5 letter words ending in U

There are 73 five-letter words in English ending in U. 3 of them appear on the curated Wordle answer list, so they are the most likely candidates if you hit this pattern in today's puzzle. U is one of the most common letters in English, so almost every Wordle answer contains it somewhere.

Common words (3)

Words from the curated Wordle answer list — the most likely candidates for today’s solution.

  • adieu
  • snafu
  • bayou

Other valid words (70)

Five-letter words from the broader English dictionary the game accepts as guesses, but which rarely show up as answers.

  • ahuru
  • bantu
  • battu
  • bijou
  • bitou
  • boyau
  • buchu
  • bucku
  • bundu
  • bussu
  • centu
  • chiru
  • cornu
  • coyau
  • coypu
  • cymru
  • fichu
  • fogou
  • fondu
  • haiku
  • hinau
  • hindu
  • hokku
  • isuzu
  • jambu
  • kanzu
  • kauru
  • kawau
  • kombu
  • konbu
  • kudzu
  • lassu
  • macau
  • mapau
  • miaou
  • muntu
  • nairu
  • nandu
  • nauru
  • nikau
  • noyau
  • otaku
  • palau
  • pareu
  • pelau
  • pendu
  • perdu
  • pikau
  • pilau
  • poilu
  • ponzu
  • poyou
  • prahu
  • quipu
  • sadhu
  • sajou
  • samfu
  • shoyu
  • tatou
  • tendu
  • tuktu
  • uhuru
  • urubu
  • vendu
  • vertu
  • virtu
  • vodou
  • voulu
  • wagyu
  • wushu

Most likely letters by position

For each slot, the letters that appear most often in these words. Color intensity reflects frequency.

Pos. 1
p15%
b14%
c8%
k8%
s7%
Pos. 2
a29%
o21%
i14%
u12%
e10%
Pos. 3
n19%
u10%
i8%
y8%
r7%
Pos. 4
a16%
o12%
d11%
r10%
t10%
Pos. 5
u100%

Most frequent letters overall

Useful for picking your next guess — frequent letters give you more information per try.

u
a
o
n
i
b
r
p
h
k

Vowels per word

How many vowels (A, E, I, O, U) these five-letter words contain.

1 vowel
1 (1%)
2 vowels
37 (51%)
3 vowels
33 (45%)
4 vowels
2 (3%)

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