5-Letter Words Matching _ U L _ _

172 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ U L _ _, 15 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

15 common words172 valid words

Common Words (15)

Words most likely to be the answer.

pulpy

gully

gulch

mulch

ruler

tulip

bully

sulky

tulle

bulge

bulky

fully

dully

pulse

sully

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (157)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aulae

aulas

aulea

aulic

aulis

auloi

aulos

bulak

bulan

bulbs

bulby

bulgy

bulks

bulla

bulls

bulow

bulse

culch

culet

culex

culla

culls

cully

culms

culmy

culot

culpa

culti

cults

culus

dulac

dulat

dulce

dulci

dulcy

duler

dulia

dulla

dulls

dulse

eulau

eulee

euler

eulis

fulah

fulas

fulda

fulke

fulks

fulls

fulth

fults

fultz

fulup

fulvi

fulwa

gulae

gulag

gular

gulas

gules

gulfs

gulfy

gulix

gulls

gulph

gulps

gulpy

hulas

hulch

hulda

hulen

hulks

hulky

hullo

hulls

hulme

iulus

julee

julep

jules

juley

julia

julid

julie

julio

julis

julus

kulah

kulak

kulan

kulda

kulla

kulun

lulab

lulav

lulea

lulie

lulli

lulls

lully

lulus

mulct

muled

mules

mulet

muley

mulga

mulki

mulla

mulls

mulry

mulse

multi

multo

nullo

nulls

oulap

pulas

puled

puler

pules

pulex

pulik

pulis

pulka

pulli

pulls

pulps

qulin

ruled

rules

sulci

sulea

sulfa

sulfo

sulka

sulks

sulla

sulus

tules

tulia

tully

tulsa

tulsi

tulua

vulgo

vullo

vulva

wulfe

yulan

yulee

yules

yulma

zulch

zullo

zulus

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 172 matches.

Most common letters

u172

l172

s58

a51

e44

i27

y25

c24

p21

t20

Vowel distribution

0 with no vowels
56 with 1 unique vowel
98 with 2 unique vowels
18 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-ls · 10 words
-ly · 8 words
-es · 7 words
-la · 6 words
-us · 6 words

Strategy

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

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