5-Letter Words Matching _ L U _ _

114 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ L U _ _, 30 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

30 common words114 valid words

Common Words (30)

Words most likely to be the answer.

blush

cluck

flume

blurt

pluck

slump

slung

fluff

bluff

plume

elude

plush

clung

fluid

bluer

blurb

clued

blunt

fluke

slurp

plunk

flute

slush

flunk

plumb

slunk

plump

flung

clump

flush

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (84)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aluco

aluin

alula

alums

alurd

alure

aluta

blued

blues

bluet

bluey

bluhm

bluma

blume

blunk

blurs

clubb

clubs

clues

cluff

clune

clunk

cluny

clute

dlupg

elura

elurd

elute

flubs

flued

fluer

flues

fluey

fluky

flump

fluor

flurn

flurr

flurt

flusk

fluty

fluyt

gluck

glued

gluer

glues

gluey

glugs

gluma

glume

glump

gluon

gluts

kluck

kluge

klump

klunk

klute

klutz

lludd

pluff

plugs

pluma

plums

plumy

plupf

pluto

pluvi

slubs

slued

sluer

slues

sluff

slugs

sluig

sluit

slums

slurb

slurs

sluts

uluhi

ululu

ulund

vlund

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 114 matches.

Most common letters

l114

u114

s33

e33

f27

b21

p21

m19

g19

r18

Vowel distribution

0 with no vowels
64 with 1 unique vowel
46 with 2 unique vowels
4 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-nk · 6 words
-mp · 6 words
-ed · 5 words
-es · 5 words
-ff · 5 words

Strategy

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

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