Five-letter words matching _OU_N

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Position 1B 25%M 25%R 25%Y 25%
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MOURN is the only possible answer that fits.

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MOURN used BOURN guess ROUEN guess YOURN guess

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What fits _OU_N?

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  • 1st letter B, M, R, Y
  • 4th letter E, R
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MOURN

To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).

“For two months, she mourned her father's passing.”

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Past Wordle answer: March 3, 2022.

BOURN

Alternative form of bourne (“small stream or brook”).

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ROUEN

The prefecture of the department of Seine-Maritime, and the capital of the region of Normandy, France, on the Seine River.

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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YOURN

Yours.

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