5-Letter Words Matching _ O U _ H

26 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ O U _ H, 12 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

12 common words26 valid words

Common Words (12)

Words most likely to be the answer.

vouch
youth
bough
tough
couch
cough
dough
pouch
touch
south
rough
mouth

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (14)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

bouch
couth
fouth
gough
hough
jough
louch
lough
louth
mouch
routh
sough
wouch
wough

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 26 matches.

Most common letters

o26
u26
h26
g11
c10
t9
l3
b2
m2
r2

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -gh · 11 words
  • -ch · 8 words
  • -th · 7 words

Strategy

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

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