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.