- Average remaining
- 1.33
- Worst branch
- 2
- Information
- 2.25 bits
It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.
Five-letter words starting with U and ending in ER (U__ER)
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10
matching words
Shortlist
What the remaining words have in common
10 matching words0 not previously used6 past answers
Position 2P 20%S 20%D 10%L 10%
Position 3T 30%D 20%B 10%C 10%
used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer
Primary objective: finish in the turns you have left
Can you finish U__ER?
Set your guesses left, add the feedback you already have, and explore what each next guess could reveal. This planner starts with U__ER as your green-letter clues.
Plans use our working Wordle answer pool, including previously used answers. A guarantee applies to that pool and the clues you enter.
Two-turn example: PLODS
In normal mode, this play can cover 5 of 6 possible answers within two guesses, using the pattern alone.
See how the feedback separates the answers
- Gray, Gray, Gray, Gray, Gray UTTER — play this answer next
- Gray, Gray, Gray, Gray, Yellow USHER — play this answer next
- Gray, Gray, Gray, Yellow, Gray UDDER, UNDER — choose between 2 answers on the last turn
- Gray, Green, Gray, Gray, Gray ULCER — play this answer next
- Yellow, Gray, Gray, Gray, Gray UPPER — play this answer next
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This pattern has 10 words in the Wordle guess list; 6 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 6 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.
Previously used by Wordle: UDDER (January 29, 2025); ULCER (February 11, 2022); UNDER (April 10, 2023); UPPER (January 23, 2025); USHER (December 5, 2021); UTTER (May 24, 2023).
PLODS does not fit this page's clues. UDDER keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 3.0 (4 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.
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Pattern guide
What fits U__ER?
All 10 matching words are shown above. 6 are possible answers.
Letters that fit the blanks
- 2nd letter D, L, M, N, P, R, S, T
- 3rd letter B, C, D, G, H, P, T
Meanings and answer history
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UDDER
An organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals, particularly ruminants such as cattle, goats, sheep and deer.
“squeeze the udder to get milk”
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: January 29, 2025.
ULCER
An open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous membrane, often caused by an initial abrasion and generally maintained by an inflammation and/or an infection.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: February 11, 2022.
UNDER
Beneath; below; at or to the bottom of, or the area covered or surmounted by.
“We found some shade under a tree.”
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: April 10, 2023.
UPPER
At a higher physical position, level, rank or order.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: January 23, 2025.
USHER
A person, in a church, cinema etc., who escorts people to their seats.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: December 5, 2021.
UTTER
To the furthest or most extreme extent; absolute, complete, total, unconditional.
“utter bliss utter darkness utter ruin”
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: May 24, 2023.
UMBER
A brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which contains iron and manganese oxides.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
UPTER
Useless, no good.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
URGER
One who urges.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
USTER
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
Common questions
- How many five-letter words match U__ER?
- 10 five-letter words match U__ER in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 6 are possible answers.