5-Letter Words Matching _ U _ S _
74 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ U _ S _, 13 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.
13 common words74 valid words
Common Words (13)
Words most likely to be the answer.
quasi
purse
nurse
guest
burst
hussy
quest
guess
curse
guise
quash
fussy
pulse
Other Valid 5-Letter Words (61)
Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.
buist
bulse
bursa
burse
bussu
bussy
butsu
buyse
cuish
cursa
curst
cusso
dulse
dunst
durst
fubsy
guasa
gursh
gussi
gussy
gutsy
hurst
juise
jussi
kuksu
kursh
kursk
kusso
luisa
luise
lussi
muist
mulse
mumsy
mussy
nursy
nutsy
pudsy
puist
pursy
pussy
quass
quist
qursh
runsy
russe
russi
russo
subst
sudsy
suist
sussi
susso
sussy
tuism
tulsa
tulsi
turse
tussy
wurst
yursa
What These Words Have in Common
Letter patterns across all 74 matches.
Most common letters
u74
s74
r23
t22
y19
i18
e17
b11
l9
a9
Vowel distribution
- 0 with no vowels
- 31 with 1 unique vowel
- 38 with 2 unique vowels
- 5 with 3+ unique vowels
Most common endings
- -sy · 17 words
- -st · 14 words
- -se · 14 words
- -si · 7 words
- -sa · 6 words
Strategy
13 answers fit. Look at the most common remaining letters above and choose a guess that probes the unknown positions.
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