5-Letter Words With O as the Second Letter and U as the Third
There are 188 five-letter words with O as the second letter and U as the third, including 43 common puzzle answers. These are the words matching the pattern _OU__ (an underscore is any letter). A handy list for Wordle and other five-letter word games.
Popular 5-Letter Puzzle Words With O as the Second Letter and U as the Third
Common puzzle answers are everyday words of the kind word puzzles choose as solutions, most common first. Plurals and rare words are valid guesses but rarely answers, so they're listed separately below.
- WOULD Used to indicate a conditional or hypothetical action or state
- COULD Past tense of can, expressing possibility or ability
- HOUSE A building that serves as living quarters
- FOUND Established an organization; also the past tense of find
- YOUNG Being in an early stage of life or growth; not old
- COURT A place where legal cases are heard, or an area for playing certain sports
- SOUTH The direction or compass point that is directly opposite to north
- SOUND The auditory effect produced by vibrations traveling through air
- ROUND Having a circular or spherical shape
- TOUCH The act of making physical contact with something
- DOUBT A feeling of uncertainty about something
- COUNT Determine the number or amount of something
More Common Puzzle Answers
- MOUTH
- TOUGH
- YOUTH
- ROUTE
- ROUGH
- MOUNT
- BOUND
- POUND
- MOUSE
- WOUND
- COUCH
- COUGH
- DOUGH
- ROUGE
- MOUND
- HOUND
- POUCH
- MOURN
- COUPE
- LOUSY
- VOUCH
- ROUSE
- GOURD
- BOUGH
- GOUGE
- LOUSE
- DOUSE
- JOUST
- POUTY
- SOUPY
Show all 43 common puzzle answers All 43 common puzzle answers
- BOULE
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Useful Pattern Information
- Most common first letter: R (11%), P (10%), M (9%)
- Most common last letter: S (31%), E (18%), H (11%)
- Most common additional vowel: E, in 21% of these words
- Letters that most often appear alongside: S, R, T, L, E
- Most have 2 vowels (70%)
- 11% contain a repeated letter
- 43 of the 188 are common puzzle answers (23%)
Other Valid Words
145 additional dictionary words have O as the second letter and U as the third — valid guesses, though rarely answers. Most common first.
- HOURS
- LOUIS
- YOURS
- SOULS
- TOURS
- MOULD
- LOUIE
- NOUNS
- FOURS
- POURS
- BOUTS
- FOULS
- SOUPS
- HOUGH
- COUPS
- LOUGH
- ROUEN
- TOUTS
- COURS
- JOULE
- SOURS
- BOULT
- FOUNT
- YOUSE
- BOURG
- DOULA
- MOULT
- DOUMA
- JOURS
- BOURN
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- DOUCE
- ROUTH
- ROUTS
- POUTS
- LOUTS
- LOUPE
- MOUSY
- SOUKS
- MOULE
- GOUTY
- SOUSE
- ROUST
- SOUGH
- POULE
- BOUSE
- COUTH
- LOURY
- LOUND
- ROULE
- SOUCE
- MOUCH
- BOUGE
- GOUTS
- DOURA
- FOUTH
- POULT
- YOURN
- TOUSE
- LOUPS
- POUCE
- KOURA
- HOURI
- ZOUKS
- FOULE
- HOUTS
- MOULY
- POUFS
- COURE
- POUFY
- BOUNS
- LOURS
- COURD
- MOUST
- TOUNS
- MOUES
- LOUNS
- LOURE
- BOURD
- COUDE
- ROUES
- POUIS
- SOUTS
- LOUED
- DOUTS
- MOULS
- POUPE
- SOULY
- COUTA
- BOUSY
- ROULS
- MOUPS
- ROUMS
- FOUER
- POUSY
- ROUPS
- LOUMA
- SOUMS
- DOUMS
- FOUDS
- DOUPS
- GOURA
- TOUSY
- ROUPY
- BOUKS
- GOUCH
- NOUST
- FOUAT
- NOULE
- DOUAR
- FOUET
- POUKE
- ROUET
- JOUGS
- POUPT
- VOUGE
- ROUGY
- POUKS
- NOULS
- SOUCT
- ROUKS
- JOUAL
- TOUZE
- NOUNY
- TOUKS
- MOUFS
- NOUPS
- DOUCS
- HOUFS
- ROUKY
- DOUKS
- POUFF
- JOUKS
- ROUFS
- HOUFF
- TOUZY
- NOULD
- GOUKS
- NOUGS
- COURB
- BOUTU
- POULP
- YOURT
- VOULU
- YOUKS
- NOUJA
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