5-Letter Words Matching _ U D _ _

88 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ U D _ _, 11 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

11 common words88 valid words

Common Words (11)

Words most likely to be the answer.

audit

ruder

muddy

budge

buddy

pudgy

nudge

ruddy

audio

fudge

judge

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (77)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

audad

auden

audie

audix

audly

audra

audre

audri

audry

audun

budde

buddh

budgy

cuddy

duddy

duded

dudes

fuder

fudgy

gudea

gudes

gudge

gudok

huddy

hudis

judah

judas

judea

judex

judie

judon

judos

judus

judye

kudos

kudus

kudva

kudzu

luddy

ludes

ludic

ludie

ludly

mudar

mudde

mudee

mudir

mudra

nuddy

nuder

nudes

nudie

nudum

nudzh

pudda

puddy

pudge

pudic

pudsy

rudas

rudds

rudge

rudie

rudin

rudra

sudan

sudds

suddy

sudes

sudic

sudor

sudra

sudsy

tudel

tudor

wudge

zudda

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 88 matches.

Most common letters

u88

d88

e32

a25

s21

r20

y19

i15

g14

n12

Vowel distribution

0 with no vowels
24 with 1 unique vowel
51 with 2 unique vowels
13 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-dy · 10 words
-ge · 8 words
-ie · 5 words
-es · 5 words
-ra · 4 words

Strategy

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

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