5-Letter Words Matching _ R U N _

19 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ R U N _, 6 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

6 common words19 valid words

Common Words (6)

Words most likely to be the answer.

wrung
drunk
grunt
trunk
prune
brunt

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (13)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aruns
brune
bruni
brunk
brunn
bruno
bruns
crunk
crunt
drung
drunt
erund
prunt

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 19 matches.

Most common letters

r19
u19
n19
b7
t6
k4
d4
e3
g3
s2

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 13 with 1 unique vowel
  • 6 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -nt · 5 words
  • -nk · 4 words
  • -ns · 2 words
  • -ne · 2 words
  • -ng · 2 words

Strategy

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

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