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Five-letter words matching S__U_

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15 possible answers fit.

Among those candidates, SCOUT produces the smallest worst-case feedback group.

Top-ranked next guess SCOUT

Still undecided: 2nd letter: C, E, H, N, P, T, Y·3rd letter: G, O, R, T·5th letter: B, E, G, M, P, R, T

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Possible answers

SCOUR SCOUT SCRUB SCRUM SEGUE SERUM SETUP SHOUT SHRUB SHRUG SNOUT SPOUT

3 more possible answers are in the full list below.

Pattern guide

What fits S__U_?

All 62 matching words are shown above. 15 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

O 32% R 32% T 29% P 23% H 19% A 18%

Words with five different letters

77% of the matches have no repeated letters.

SCOUR SCOUT SCRUB SCRUM SERUM

Common letter pairs

OU 6% RU 5% SC 4% UP 4% SH 4%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 19% · two: 76% · three or more: 5%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match S__U_?
62 five-letter words match S__U_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 15 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, SALUE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.57 bits against the possible answers.
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