Five-letter words with R, U and X
Our Wordle guess list has 9 five-letter words containing R, U and X, wherever those letters fall. Use the list when you have yellow tiles but not their positions.
9 matching words
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Possible answers
None of these 9 words is listed as a possible answer. They are still valid Wordle guesses.
Where these letters usually land
You know these letters are in the word (yellow tiles) but not where. Across the 9 matching words, here's where each one tends to sit, which can help place your next guess.
- R most often the 2nd letter (33% of these words), also 3rd (33%), 1st (11%), 4th (11%).
- U most often the 2nd letter (33% of these words), also 4th (33%), 3rd (22%), 1st (11%).
- X most often the 5th letter (56% of these words), also 1st (11%), 2nd (11%), 3rd (11%).
Word notes
Definitions are sourced or editorially reviewed and do not determine word-list status. Corrections.
DRUXY
Having decayed spots or streaks of a whitish colour; rotten, decayed.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
EXURB
A residential area beyond the suburbs.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
LUREX
Alternative letter-case form of Lurex.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
LUXER
Not found among the past answers in this archive.
MUREX
Any of the genus Murex of marine gastropods.
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PREUX
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REDUX
Of a topic, redone, restored, brought back, or revisited.
“After an unusually cold August, September felt like summer redux as a heatwave sent temperatures soaring.”
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
URBEX
The exploration of man-made environments, especially urban structures that are abandoned or off-limits; urban exploration.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
XERUS
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