5-Letter Words Matching _ U _ U _

78 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ U _ U _, 6 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

6 common words78 valid words

Common Words (6)

Words most likely to be the answer.

augur

queue

fugue

humus

lupus

mucus

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (72)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

audun

aurum

autum

autun

bukum

bunus

burut

butut

buxus

cucuy

culus

curua

cutup

dufur

dupuy

durum

dusun

eurus

fucus

fugus

fulup

furud

fusus

gueux

gurus

guzul

hufuf

husum

iulus

jubus

judus

jugum

jujus

jujuy

julus

jurua

kudus

kukui

kulun

kurus

kusum

luaus

lulus

lumut

lusus

luxus

mukul

mumus

murut

mutus

nudum

nufud

nukus

numud

nuque

purus

quauk

rubus

rufus

sulus

sunup

tucum

tugui

tulua

tuque

turus

tutus

yumuk

yuruk

yusuk

zulus

zupus

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 78 matches.

Most common letters

u78

s38

m18

r17

l16

t14

k12

d11

n11

a10

Vowel distribution

0 with no vowels
59 with 1 unique vowel
19 with 2 unique vowels
0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-us · 33 words
-um · 9 words
-un · 4 words
-ut · 4 words
-ue · 4 words

Strategy

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

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