5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _OU_D

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Possible answers

BOUND COULD FOUND GOURD HOUND MOUND POUND ROUND SOUND WOULD WOUND

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This pattern has 17 words in the Wordle guess list; 11 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 11 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: COULD (January 29, 2022); FOUND (March 28, 2022); HOUND (April 18, 2023); POUND (August 7, 2021); ROUND (September 17, 2021); SOUND (February 14, 2023); WOULD (December 14, 2023); WOUND (October 12, 2025).

Top-ranked splitter SWIRL
Average remaining
2.82
Worst branch
5
Information
2.4 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

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SWIRL does not fit this page's clues. ROUND keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 5.0 (7 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: _OUND

BOUND, FOUND, HOUND, MOUND, POUND, ROUND, SOUND, WOUND differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; SWIRL tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _OU_D?

All 17 matching words are shown above. 11 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

N 59% L 35% R 24% B 12% C 12% M 12%

Words with five different letters

100% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BOUND COULD FOUND GOURD HOUND

Common letter pairs

OU 25% UN 13% ND 13% UL 6% LD 6%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 94% · three or more: 6%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _OU_D?
17 five-letter words match _OU_D in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 11 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, LOUED has the highest feedback entropy at 5.06 bits against the possible answers.
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