5-Letter Words With U as the 3rd Letter
990 valid 5-letter words have "U" in the 3rd position. 167 are common words — narrow with this when you've locked a green tile.
167 common words990 valid words
Common Words (167)
Words most likely to be the answer.
blush
crust
cluck
pound
flume
round
moult
thumb
jaunt
gouge
blurt
gaudy
rouge
exult
pluck
acute
truss
slump
mount
could
wrung
pause
caulk
mourn
saute
found
squad
chunk
slung
vouch
fluff
bluff
youth
gruel
gauze
taunt
doubt
chute
usurp
bough
equal
fault
louse
vault
stuck
plume
count
study
mound
equip
tough
erupt
usual
couch
house
chump
elude
boule
plush
clung
snuck
scuba
truce
thump
stung
fluid
bluer
azure
sound
rouse
shunt
laugh
cough
crump
dough
would
amuse
pouch
blurb
sauna
clued
snuff
drunk
gaunt
grunt
touch
south
skulk
young
chuck
blunt
stunt
fluke
slurp
plunk
squat
joust
spurn
gruff
cause
truly
shuck
mouse
trunk
skunk
haunt
saucy
route
skull
flute
cruel
slush
abuse
crumb
swung
spunk
prude
shush
spurt
churn
stump
squib
lousy
crude
bound
brush
flunk
prune
rough
plumb
court
pouty
slunk
truer
plump
brute
trump
reuse
wound
etude
crush
fruit
trust
sauce
mauve
flung
brunt
deuce
coupe
truck
druid
truth
stunk
gauge
stuff
fauna
gourd
daunt
mouth
hound
clump
haute
vaunt
flush
adult
squid
uvula
Other Valid 5-Letter Words (823)
Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.
abuna
abune
abura
abury
abush
abuta
abuts
abuzz
acuan
adunc
adure
adusk
adust
aduwa
agues
aguey
aguie
agung
agura
agush
agust
ahull
ahunt
ahura
ahush
ajuga
akule
akund
akure
aluco
aluin
alula
alums
alurd
alure
aluta
amuck
amula
amund
amuze
anura
anury
aouad
apure
aquae
aquas
aruac
aruba
aruke
arulo
arums
aruns
arupa
aruru
arusa
asura
asuri
atule
atune
ayuyu
azury
azusa
baubo
bauch
bauds
bauer
bauge
baugh
bauld
baulk
baume
bauno
baure
bauru
bauta
bhuts
biune
blued
blues
bluet
bluey
bluhm
bluma
blume
blunk
blurs
bouak
bouar
bouch
boucl
bouet
bouge
boult
bourd
bourg
bourn
bourr
bouse
bousy
bouto
bouts
brubu
bruce
bruch
bruet
brugh
bruhn
bruin
bruis
bruit
bruja
brujo
bruke
brule
brume
brune
bruni
brunk
brunn
bruno
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bruns
brusa
brusk
bruta
bruyn
bruzz
cauca
cauch
cauda
cauld
cauli
cauls
cauma
caupo
causa
ccuta
ceuta
chuah
chubb
chubs
chuch
chude
chuet
chufa
chuff
chugs
chuje
chula
chums
chung
chura
churl
churm
churr
chuse
clubb
clubs
clues
cluff
clune
clunk
cluny
clute
couac
coude
couma
coups
courb
cours
cousy
couth
couve
cruce
cruck
cruds
crudy
cruet
crull
crunk
crunt
cruor
crura
cruse
cruth
daube
daubs
dauby
dauke
dault
daune
dauri
dauts
deuna
deuno
dhuti
diurn
djuka
dlupg
douai
douar
douay
doubs
douce
douds
dougl
dougy
douma
doums
doura
douro
douse
douty
drubs
druce
druci
drucy
drugi
drugs
drums
drung
drunt
drupa
drupe
drury
druse
drusi
drusy
druxy
druze
dyula
educe
educt
ehudd
ejusd
elura
elurd
elute
emule
emuls
enugu
enure
epulo
equel
eques
equid
equiv
equus
eruca
eruct
erugo
erump
erund
etuis
etuve
exude
exuma
exurb
exust
fauch
faugh
fauld
faulx
fauns
faurd
faure
fause
faust
faute
fauve
fdubs
feuar
feuds
feued
feune
feute
fiume
flubs
flued
fluer
flues
fluey
fluky
flump
fluor
flurn
flurr
flurt
flusk
fluty
fluyt
fouke
foulk
fouls
fount
fouqu
fourb
fours
foute
fouth
fouty
frugs
fruin
fruma
frump
frush
frust
gauby
gaucy
gauds
gauls
gault
gaums
gaumy
gaura
gaure
gauri
gaurs
gause
gauss
gauzy
geums
giuba
giuki
giule
giust
gjuki
gluck
glued
gluer
glues
gluey
glugs
gluma
glume
glump
gluon
gluts
gouda
goudy
gough
gould
goumi
goura
goury
gouts
gouty
grubb
grube
grubs
grues
gruft
gruis
grume
grump
grush
gruss
gruys
hauck
hauge
haugh
hauld
haulm
hauls
hault
hausa
hause
haust
heuau
heuch
heugh
houck
hough
hoult
houma
houri
hours
houss
housy
houve
hsuan
iduna
iguac
imune
inuit
inula
inure
inurn
inust
itusa
izumi
jauch
jauks
jaups
joual
jough
jougs
jouks
joule
joung
journ
jours
jouve
jtunn
kauai
kauch
kaule
kauri
kaury
keung
khuai
khufu
khula
khuzi
kluck
kluge
klump
klunk
klute
klutz
knurl
knurs
knute
knuth
kouts
kouza
krubi
krupp
kruse
krute
krutz
kyung
lauan
lauda
laude
lauds
lauer
lauia
laund
laura
laure
lauri
lauro
laury
lautu
leuce
leuch
leuco
leuds
leuma
leund
leung
leupp
liuka
lludd
louch
louey
lough
louhi
louie
louin
louis
louls
loulu
loupe
loups
lourd
lours
loury
louth
louts
louty
louys
mauby
maude
mauds
maudy
mauer
maugh
mauls
maund
maura
maure
mauri
mauro
maury
mauts
mbuba
meung
meuni
meuse
meute
mnurs
mouch
moudy
moues
mould
moule
mouls
mouly
mousy
nauch
naumk
naunt
nauru
neuks
neuma
neume
neums
neuss
nguni
niuan
nould
nouma
nouns
obuda
obulg
ocuby
oculi
okubo
omura
omuta
oruro
oruss
osugi
ovula
ovule
paugh
pauky
paula
paule
pauli
paull
paulo
pauly
pauxi
peuhl
pfund
phuts
piura
piuri
piute
pluff
plugs
pluma
plums
plumy
plupf
pluto
pluvi
pouce
poucy
pouff
poufs
poule
poulp
poult
pours
pousy
pouts
prudi
prudy
prunt
pruss
pruta
pruth
rauch
rauli
raupo
reube
reuel
reune
rhumb
rouen
roues
rougy
rouky
roups
roupy
roust
routh
routs
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
taube
taula
tauli
taupe
taupo
tauri
tauts
teuch
teugh
thuan
thuds
thugs
thuja
thule
thulr
thund
thung
thunk
thuoc
thurl
thurm
thurs
thurt
thury
thuya
tould
tound
toure
tourn
tours
tourt
touse
toust
tousy
touts
trubu
truda
trude
trudi
trudy
trued
trues
truff
trugs
trula
trull
truro
trush
tsuba
tsubo
tsuda
tsuga
tsuma
uaupe
uhuru
uluhi
ululu
ulund
unurn
unuse
upupa
urubu
urucu
urutu
usure
usury
vaudy
veuve
viuva
vlund
vouge
vouli
voust
wauch
waugh
wauks
wauls
wauna
wauns
waura
wausa
wauve
wburg
whuff
whulk
whump
whush
whute
wouch
wough
yauco
yauds
yauld
yaups
yeuks
yeuky
yeung
youff
youre
yourn
yours
yourt
youse
youve
youze
yquem
zmudz
What These Words Have in Common
Letter patterns across all 990 matches.
Most common letters
u990
s363
a329
r306
l273
e265
o245
t243
h176
n164
Most common letter by position
The most common letter in the 1st position is s, appearing in 170 of 990 words.
Vowel distribution
- 0 with no vowels
- 252 with 1 unique vowel
- 551 with 2 unique vowels
- 187 with 3+ unique vowels
Most common endings
- -se · 26 words
- -gh · 23 words
- -ch · 22 words
- -te · 21 words
- -nt · 20 words
Strategy
167 answers and 990 valid guesses place U at position 3. Add another known letter to narrow it down.