5-Letter Words with O and U
There are 111 common five-letter words with O and U in Hintwordo's list, and 171 more that are valid but rarely used. The most familiar are ABOUT, WOULD, COULD, FOUND, GROUP, COURT. Words are ranked by how often they appear in real-world writing, so the ones at the top are the likeliest answers in a daily five-letter puzzle.
Apart from the letters in the name, the most common letters in this list are T (in 33% of words), R (28%) and S (23%) — good letters to test next.
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Common words (111)
Type a pattern with ? for unknown letters (s?a?e), or letters the word must contain (ae).
Showing 111 of 111
- very common: about
- very common: would
- very common: could
- very common: found
- very common: group
- very common: court
- very common: sound
- very common: round
- very common: focus
- very common: house
- very common: touch
- very common: doubt
- very common: count
- very common: mouth
- very common: proud
- very common: tough
- very common: youth
- very common: route
- very common: young
- very common: south
- very common: quote
- very common: rough
- very common: audio
- very common: occur
- very common: bound
- very common: cloud
- very common: bonus
- very common: forum
- very common: ought
- very common: mouse
- very common: union
- very common: outer
- very common: wound
- very common: humor
- very common: couch
- very common: shout
- very common: flour
- very common: scout
- very common: tumor
- very common: cough
- very common: rogue
- very common: dough
- very common: ounce
- very common: trout
- very common: turbo
- very common: rumor
- common: mount
- common: tutor
- common: rouge
- common: lotus
- common: mound
- common: quota
- common: pound
- common: aloud
- common: opium
- common: bogus
- common: hound
- common: mourn
- common: pouch
- common: jumbo
- common: coupe
- common: lousy
- common: pious
- common: clout
- common: locus
- common: bayou
- common: juror
- common: vouch
- common: spout
- common: rouse
- common: snout
- common: amour
- common: gusto
- common: scour
- common: vogue
- common: ghoul
- common: lough
- common: grout
- common: gourd
- common: bough
- common: outdo
- common: gouge
- common: gumbo
- common: stout
- common: afoul
- common: guano
- common: bolus
- common: louse
- common: douse
- common: locum
- less common: torus
- less common: futon
- less common: furor
- less common: bijou
- less common: joust
- less common: curio
- less common: buxom
- less common: burro
- less common: fount
- less common: soupy
- less common: mogul
- less common: flout
- less common: croup
- less common: gluon
- less common: toque
- less common: quoth
- less common: hokum
- less common: mousy
- less common: unbox
- less common: odium
- less common: outre
Letter patterns in these words
Most common other letters
- t33%
- r28%
- s23%
- g20%
- n19%
- h19%
Most common letter by position
| Position 1 | Position 2 | Position 3 | Position 4 | Position 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| c9% | o52% | u41% | u34% | t15% |
A strong first guess from this list: torus
Puzzle tips
- A yellow tile tells you the letter is in the word but not where. This list shows every position it could be in.
- Use the pattern box to add what you know about positions, like ?r??e.
- Repeated letters count: a word like ALPHA contains A twice.
Less common valid words (171)
hours · yours · souls · tours · louis · euros · kudos · mould · donut · nouns · fours · pours · bouts · fouls · autos · soups · odour · modus · outed · coups · buoys · rouen · touts · louie · hocus · roque · duomo · mungo · punto · pouty · sours · conus · solus · youse · bourg · moult · douma · stour · fluor · bucko · bourn · douce · boule · routh · soyuz · routs · louts · pouts · guyot · hullo · loupe · muons · cornu · souks · bosun · junco · junto · thous · ousts · gouty · bunco · bunko · ovule · oleum · solum · oculi · shoyu · souse · joule · quoin · buteo · momus · roust · sough · stoup · tonus · oakum · quoit · scudo · bouse · couth · ouzel · loury · mucor · vrouw · buffo · duros · vodun · outgo · sumos · updos · fungo · mouch · fondu · gouts · nodus · poilu · putto · doura · poult · yourn · loups · touse · houri · vulgo · notum · sulfo · poufs · knout · puton · coypu · miaou · odeum · onium · hokku · duroc · guiro · pouff · ourie · fugio · unwon · khoum · tolus · umbos · meous · joual · ungot · ousel · jupon · outby · moues · coude · erugo · ouzos · roups · quods · uredo · doums · sorus · uncoy · korun · poyou · upbow · glout · roupy · roues · sajou · lours · kusso · woful · jouks · bousy · mohur · drouk · guaco · togue · mucro · muton · jorum · judos · yupon · sudor · swoun · uncos · duomi · ouphs · cusso · cruor · clour · ouphe · tofus