5-Letter Words Matching _ U M _ _

120 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ U M _ _, 19 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

19 common words120 valid words

Common Words (19)

Words most likely to be the answer.

humph
humor
mummy
human
humid
dumpy
sumac
jumbo
cumin
dummy
humus
rumba
lumpy
gumbo
tumor
jumpy
rumor
lumen
gummy

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (101)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aumil
bumbo
bumfs
bumph
bumps
bumpy
cumae
cumal
cuman
cumar
cumay
cumbu
cumby
cumic
cumly
cumol
cumyl
dumah
dumas
dumba
dumbs
dumby
dumka
dumky
dumps
fumed
fumer
fumes
fumet
fumid
gumby
gumly
gumma
humbo
humet
humic
humin
humit
humps
humpy
jumba
jumby
jumma
jumna
jumps
kuman
kumar
kumbi
kumis
kumni
kumyk
kumys
lumme
lummy
lumps
lumut
mumbo
mumms
mumps
mumsy
mumus
numac
numbs
numda
numen
numis
nummi
numps
numud
pumas
pumex
pumps
rumal
ruman
rumbo
rumen
rumex
rumly
rummy
rumpf
rumps
rumpy
sumak
sumas
sumba
sumen
sumer
summa
sumos
sumph
sumps
sumpt
tumer
tumid
tumli
tummy
tumps
yuman
yumas
yummy
yumuk

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 120 matches.

Most common letters

u120
m120
s35
a30
y29
p24
b22
n20
r19
d16

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 51 with 1 unique vowel
  • 67 with 2 unique vowels
  • 2 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ps · 11 words
  • -my · 7 words
  • -bo · 6 words
  • -py · 6 words
  • -an · 5 words

Strategy

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

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