- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 3.32 bits
It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the candidates cleanly.
Five-letter words with R, S and U in the middle
Our Wordle guess list has 31 five-letter words with R, S and U inside the middle three positions. Use this list when other clues place these letters somewhere in those positions.
31 matching words
Refine these results in Word Finder →- BRUSH past answer possible answer
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- CRUSH past answer possible answer
- CRUST past answer possible answer
- CURSE past answer possible answer
- NURSE past answer possible answer
- PURSE possible answer
- TRUSS past answer possible answer
- TRUST past answer possible answer
- USURP past answer possible answer
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This list has 31 Wordle guesses; 10 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 10 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: BRUSH (September 22, 2023); CRUSH (July 5, 2024); CRUST (July 12, 2021); CURSE (April 2, 2025); NURSE (April 12, 2025); TRUSS (January 3, 2022); TRUST (November 16, 2023); USURP (September 28, 2022).
CREPT does not fit this page's clues. CRUST keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.2 (2 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
Tight family:
_URSE
CURSE, NURSE, PURSE differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; CREPT 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.
- R most often the 3rd letter (45% of these words), also 2nd (42%), 4th (13%).
- S most often the 4th letter (87% of these words), also 2nd (13%), 5th (3%).
- U most often the 3rd letter (55% of these words), also 2nd (45%), 1st (10%).
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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.