Five-letter words matching _OU__

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What the remaining words have in common

188 matching words6 not previously used37 past answers

Position 1R 11%P 10%M 9%L 8%
Position 4R 14%L 13%T 11%N 10%
Position 5S 31%E 18%H 11%T 10%

43 of the 188 matches are possible answers.

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

Possible answers

31 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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

BOUGH used BOULE possible BOUND possible COUCH used COUGH possible COULD used COUNT used COUPE possible COURT used DOUBT used DOUGH used FOUND used GOUGE used GOURD possible HOUND used HOUSE used JOUST used LOUSE used LOUSY used MOULT used MOUND used MOUNT used MOURN used MOUSE used MOUTH used POUCH possible POUND used POUTY used ROUGE used ROUGH used ROUND used ROUSE used ROUTE used SOUND used SOUPY used SOUTH used TOUCH used TOUGH used VOUCH used WOULD used WOUND used YOUNG used YOUTH used BOUTS guess FOULS guess FOURS guess HOURS guess LOUIE guess LOUIS guess MOULD guess NOUNS guess POURS guess SOULS guess SOUPS guess TOURS guess YOURS guess BOUGE guess BOUKS guess BOULT guess BOUNS guess BOURD guess BOURG guess BOURN guess BOUSE guess BOUSY guess BOUTU guess COUDE guess COUPS guess COURB guess COURD guess COURE guess COURS guess COUTA guess COUTH guess DOUAR guess DOUCE guess DOUCS guess DOUKS guess DOULA guess DOUMA guess DOUMS guess DOUPS guess DOURA guess DOUSE guess DOUTS guess FOUAT guess FOUDS guess FOUER guess FOUET guess FOULE guess FOUNT guess FOUTH guess GOUCH guess GOUKS guess GOURA guess GOUTS guess GOUTY guess HOUFF guess HOUFS guess HOUGH guess HOURI guess HOUTS guess JOUAL guess JOUGS guess JOUKS guess JOULE guess JOURS guess KOURA guess LOUED guess LOUGH guess LOUMA guess LOUND guess LOUNS guess LOUPE guess LOUPS guess LOURE guess LOURS guess LOURY guess LOUTS guess MOUCH guess MOUES guess MOUFS guess MOULE guess MOULS guess MOULY guess MOUPS guess MOUST guess MOUSY guess NOUGS guess NOUJA guess NOULD guess NOULE guess NOULS guess NOUNY guess NOUPS guess NOUST guess POUCE guess POUFF guess POUFS guess POUFY guess POUIS guess POUKE guess POUKS guess POULE guess POULP guess POULT guess POUPE guess POUPT guess POUSY guess POUTS guess ROUEN guess ROUES guess ROUET guess ROUFS guess ROUGY guess ROUKS guess ROUKY guess ROULE guess ROULS guess ROUMS guess ROUPS guess ROUPY guess ROUST guess ROUTH guess ROUTS guess SOUCE guess SOUCT guess SOUGH guess SOUKS guess SOULY guess SOUMS guess SOURS guess SOUSE guess SOUTS guess TOUKS guess TOUNS guess TOUSE guess TOUSY guess TOUTS guess TOUZE guess TOUZY guess VOUGE guess VOULU guess YOUKS guess YOURN guess YOURT guess YOUSE guess ZOUKS guess

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Pattern guide

What fits _OU__?

All 188 matching words are shown above. 43 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

89% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

OU 188/188 words (100%) UR 26/188 words (14%) UL 24/188 words (13%) UT 20/188 words (11%) RO 20/188 words (11%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 70% · three or more: 30%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _OU__?
188 five-letter words match _OU__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 43 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, ROUET has the highest feedback entropy at 5.52 bits against the possible answers.