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Five-letter words matching _UG__

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What the remaining words have in common

53 matching words1 not previously used7 past answers

Position 1F 17%M 11%A 9%R 9%
Position 4A 21%G 21%E 15%H 13%
Position 5S 26%Y 19%L 13%E 11%

8 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess RUGBY

Still undecided: 1st letter: A, B, F, M, O, R, S·4th letter: A, B, G, H, L, U·5th letter: E, R, T, Y

Possible answers

AUGUR BUGGY BUGLE FUGUE MUGGY OUGHT RUGBY SUGAR

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Pattern guide

What fits _UG__?

All 53 matching words are shown above. 8 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

A 34% S 30% E 28% L 25% R 21% Y 21%

Words with five different letters

66% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BUGLE OUGHT RUGBY SUGAR AUGEN

Common letter pairs

UG 53/53 words (100%) GA 12/53 words (23%) GG 11/53 words (21%) FU 9/53 words (17%) GE 8/53 words (15%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 28% · two: 55% · three or more: 17%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _UG__?
53 five-letter words match _UG__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 8 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, RUGAE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.17 bits against the possible answers.