Five-letter words matching _AU__

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23 possible answers fit.

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

Still undecided: 1st letter: C, D, F, G, H, J, L, M, P, S, T, V·4th letter: C, D, G, L, N, P, S, T, V, Z·5th letter: A, E, H, K, T, Y

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Possible answers

11 more possible answers are in the full list below.

CAULK used CAUSE used DAUNT used FAULT used FAUNA possible GAUDY used GAUGE used GAUNT used GAUZE used HAUNT used HAUTE possible JAUNT used LAUGH used MAUVE used PAUSE used SAUCE possible SAUCY used SAUNA used SAUTE used TAUNT used TAUPE used VAULT used VAUNT possible LAURA guess BAUDS guess BAUKS guess BAULK guess BAURS guess CAUDA guess CAUKS guess CAULD guess CAULS guess CAUMS guess CAUPS guess CAURI guess CAUSA guess DAUBE guess DAUBS guess DAUBY guess DAUDS guess DAULT guess DAURS guess DAUTS guess FAUCH guess FAUGH guess FAULD guess FAUNS guess FAURD guess FAUTE guess FAUTS guess FAUVE guess GAUCH guess GAUCY guess GAUDS guess GAUJE guess GAULT guess GAUMS guess GAUMY guess GAUPS guess GAURS guess GAUSS guess GAUZY guess HAUDS guess HAUFS guess HAUGH guess HAUGO guess HAULD guess HAULM guess HAULS guess HAULT guess HAUNS guess HAUSE guess JAUKS guess JAUNE guess JAUPS guess KAUGH guess KAURI guess KAURU guess KAURY guess LAUAN guess LAUCH guess LAUDE guess LAUDS guess LAUFS guess LAUND guess MAUBY guess MAUDS guess MAUKA guess MAULA guess MAULS guess MAUMS guess MAUMY guess MAUND guess MAUNT guess MAURI guess MAUSY guess MAUTS guess MAUVY guess MAUZY guess NAUCH guess NAUNT guess PAUAS guess PAULS guess PAUXI guess RAULI guess RAUNS guess RAUPO guess SAUBA guess SAUCH guess SAUGH guess SAULS guess SAULT guess SAUNF guess SAUNT guess SAURY guess SAUTS guess SAUVE guess TAUBE guess TAULD guess TAUON guess TAUTS guess TAUTY guess VAUCH guess VAUTE guess VAUTS guess WAUFF guess WAUGH guess WAUKS guess WAULK guess WAULS guess WAURS guess YAUDS guess YAULD guess YAUPS guess

Pattern guide

What fits _AU__?

All 134 matching words are shown above. 23 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

82% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

AU 25% UL 4% UN 3% GA 3% MA 3%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 72% · three or more: 28%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _AU__?
134 five-letter words match _AU__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 23 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, SAUTE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.63 bits against the possible answers.
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