5 Letter Words With G and U

73 of the 531 5 letter words with g and u can still be the solution and 23 turn up in ordinary writing. The rest are here to rule out.

G and U in any order leaves 531 candidates. ARGUE, AUGUR, BEGUN come first.

73 can be the answer and 23 are everyday words. Where those two overlap is where to start.

Best First Guesses

With 531 words to get through, the first guess decides most of the round. Each one below is on this list, so it could be the answer outright, and the number beside it is how many words would still be left in the worst case.

GAUGE: takes 531 down to 65 at worst. It is on the answer list.
SURGE: down to 74. It is on the answer list.
GUEST: down to 78. It is on the answer list.

What These Words Have in Common

S is the ending to expect here, closing 104 of these words. If you need a second letter to test, A (162), S (153) and E (137) appear here more than any others. Only 23 of the 531 are everyday words. The rest belong to crosswords more than to conversation, so lean on the letters above rather than on the tail of the list.

Best 5 Letter Words With G and U

The strongest picks, with answer-list words first.

ARGUE
AUGUR
BEGUN
BOUGH
BUDGE
BUGGY
BUGLE
BULGE
CLUNG
COUGH
DEBUG
DOUGH
FLUNG
FUDGE
FUGUE
FUNGI
GAMUT
GAUDY
GAUGE
GAUNT
GAUZE
GHOUL
GOUGE
GOURD
GROUP
GROUT
GRUEL
GRUFF
GRUNT
GUARD
GUAVA
GUESS
GUEST
GUIDE
GUILD
GUILE
GUILT
GUISE
GULCH
GULLY
GUMBO
GUMMY
GUPPY
GUSTO
GUSTY
JUDGE
LAUGH
LUNGE
MOGUL
NUDGE
OUGHT
OUTGO
PUDGY
PURGE
ROGUE
ROUGE
ROUGH
RUGBY
SEGUE
SHRUG
SLUNG
STUNG
SUGAR
SUING
SURGE
SWUNG
TOUGH
USAGE
USING
VAGUE
VOGUE
WRUNG
YOUNG
DRUGS

5 Letter Words With G and U Starting With A

ARGUE
AUGUR
AGGUR
AGLUS
AGNUS
AGRUM
AGUED
AGUES
AGUEY
AGUNA
AGURA
AGUSH
AGUST
AGUTI
AJUGA
ALGUM
ALMUG
ANGUS
ARGUS
AUGEN
AUGER
AUGES
AUGET
AUGHT

5 Letter Words With G and U Starting With B

BEGUN
BOUGH
BUDGE
BUGGY
BUGLE
BULGE
BAGUA
BAUGE
BEGUM
BEGUT
BOGUE
BOGUM
BOGUS
BOUGE
BOURG
BRUGH
BRUNG
BUDGY
BUGAN
BUGHT
BUGRE
BULGY
BUNGA
BUNGO
BUNGS
BUNGY
BURGA
BURGE
BURGH
BURGS

5 Letter Words With G and U Starting With C

CLUNG
COUGH
CAGUI
CHUGS
CHUNG
CIGUA
COGUE
CUING

5 Letter Words With G and U Starting With D

DEBUG
DOUGH
DRUGS
DEGUM
DEGUS
DIGUE
DOUGL
DRUNG
DUGAL
DUING
DUNGS
DUNGY
DURGY
DVIGU

5 Letter Words With G and U Starting With F

FLUNG
FUDGE
FUGUE
FUNGI
FAGUS
FAUGH
FINGU
FOGOU
FOGUS
FRUGS
FUAGE
FUDGY
FUGAL
FUGGY
FUGIE
FUGIO
FUGIS
FUGIT
FUGLE
FUGLY
FUGUS
FUNGE
FUNGO
FUNGS

5 Letter Words With G and U Starting With G

GAMUT
GAUDY
GAUGE
GAUNT
GAUZE
GHOUL
GOUGE
GOURD
GROUP
GROUT
GRUEL
GRUFF
GRUNT
GUARD
GUAVA
GUESS
GUEST
GUIDE
GUILD
GUILE
GUILT
GUISE
GULCH
GULLY
GUMBO
GUMMY
GUPPY
GUSTO
GUSTY
GADUS
GAIUS
GALUT
GARAU
GARUA
GARUM
GAUBY
GAUCH
GAUCY
GAUDS
GAUJE
GAULS
GAULT
GAUMS
GAUMY
GAUPS
GAURA
GAURE
GAURS
GAUSS
GAUZY
GEBUR
GEMUL
GENUA
GENUS
GETUP
GEUMS
GHAUT
GHUSL
GIBUS
GIGUE
GIUST
GLAUM
GLAUR
GLAUX
GLOUT
GLUCK
GLUED
GLUER
GLUES
GLUEY
GLUGG
GLUGS
GLUMA
GLUME
GLUMP
GLUMS
GLUON
GLUTE
GLUTS
GOUCH
GOUDA
GOUDY
GOUKS
GOUMI
GOURA
GOURY
GOUTS
GOUTY
GROUF
GRUBS
GRUED
GRUES
GRUFE
GRUFT
GRUIS
GRUME
GRUMP
GRUND
GRUSH
GRUSS
GRUYS
GTEAU
GUABA
GUACO
GUAKA
GUAMA
GUANA
GUANO
GUANS
GUARA
GUARS
GUARY
GUASA
GUATO
GUAZA
GUBAT
GUBBA
GUBBO
GUCKI
GUCKS
GUCKY
GUDES
GUDGE
GUDOK
GUELF
GUFFS
GUFFY
GUGAL
GUGAS
GUGGL
GUIAC
GUIBA
GUIDO
GUIDS
GUIGE
GUIJO
GUILY
GUIMP
GUIRO
GUJAR
GULAB
GULAE
GULAG
GULAR
GULAS
GULES
GULET
GULFS
GULFY
GULIX

5 Letter Words With G and U Starting With J

JUDGE
JAGUA
JINGU
JOUGH
JOUGS
JUANG
JUDGY
JUGAL
JUGER
JUGUM

5 Letter Words With G and U Starting With L

LAUGH
LUNGE
LEGUA
LEUGH
LEUNG
LOUGH
LUGED
LUGER
LUGES
LUIGI
LUNGI
LUNGS
LUNGY
LURGI
LURGY
LYGUS

5 Letter Words With G and U Starting With M

MOGUL
MAGUS
MAUGH
MBUGA
MOGUE
MOSGU
MUANG
MUDGE
MUGGA
MUGGS
MUGGY
MUGHO
MUGIL
MUGOS
MULGA
MUNGA
MUNGE
MUNGI
MUNGO
MUNGS
MUNGY
MUONG
MURGA
MURGH
MURGI
MUSGU

5 Letter Words With G and U Starting With P

PUDGY
PURGE
PAGUS
PLUGS
PLUNG
POGUE
PUDGE
PUGET
PUGGI
PUGGY
PUGIL
PUNGA
PUNGI
PUNGO
PUNGS
PUNGY
PURGA

5 Letter Words With G and U Starting With R

ROGUE
ROUGE
ROUGH
RUGBY
RAGHU
RAGUS
REDUG
REGUR
ROBUG
ROGUY
ROUGY
RUDGE
RUGAE
RUGAL
RUGAS
RUGGY
RUING
RUNGS
RYUGI

5 Letter Words With G and U Starting With S

SEGUE
SHRUG
SLUNG
STUNG
SUGAR
SUING
SURGE
SWUNG
SAGUM
SANGU
SAUGH
SCOUG
SCUGS
SEGOU
SEUGH
SKUGS
SLUGS
SLUIG
SMUGS
SNUGS
SOUGH
SPEUG
SPRUG
SPUGS
SPUNG
SQUEG
SUGAN
SUGAT
SUGHS
SUGIH
SUGIS
SUGOS
SURGY
SUYOG

5 Letter Words With G and U Starting With T

TOUGH
TAGUA
TAGUS
TEGUA
TEGUS
TENGU
TEUGH
THUGS
THUNG
TIGUA
TOGUE
TRAGU
TRUGO
TRUGS
TSUGA
TUBIG
TUGRA
TUGUI
TUNGA
TUNGO
TUNGS
TURGY

5 Letter Words With G and U Starting With U

USAGE
USING
UDYOG
UGALI
UGGED
UGLIS
UGRIC
UIGUR
UNAGI
UNBAG
UNBOG
UNDIG
UNDOG
UNDUG
UNGAG
UNGET
UNGKA
UNGOD
UNGOT
UNGUM
UNLEG
UNPEG
UNRIG
UNTAG
UNWIG
UPGET
UPLEG
URGED
URGER
URGES
UZBEG

5 Letter Words With G and U Starting With V

VAGUE
VOGUE
VAGUS
VOGUL
VOUGE
VUGGS
VUGGY
VUGHS
VUGHY
VULGO

5 Letter Words With G and U Starting With E, H, I and other letters

ERUGO
EUGHS
HAGUE
HAUGH
HAUGO
HEUGH
HOUGH
HUGER
HUGGY
IGLUS
INGLU
IRGUN
KAGUS
KAUGH
KINGU
KLUGE
KONGU
KUGEL
KYUNG
NUDGE
NEGUS
NIGUA
NOUGS
NUDGY
NUGAE
NYUNG
OUGHT
OUTGO
OGHUZ
OKRUG
ORGUE
QUAGS
QUEGH
WRUNG
WAGYU
WAUGH
WOGUL
WOUGH
WUDGE
WUNGA
YOUNG
YAGUA
YUGAS

Less Familiar Words Here

This page carries a lot of words most players would not define. Reading them once is quicker than meeting them cold in a puzzle.

GUMMA: A small rubbery granuloma that is characteristic of an advanced stage of syphilis.
OUTGO: Money paid out; an amount spent. It is on the answer list.
GIGUE: Music in three-four time for dancing a jig.
GLUME: Small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae.
BULGY: Curving outward.
SOUGH: Make a murmuring sound.
FUGAL: Of or relating to or in the style of a musical fugue.
GOUTY: Suffering from gout.
GUSHY: Extravagantly demonstrative.
GUYOT: A seamount of volcanic origin (especially in the Pacific Ocean).
GLUTE: Any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh.
GAUZY: So thin as to transmit light.
GLUON: A gauge boson that mediates strong interaction among quarks.
PUDGE: A short fat person.

FAQs

Can a Wordle answer contain G and U?

Yes. GROUP, USING and YOUNG have all been answers, so the pattern is worth playing for rather than ruling out.

Do any of these use the same letter twice?

Yes. GUESS and GAUGE are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.

Is GRUME really a word?

Yes. A thick viscous liquid. It has never been the puzzle, so keep it for Scrabble.

Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?

GROUP. It is the most ordinary word on this list that has already been the puzzle, so it is the guess to make when you want to win the round rather than learn from it.

Are all of these accepted as guesses?

Yes. Every word on this list is a legal guess, including the ones that look wrong. YAGUA and WUNGA are among them. Only a smaller set has ever been the answer, and those are the ones marked in green.

Which of these would most players overlook?

AUGUR, GRUEL and GUPPY. All three are on the answer list, and none is a word you would reach for early, so they are worth remembering once the obvious guesses run out.