5-Letter Words Matching _ U _ G _

74 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ U _ G _, 12 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

12 common words74 valid words

Common Words (12)

Words most likely to be the answer.

purge
buggy
fungi
budge
pudgy
outgo
nudge
lunge
bulge
surge
fudge
judge

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (62)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

budgy
bulgy
bunga
bungo
bungs
bungy
burga
burge
burgh
burgs
dungs
dungy
durga
durgy
fuage
fudgy
fuggy
funge
fungo
guage
gudge
guige
gunge
gurge
kungs
luigi
lungi
lungs
lungy
muggs
muggy
mulga
munga
munge
mungo
mungs
mungy
murga
musgu
pudge
puggi
puggy
punga
pungi
pungs
pungy
purga
quags
quegh
rudge
ruggy
runge
rungs
surgy
tunga
tungo
tungs
turgy
vuggs
vuggy
vulgo
wudge

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 74 matches.

Most common letters

u74
g74
n30
e22
y18
r17
d15
s15
b13
a12

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 31 with 1 unique vowel
  • 40 with 2 unique vowels
  • 3 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ge · 21 words
  • -gy · 18 words
  • -gs · 12 words
  • -ga · 9 words
  • -go · 6 words

Strategy

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

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