5-Letter Words Matching _ U _ _ E

175 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ U _ _ E, 33 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

33 common words175 valid words

Common Words (33)

Words most likely to be the answer.

rupee
purge
guile
purse
nurse
budge
queue
cutie
dunce
nudge
puree
lunge
quite
bugle
fugue
suave
quake
guide
tulle
suite
curse
bulge
butte
ounce
juice
quote
surge
guise
curve
fudge
pulse
judge
suede

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (142)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

audie
audre
augie
aulae
aurae
aurie
autre
buaze
budde
buffe
bugre
buine
bulse
bunce
bunde
buote
burge
burke
burne
burse
butle
buyse
cumae
cunye
curie
cusie
cuvee
duane
dubhe
dubre
dukie
dulce
dulse
dunne
duole
duple
dupre
duree
duyne
eucre
eulee
fuage
fugie
fugle
fulke
funge
funje
furie
furze
fusee
fuzee
guage
gudge
guige
gulae
gunge
gunne
gurge
gurle
gusle
gutte
huave
hubie
huile
hulme
hutre
jubbe
judie
judye
juise
julee
julie
junie
luane
lubke
lucie
lucre
ludie
luise
luite
lulie
lumme
lupee
lurie
mudde
mudee
muire
mulse
munge
murre
musie
nudie
nugae
nunce
nuque
ouabe
ouphe
ourie
outhe
outre
ouvre
pudge
punce
punke
pupae
purre
quale
quare
quate
quave
queme
quire
rubie
ruble
rubye
ruche
rudge
rudie
ruffe
rugae
runge
rupie
russe
ruthe
ruyle
suade
sucre
sueve
suine
suppe
susie
suzie
tubae
tuple
tuque
turne
turse
tutee
wudge
wulfe
wuppe
yulee

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 175 matches.

Most common letters

u175
e175
r53
l41
i40
g37
d35
b29
n29
s29

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 0 with 1 unique vowel
  • 103 with 2 unique vowels
  • 72 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ie · 25 words
  • -ge · 21 words
  • -re · 16 words
  • -le · 14 words
  • -se · 14 words

Strategy

33 answers (of 175 valid guesses) match _ U _ _ E. Use a high-information guess that tests common letters in the empty positions, even if it's not in the candidate list.

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