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5 Letter Words With U as the Fourth Letter
This list does three jobs: narrowing down a guess in a Wordle-style game, filling in a crossword, and checking whether a word is real. It has 264 five-letter words with U as the fourth letter, with the 70 common ones (about, group, issue, value) first.
The letter before the U is most often O (33 words), and the one after it S (92 words). On average a word here has 2.2 vowels, and the most frequent other vowel is E (in 79 words). 26% repeat a letter, like issue. The most common first letter is S (40 words).
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Common 5-letter words with U as the fourth letter (70)
Everyday words, most common first. Only these can be the answer in our daily puzzle.
- about
- group
- issue
- value
- album
- focus
- proud
- debut
- occur
- argue
- awful
- cloud
- bonus
- forum
- fraud
- input
- venue
- setup
- shout
- flour
- minus
- scout
- rogue
- vague
- queue
- trout
- syrup
- serum
- genus
- vogue
- scrub
- nexus
- lotus
- aloud
- stout
- bogus
- pious
- incur
- shrug
- undue
- sinus
- uncut
- clout
- shrub
- locus
- strut
- mucus
- spout
- snout
- mogul
- revue
- amour
- femur
- scour
- pique
- ensue
- rerun
- ghoul
- gamut
- debug
- fugue
- recur
- afoul
- rebut
- lemur
- torus
- segue
- rebus
- datum
- getup
Tip: try serum as your next guess. It tests 5 different letters that are common in this group. Since 26% of these words repeat a letter, try a double when nothing else fits.
All 5-letter words with U as the fourth letter (264)
From A to Z, including plurals and other forms that count as guesses.
about afoul album algum almud almug aloud amour ampul ankus annul arcus argue argus ascus augur aurum awful babul babus beaus beaut beaux begum begun bogus bolus bonus bosun butut caput casus cecum cloud clour clout conus croup cutup datum debug debus debut degum demur donut drouk durum ecrus embus emeus endue ennui ensue esque fanum favus femur fetus ficus filum fique flour flout focus forum fraud fucus fufus fugue fugus gamut genua genus getup ghaut ghoul gigue glout group grout gurus gyrus habus hakus hilum hilus hocus hokum humus ictus iglus ileum ileus ilium illus imaum imbue incur incus indue input issue jehus jorum jugum jujus kagus kaput khoum knaur knout korun kraut kudus kurus larum layup lehua lemur letup lieus linum locum locus lotus luaus lulus lupus lusus magus manus maqui menus meous miaul minus mixup modus mogul mohur momus mucus mumus negus nevus nexus nidus nisus nodus notum oakum occur odeum odium odour oleum onium opium picul pilus pinup pious pique popup praus proud pseud queue ramus rebus rebut rebuy recur recut redub redux rerun revue rheum risus rogue roque rubus sagum scaup scaur schul scour scout scrub scrum sebum sedum segue serum setup shaul shout shrub shrug shtum sieur sinus sirup situp situs snout solum solus sorus soyuz spout sprue sprug stoup stour stout strum strut sulus sunup swoun syrup tabun tabus taluk talus taxus tegua thous thrum tofus togue tolus tonus toque torus trout tuque tutus unaus uncus uncut undue usque vacua vague vagus value varus vatus velum venue virus vodun vogue vrouw wamus whaup woful xerus yamun zebus
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Frequently asked questions
How many five-letter words have U as the fourth letter?
Our dictionary has 264, which is 2.9% of all five-letter words. 70 of them are common words that can be the daily answer; the rest are valid guesses.
What is the most common five-letter word with U as the fourth letter?
Going by how often words appear in everyday English, about, followed by group and issue.
What is a good guess from this list?
Try serum. It has 5 different letters, all common in this group, so one guess tells you a lot. 26% of these words repeat a letter, so keep doubles in mind later.