5-Letter Words Matching F _ _ U _

31 valid 5-letter words match the pattern F _ _ U _, 9 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

9 common words31 valid words

Common Words (9)

Words most likely to be the answer.

focus
fetus
flout
flour
fugue
fraud
forum
femur
ficus

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (22)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

fagus
falun
falus
fanum
faruq
favus
faxun
fayum
felup
filum
fique
fixup
fleur
fogus
fotui
fraus
freud
fucus
fugus
fulup
furud
fusus

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 31 matches.

Most common letters

f31
u31
s11
a10
r9
l8
e7
o6
m5
i5

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 5 with 1 unique vowel
  • 24 with 2 unique vowels
  • 2 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -us · 11 words
  • -um · 4 words
  • -up · 3 words
  • -ur · 3 words
  • -ud · 3 words

Strategy

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

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