5-Letter Words Matching S _ U _ _

170 valid 5-letter words match the pattern S _ U _ _, 35 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

35 common words170 valid words

Common Words (35)

Words most likely to be the answer.

slump
saute
squad
slung
stuck
study
snuck
scuba
stung
sound
shunt
sauna
snuff
south
skulk
stunt
slurp
squat
spurn
shuck
skunk
saucy
skull
slush
swung
spunk
shush
spurt
stump
squib
slunk
sauce
stunk
stuff
squid

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (135)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

sauba
sauch
saudi
sauer
saugh
sauks
sauld
sauls
sault
saunt
saura
saury
sausa
sauty
sauve
scudi
scudo
scuds
scuff
scuft
sculk
scull
sculp
scult
scums
scups
scurf
scuse
scuta
scute
scuti
scuts
scutt
sdump
seugh
seuss
shuba
shuff
shufu
shuha
shull
shuln
shuls
shult
shuma
shune
shunk
shuns
shure
shurf
shute
shuts
shutz
shuzo
siums
siusi
skuas
skuld
skulp
skuse
slubs
slued
sluer
slues
sluff
slugs
sluig
sluit
slums
slurb
slurs
sluts
smurr
smuse
smush
smuts
snubs
snugs
snurl
snurp
snurt
sough
souks
soule
souls
soult
soulx
souly
soulz
soups
soupy
sourd
sours
soury
sousa
souse
souza
spuds
spued
spues
spuke
spume
spumy
spung
spurl
spurs
sputa
spute
squab
squam
squaw
squeg
squet
squin
squit
squiz
sruti
stubb
stube
stubs
stude
studs
stuka
stull
stulm
stums
stuns
stupa
stupe
stupp
sturk
sturm
sturt
stuss
swure

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 170 matches.

Most common letters

s170
u170
t53
l42
a35
e29
h28
n27
p27
r26

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -ff · 5 words
  • -nk · 5 words
  • -lt · 4 words
  • -te · 4 words
  • -ll · 4 words

Strategy

35 answers (of 170 valid guesses) match S _ U _ _. Use a high-information guess that tests common letters in the empty positions, even if it's not in the candidate list.

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