5-Letter Words Matching _ U G _ _

67 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ U G _ _, 7 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

7 common words67 valid words

Common Words (7)

Words most likely to be the answer.

ought
sugar
augur
buggy
rugby
bugle
fugue

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (60)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

augen
auger
auget
aught
augie
bugan
bugas
bught
bugre
dugal
dugan
dugas
eugen
fugal
fuget
fuggy
fugie
fugio
fugit
fugle
fugus
gugal
hugel
huger
hugin
hugli
hugon
jugal
juger
jugum
kugel
lugar
luged
luger
luges
muggs
muggy
mugho
mugil
nugae
nugmw
puget
puggi
puggy
pugil
pugin
rugae
rugal
rugen
ruggy
sugan
sugat
sughs
sugih
sugis
tugui
vuggs
vuggy
vughs
yugas

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 67 matches.

Most common letters

u67
g67
a22
e22
l16
s14
r13
i13
h12
n11

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 15 with 1 unique vowel
  • 44 with 2 unique vowels
  • 8 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -gy · 6 words
  • -al · 5 words
  • -er · 4 words
  • -en · 3 words
  • -et · 3 words

Strategy

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

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