5-Letter Words Matching _ R _ U _
54 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ R _ U _, 7 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.
7 common words54 valid words
Common Words (7)
Words most likely to be the answer.
argue
group
croup
trout
grout
fraud
proud
Other Valid 5-Letter Words (47)
Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.
araua
arcus
areus
argus
arium
arius
arjun
arnut
artur
artus
arzun
braun
broun
brout
bryum
crius
crout
droud
drouk
ernul
ervum
fraus
freud
grouf
grous
irgun
irous
kraul
kraus
kraut
orcus
orgue
orium
ormuz
orrum
praus
preux
prius
prout
troue
troup
trouv
urdur
urous
ursuk
ursus
vrouw
What These Words Have in Common
Letter patterns across all 54 matches.
Most common letters
r54
u54
o24
a19
s16
t12
e8
g8
p8
i7
Vowel distribution
- 0 with no vowels
- 4 with 1 unique vowel
- 42 with 2 unique vowels
- 8 with 3+ unique vowels
Most common endings
- -us · 15 words
- -ut · 7 words
- -um · 5 words
- -un · 5 words
- -ud · 4 words
Strategy
7 answers fit. Look at the most common remaining letters above and choose a guess that probes the unknown positions.
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