- Average remaining
- 2.57
- Worst branch
- 5
- Information
- 2.84 bits
It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the candidates cleanly.
Five-letter words with N, O and U in the middle
Our Wordle guess list has 31 five-letter words with N, O and U inside the middle three positions. Use this list when other clues place these letters somewhere in those positions.
31 matching words
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- BOUND possible answer
- COUNT past answer possible answer
- DONUT past answer possible answer
- FOUND past answer possible answer
- HOUND past answer possible answer
- MOUND possible answer
- MOUNT past answer possible answer
- POUND past answer possible answer
- ROUND past answer possible answer
- SNOUT past answer possible answer
- SOUND past answer possible answer
- WOUND past answer possible answer
- YOUNG past answer possible answer
- NOUNS Wordle guess
- BONUM Wordle guess
- BOUNS Wordle guess
- CONUS Wordle guess
- FOUNT Wordle guess
- KNOUD Wordle guess
- KNOUT Wordle guess
- LOUND Wordle guess
- LOUNS Wordle guess
- MUONS Wordle guess
- NOUNY Wordle guess
- QUONK Wordle guess
- RONUK Wordle guess
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- SUONA Wordle guess
- TONUS Wordle guess
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This list has 31 Wordle guesses; 14 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 14 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: BONUS (February 9, 2025); COUNT (January 24, 2023); DONUT (July 7, 2023); FOUND (March 28, 2022); HOUND (April 18, 2023); MOUNT (January 27, 2022); POUND (August 7, 2021); ROUND (September 17, 2021); plus 4 more.
MYTHS does not fit this page's clues. MOUND keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 4.14 (7 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
Trap warning:
_OUND
BOUND, FOUND, HOUND, MOUND, POUND, ROUND, SOUND, WOUND differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; MYTHS tests the family more efficiently.
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Where these letters usually land
You know these letters are in the word (yellow tiles) but not where. Across the 31 matching words, here's where each one tends to sit, which can help place your next guess.
- N most often the 4th letter (68% of these words), also 3rd (23%), 2nd (10%), 1st (6%).
- O most often the 2nd letter (77% of these words), also 3rd (19%), 4th (3%).
- U most often the 3rd letter (58% of these words), also 4th (29%), 2nd (13%).
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Every match is in our Wordle guess list. “Possible answer” marks words on the answer list used by this site's solver, while “Past answer” marks words already used. For more filters, continue this search in Word Finder.