

daubs

dauby

dauke

dault

daune

dauri

dauts

fauch

faugh

fauld

faulx

fauns

faurd

faure

fause

faust

faute

fauve

gauby

gaucy

gauds

gauls

gault

gaums

gaumy

gaura

gaure

gauri

gaurs

gause

gauss

gauzy

hauck

hauge

haugh

hauld

haulm

hauls

hault

hausa

hause

haust

jauch

jauks

jaups

kauai

kauch

kaule

kauri

kaury

lauan

lauda

laude

lauds

lauer

lauia

laund

laura

laure

lauri

lauro

laury

lautu

mauby

maude

mauds

maudy

mauer

maugh

mauls

maund

maura

maure

mauri

mauro

maury

mauts

nauch

naumk

naunt

nauru

paugh

pauky

paula

paule

pauli

paull

paulo

pauly

pauxi

rauch

rauli

raupo

sauba

sauch

saudi

sauer

saugh

sauks

sauld

sauls

sault

saunt

saura

saury

sausa

sauty

sauve

taube

taula

tauli

taupe

taupo

tauri

tauts

uaupe

vaudy

wauch

waugh

wauks

wauls

wauna

wauns

waura

wausa

wauve

yauco

yauds

yauld

yaups

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 175 matches.

Most common letters

a175

u175

s52

l47

e37

r33

d31

t31

h28

g28

Vowel distribution

0 with no vowels
0 with 1 unique vowel
115 with 2 unique vowels
60 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-ch · 9 words
-gh · 8 words
-nt · 8 words
-ld · 6 words
-ls · 6 words

Strategy

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

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