5-Letter Words Matching _ U _ L _
101 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ U _ L _, 19 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.
19 common words101 valid words
Common Words (19)
Words most likely to be the answer.
guild
gully
guile
built
qualm
quell
quill
build
bully
curly
burly
quilt
bugle
guilt
tulle
surly
fully
dully
sully
Other Valid 5-Letter Words (82)
Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.
audly
buell
buhls
bulla
bulls
burls
butle
cubla
culla
culls
cully
cumly
curls
duala
duali
duals
duels
dulla
dulls
dunlo
duole
dupla
duple
duply
euell
fuels
fugle
fulls
funli
furls
guelf
guily
gulls
gumly
gurle
gurly
gusla
gusle
hubli
hugli
huila
huile
hullo
hulls
hurls
hurly
kulla
ludly
lulli
lulls
lully
muhly
mulla
mulls
murly
nucla
nullo
nulls
nurls
nurly
outly
pulli
pulls
purls
quale
quelt
quila
ruble
ruelu
ruely
rumly
ruyle
suelo
sulla
tully
tumli
tuple
tutly
tuzla
vullo
wurly
zullo
What These Words Have in Common
Letter patterns across all 101 matches.
Most common letters
u101
l101
y28
s26
e24
r20
a19
i18
d16
g15
Vowel distribution
- 0 with no vowels
- 40 with 1 unique vowel
- 53 with 2 unique vowels
- 8 with 3+ unique vowels
Most common endings
- -ly · 27 words
- -ls · 20 words
- -le · 14 words
- -la · 14 words
- -li · 7 words
Strategy
19 answers fit. Look at the most common remaining letters above and choose a guess that probes the unknown positions.
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