5-Letter Words Matching _ R U _ _

143 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ R U _ _, 28 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

28 common words143 valid words

Common Words (28)

Words most likely to be the answer.

crust

truss

wrung

gruel

erupt

truce

crump

drunk

grunt

gruff

truly

trunk

cruel

crumb

prude

crude

brush

prune

truer

brute

trump

crush

fruit

trust

brunt

truck

druid

truth

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (115)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aruac

aruba

aruke

arulo

arums

aruns

arupa

aruru

arusa

brubu

bruce

bruch

bruet

brugh

bruhn

bruin

bruis

bruit

bruja

brujo

bruke

brule

brume

brune

bruni

brunk

brunn

bruno

bruns

brusa

brusk

bruta

bruyn

bruzz

cruce

cruck

cruds

crudy

cruet

crull

crunk

crunt

cruor

crura

cruse

cruth

drubs

druce

druci

drucy

drugi

drugs

drums

drung

drunt

drupa

drupe

drury

druse

drusi

drusy

druxy

druze

eruca

eruct

erugo

erump

erund

frugs

fruin

fruma

frump

frush

frust

grubb

grube

grubs

grues

gruft

gruis

grume

grump

grush

gruss

gruys

krubi

krupp

kruse

krute

krutz

oruro

oruss

prudi

prudy

prunt

pruss

pruta

pruth

sruti

trubu

truda

trude

trudi

trudy

trued

trues

truff

trugs

trula

trull

truro

trush

urubu

urucu

urutu

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 143 matches.

Most common letters

r143

u143

t45

b37

e36

s36

d31

c29

n23

g22

Vowel distribution

0 with no vowels
69 with 1 unique vowel
70 with 2 unique vowels
4 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-nt · 5 words
-sh · 5 words
-mp · 5 words
-ce · 4 words
-nk · 4 words

Strategy

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

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