5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _IRU_

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VIRUS is the only possible answer that fits.

The other match is a valid Wordle guess, but not a possible answer.

Possible answer VIRUS

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VIRUS

used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer

VIRUS possible SIRUP guess

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What fits _IRU_?

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  • 1st letter S, V
  • 5th letter P, S
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VIRUS

A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure that consists of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and that sometimes causes disease in the host organism (such agents are often classed as nonliving infectious particles and less often as microorganisms).

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

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SIRUP

Dated form of syrup.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

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