5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching __UF_

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What the remaining words have in common

24 matching words1 not previously used4 past answers

Position 1P 21%S 21%C 13%H 13%
Position 2O 29%L 17%A 13%R 13%
Position 5F 54%S 25%T 8%A 4%

Possible answers

BLUFF FLUFF GRUFF SNUFF STUFF

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This pattern has 24 words in the Wordle guess list; 5 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 5 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: BLUFF (July 30, 2022); FLUFF (July 6, 2022); GRUFF (November 29, 2025); STUFF (May 27, 2026).

Top-ranked splitter BANGS
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
2.32 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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BANGS does not fit this page's clues. LAUFS keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.8 (2 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.

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Pattern guide

What fits __UF_?

All 24 matching words are shown above. 5 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

S 46% O 29% L 21% C 21% H 21% P 21%

Words with five different letters

46% of the matches have no repeated letters.

CHUFA CRUFT GRUFE HAUFS HOUFS

Common letter pairs

UF 24/24 words (100%) FF 13/24 words (54%) OU 7/24 words (29%) FS 6/24 words (25%) LU 4/24 words (17%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 50% · two: 50% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match __UF_?
24 five-letter words match __UF_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 5 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, GRUFE has the highest feedback entropy at 4.63 bits against the possible answers.