5-Letter Words Starting With CRU

6 common words and 18 valid guesses start with "CRU". Pick from here to refine your next guess.

6 common words18 valid words

Common Words (6)

Words most likely to be the answer.

crust
crump
cruel
crumb
crude
crush

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (12)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

cruce
cruck
cruds
crudy
cruet
crull
crunk
crunt
cruor
crura
cruse
cruth

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 18 matches.

Most common letters

c18
r18
u18
e5
s4
t4
d3
k2
l2
m2

Most common letter by position

The most common letter in the 4th position is d, appearing in 3 of 18 words.

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 11 with 1 unique vowel
  • 7 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ce · 1 words
  • -ck · 1 words
  • -de · 1 words
  • -ds · 1 words
  • -dy · 1 words

Strategy

6 answers start with "CRU". Use the common endings shown above to lock in your remaining green letters.

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