5-Letter Words Matching _ U _ _ R

81 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ U _ _ R, 18 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

18 common words81 valid words

Common Words (18)

Words most likely to be the answer.

surer
sugar
humor
augur
ruder
queer
lunar
ruler
furor
outer
tuber
tutor
buyer
super
juror
tumor
purer
rumor

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (63)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

auber
auger
aurar
aurir
autor
buaer
buber
butyr
cuber
cukor
cumar
curer
cuter
ducor
dufur
duler
duper
durer
euler
fubar
fuder
fumer
gujar
gular
gunar
guser
guyer
huber
hucar
huger
juger
kumar
lugar
luger
lurer
luser
luter
luxor
mucor
mudar
mudir
musar
muser
muter
nuder
puker
puler
rubor
runer
suber
subir
sudor
suffr
sumer
supvr
surtr
suter
sutor
tubar
tudor
tumer
tuner
tuyer

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 81 matches.

Most common letters

u81
r81
e43
a20
t17
o16
s16
m14
b13
g12

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -er · 43 words
  • -or · 15 words
  • -ar · 14 words
  • -ir · 3 words
  • -ur · 2 words

Strategy

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

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