Five-letter words matching _UL__

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What the remaining words have in common

124 matching words4 not previously used11 past answers

Position 1P 15%G 11%M 10%C 8%
Position 4L 24%E 15%A 10%K 7%
Position 5S 35%Y 15%A 10%E 6%
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15 possible answers fit.

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

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

Possible answers

3 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

BULGE used BULKY used BULLY used DULLY possible FULLY used GULCH possible GULLY used MULCH used PULPY used PULSE possible RULER used SULKY used SULLY used TULIP used TULLE possible BULBS guess BULLS guess CULTS guess GULLS guess JULIA guess MULES guess PULLS guess RULED guess RULES guess AULAS guess AULIC guess AULOI guess AULOS guess BULGY guess BULKS guess BULLA guess BULSE guess CULCH guess CULET guess CULEX guess CULLS guess CULLY guess CULMS guess CULPA guess CULTI guess CULTY guess DULCE guess DULES guess DULIA guess DULLS guess DULSE guess FULLA guess FULLS guess FULTH guess FULWA guess GULAB guess GULAG guess GULAR guess GULAS guess GULES guess GULET guess GULFS guess GULFY guess GULPH guess GULPS guess GULPY guess HULAS guess HULES guess HULKS guess HULKY guess HULLO guess HULLS guess HULLY guess JULEP guess KULAK guess KULAN guess KULAS guess KULFI guess LULLS guess LULUS guess MULAI guess MULCT guess MULED guess MULEY guess MULGA guess MULIE guess MULLA guess MULLS guess MULSE guess MULSH guess NULLA guess NULLO guess NULLS guess NULLY guess OULKS guess PULAO guess PULAS guess PULED guess PULER guess PULES guess PULIK guess PULIS guess PULKA guess PULKS guess PULLI guess PULLY guess PULMO guess PULPS guess PULUS guess PULUT guess RULLY guess SULCI guess SULFA guess SULFO guess SULKS guess SULLS guess SULPH guess SULUS guess TULES guess TULPA guess TULPS guess TULSI guess VULGO guess VULNS guess VULVA guess WULLS guess YULAN guess YULES guess ZULUS guess

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Pattern guide

What fits _UL__?

All 124 matching words are shown above. 15 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

64% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

UL 124/124 words (100%) LL 30/124 words (24%) LE 19/124 words (15%) PU 18/124 words (15%) LS 18/124 words (15%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 40% · two: 53% · three or more: 7%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _UL__?
124 five-letter words match _UL__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 15 are possible answers.