5 letter words with U in position 2

There are 1,222 five-letter words in English with U in position 2. 283 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 (283)

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

gusto
judge
suing
turns
fudge
mummy
dunes
mules
quote
cumin
hunts
quays
quilt
mucus
ruder
mulch
rules
rupee
guest
puree
tusks
humid
nudge
lucky
cuffs
bunks
lumpy
duels
bused
quirk
buggy
gully
ruffs
guard
burnt
gusts
curly
bulks
sugar
ounce
hurls
query
ought
quaff
jumps
bully
mused
rural
gulls
juror
guppy
humps
muted
aunty
guilt
cures
suede
curls
ruins
qualm
tubal
built
mushy
hunky
quack
butch
quite
jumbo
guile
puffy
humus
curry
pushy
dusky
quake
outgo
suits
gulch
guild
ruddy
auras
furze
juicy
fussy
rusty
musky
rumba
curvy
quoth
husks
lumen
fumes
outdo
hulks
pupil
fully
dully
tutor
lucid
curds
burst
cubit
runes
purse
murky
bulbs
funky
lunar
bucks
punch
lulls
pumps
gumbo
dumpy
tubes
fuels
suave
queen
pulls
duchy
lusty
dunce
hunch
suite
rugby
super
dukes
furry
furor
quill
queer
fungi
mumps
queue
guess
tunic
mural
quell
quota
lurks
fumed
dutch
auger
buxom
sumac
surge
puffs
lurch
aunts
gusty
quits
lutes
sushi
quail
bugle
turbo
ruses
bulls
guano
hulls
lured
quest
mutes
music
dupes
burro
dunno
cubes
quasi
hurry
tuned
lupus
funds
dusty
tumor
quiet
nutty
lunge
sunny
sully
bunny
cutie
juice
curio
junks
guava
quire
pubic
ducks
mucky
fugue
nurse
audit
butts
quark
bushy
fuzzy
junta
bulky
tulle

Showing the first 200 of 283.

Other valid words (939)

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

audad
aulas
aulic
auloi
aulos
aumil
aunes
aurae
aural
aurar
aurei
aures
auric
auris
aurum
auxin
buats
buaze
bubal
bubas
bubba
bubbe
bubby
bubus
buchu
bucko
bucku
budas
budis
budos
buena
buffa
buffe
buffi
buffo
buffs
buffy
bufos
bufty
buhls
buhrs
buick
buiks
buist
bukes
bulgy
bulla
bulse
bumbo
bumfs
bumph
bumpy
bunas
bunce
bunco
bunde
bundh
bunds
bundt
bundu
bundy
bungs
bungy
bunia
bunje
bunjy
bunko
bunns
bunts
bunty
bunya
buppy
buran
buras
burbs
burds
buret
burfi
burgh
burgs
burin
burka
burke
burks
burls
burma
buroo
burps
burqa
burry
bursa
burse
busby
busch
buses
busks
busky
bussu
busti
busty
buteo
butes
butle
butoh
butty
butut
butyl
buzzy
cuban
cubby
cubeb
cubed
cuber
cuddy
cuffo
cuifs
cuing
cuish
cuits
cukes
culch
culet
culex
culls
cully
culms
culpa
culti
culty
cumec
cundy
cunei
cunit
cunts
cupel
cupid
cuppa
cuppy
curat
curbs
curch
curdy
curer
curet
curfs
curia
curie
curli
curns
curny
currs
cursi
cusec
cushy
cusks
cusps
cuspy
cusso
cusum
cutch
cuter
cutes
cutey
cutin
cutis
cutto
cutty
cutup
cuvee
cuzes
duads
duals
duane
duans
duars
dubai
dubbo
duces
ducky
duddy
duded
dudes
duett
duffs
dufus
duing
duits
dukas
duked
dukka
dulce
dules
dulia
dulls
dulse
dumas
dumbo
dumbs
dumka
dumky

Showing the first 200 of 939.

Most likely letters by position

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

Pos. 1

b10%

m8%

p8%

d7%

s7%

Pos. 2

u100%

Pos. 3

r16%

n10%

l10%

s8%

m7%

Pos. 4

e14%

a8%

i8%

t8%

k6%

Pos. 5

s33%

y16%

e9%

a7%

o4%

Most frequent letters overall

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

Vowels per word

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

1 vowel

408 (33%)

2 vowels

670 (55%)

3 vowels

137 (11%)

4 vowels

7 (1%)