5-Letter Words Matching _ U S _ _

144 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ U S _ _, 17 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

17 common words144 valid words

Common Words (17)

Words most likely to be the answer.

lusty

rusty

musty

gusty

gusto

pushy

sushi

musky

husky

bushy

hussy

dusty

dusky

mushy

bused

music

fussy

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (127)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

busby

busch

buses

busey

bushi

busks

busky

busra

bussu

bussy

busti

busto

busts

busty

cusco

cusec

cushy

cusie

cusks

cusps

cusso

dusen

dusio

dusks

duson

dusts

dusun

dusza

eusol

fusan

fusco

fused

fusee

fusel

fuses

fusht

fusil

fusty

fusus

gusba

guser

gushy

gusla

gusle

gussi

gussy

gusta

gusti

gusts

husch

husha

husho

husht

husks

husum

jussi

justa

justo

justs

kusam

kusan

kusch

kusha

kusin

kuska

kusso

kusti

kusum

lusby

luser

lushy

lusia

lusky

lussi

lusts

lusus

musal

musar

musca

musci

mused

muser

muses

muset

musgu

musha

musie

musil

musit

musks

mussy

musth

musts

nusku

ousel

ousia

ousts

pusan

puses

pusey

pussy

rusel

ruses

rushy

rusin

rusks

rusky

rusma

rusot

russe

russi

russo

rusts

susah

susan

susie

sussi

susso

sussy

tushs

tushy

tusks

tusky

tussy

wusih

yusem

yusuk

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 144 matches.

Most common letters

u144

s144

y36

t34

h27

e27

m26

k25

i24

a22

Vowel distribution

0 with no vowels
63 with 1 unique vowel
73 with 2 unique vowels
8 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-hy · 8 words
-sy · 8 words
-ts · 8 words
-ks · 7 words
-ky · 7 words

Strategy

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

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