Five-letter words starting with O and ending in UM (O__UM)

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Position 2D 29%A 14%L 14%N 14%
Position 3I 57%E 29%K 14%
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OPIUM possible OAKUM guess ODEUM guess ODIUM guess OLEUM guess ONIUM guess OTIUM guess

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OPIUM

A yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.

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OAKUM

Coarse fibres separated by hackling from flax or hemp when preparing the latter for spinning.

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ODEUM

Alternative form of odeon.

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ODIUM

Hatred; dislike.

“His conduct brought him into odium, or, brought odium upon him.”

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OLEUM

A solution of sulfur trioxide in sulfuric acid.

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ONIUM

Any cation derived by the addition of a proton to the hydride of any element of the nitrogen, chalcogen or halogen families.

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OTIUM

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How many five-letter words match O__UM?
7 five-letter words match O__UM in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 1 is a possible answer.