5-Letter Words Matching _ U N C _

22 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ U N C _, 7 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

7 common words22 valid words

Common Words (7)

Words most likely to be the answer.

lunch
dunce
hunch
ounce
munch
bunch
punch

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (15)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

bunce
bunco
dunch
funch
junco
muncy
nunce
nunch
nunci
punce
punct
runch
runck
tunca
yunca

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 22 matches.

Most common letters

u22
n22
c22
h9
e5
b3
o3
p3
d2
m2

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 12 with 1 unique vowel
  • 9 with 2 unique vowels
  • 1 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ch · 9 words
  • -ce · 5 words
  • -co · 2 words
  • -ca · 2 words
  • -cy · 1 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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