Know O and T and U belong in the word but not where? ABOUT, CLOUT, COUNT and more contain them, and 37 are possible answers, marked green.
37 of the 184 can still be the answer, and ABOUT is the one most players reach for.
Best First Guesses
Start with one of these. All three are among the 184 words below, and the number beside each is how many would still be left in the worst case.
- LOTUS: takes 184 down to 34 at worst.
- COURT: down to 45. It is on the answer list.
- ROUTE: down to 49. It is on the answer list.
What These Words Have in Common
58 of them end in T, about a third of the list. The letters that turn up alongside most often are S (54), R (36) and N (30). 21 of the 184 are words you already use. That is a small share, so a guess made of the letters above beats a guess made of rare ones.
Best 5 Letter Words With O, T and U
The strongest picks, with answer-list words first.
- ABOUT
- CLOUT
- COUNT
- COURT
- DONUT
- DOUBT
- FLOUT
- GROUT
- GUSTO
- JOUST
- JUNTO
- MOULT
- MOUNT
- MOUTH
- OUGHT
- OUTDO
- OUTER
- OUTGO
- POUTY
- QUOTA
- QUOTE
- QUOTH
- ROUTE
- SCOUT
- SHOUT
- SNOUT
- SOUTH
- SPOUT
- STOUT
- TORUS
- TOUCH
- TOUGH
- TROUT
- TUMOR
- TURBO
- TUTOR
- YOUTH
- AUTOS
- LOTUS
- TOURS
5 Letter Words With O, T and U Starting With A
- ABOUT
- AUTOS
- ALOUT
- AOTUS
- APOUT
- ARTOU
- ATOUR
- AUETO
- AUTOR
5 Letter Words With O, T and U Starting With B
- BITOU
- BLOUT
- BOTTU
- BOUET
- BOULT
- BOUTO
- BOUTS
- BOUTU
- BUSTO
- BUTEO
- BUTOH
5 Letter Words With O, T and U Starting With C
- CLOUT
- COUNT
- COURT
- CHOUT
- COUTA
- COUTH
- CROUT
- CULOT
- CUTTO
5 Letter Words With O, T and U Starting With F
- FLOUT
- FOTUI
- FOUAT
- FOUET
- FOUNT
- FOUTE
- FOUTH
- FOUTY
- FUTON
5 Letter Words With O, T and U Starting With M
- MOULT
- MOUNT
- MOUTH
- MONTU
- MOTUS
- MOUST
- MULTO
- MUTON
5 Letter Words With O, T and U Starting With O
- OUGHT
- OUTDO
- OUTER
- OUTGO
- OTAKU
- OTIUM
- OUBIT
- OUCHT
- OUSTS
- OUTAS
- OUTBY
- OUTED
- OUTEN
- OUTIE
- OUTLY
- OUTRE
- OUTRO
- OUTTA
5 Letter Words With O, T and U Starting With P
- POUTY
- PLOUT
- PLUOT
- PLUTO
- POTUS
- POULT
- POUPT
- POUTS
- PUNTO
- PUTON
- PUTOS
- PUTTO
5 Letter Words With O, T and U Starting With S
- SCOUT
- SHOUT
- SNOUT
- SOUTH
- SPOUT
- STOUT
- SKOUT
- SMOUT
- SOUCT
- SOUTS
- STOUN
- STOUP
- STOUR
- SUTOR
5 Letter Words With O, T and U Starting With T
- TORUS
- TOUCH
- TOUGH
- TROUT
- TUMOR
- TURBO
- TUTOR
- TOURS
- TAHOU
- TATOU
- TAUON
- TAUPO
- THOUS
- THROU
- THUOC
- TODUS
- TOFUS
- TOGUE
- TOLUS
- TONUS
- TOPAU
- TOQUE
- TOTUM
- TOUKS
- TOULD
- TOUNS
- TOURN
- TOURT
- TOUSE
- TOUST
- TOUSY
- TOUTS
- TOUZE
- TOUZY
- TROUE
- TROUV
- TRUGO
- TSUBO
- TUDOR
- TUNGO
- TURCO
- TURIO
- TURON
- TUTTO
5 Letter Words With O, T and U Starting With D, G, H and other letters
- DONUT
- DOUBT
- DOUTS
- GROUT
- GUSTO
- GLOUT
- GOUTS
- GOUTY
- GUATO
- GUYOT
- HOULT
- HOUTS
- JOUST
- JUNTO
- JOTUN
- JUSTO
- KEOUT
- KNOUT
- LOTUS
- LOUTS
- LOUTY
- LUTAO
- LUTEO
- NOBUT
- NOTUM
- NOTUS
- NOUST
- NUTSO
- QUOTA
- QUOTE
- QUOTH
- QUITO
- QUOIT
- QUOTT
- ROUTE
- ROUET
- ROUST
- ROUTH
- ROUTS
- RUOTE
- RUSOT
- UNGOT
- UNHOT
- UNPOT
- UNTOP
- UTERO
- UVITO
- VOUST
- YOUTH
- YOURT
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.
- OUTGO: Money paid out; an amount spent. It is on the answer list.
- QUOIT: Game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of rope used in playing the game of quoits.
- TONUS: The elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli.
- STOUP: Basin for holy water.
- GOUTY: Suffering from gout.
- JUNTO: A clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue. It is on the answer list.
- OUTRE: Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual.
- GUYOT: A seamount of volcanic origin (especially in the Pacific Ocean).
- TOQUE: A small round woman's hat.
- FLOUT: Treat with contemptuous disregard. It is on the answer list.
- MOULT: Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers. It is on the answer list.
- FOUNT: A plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water.
- JOUST: Joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback. It is on the answer list.
- TORUS: Commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column. It is on the answer list.
FAQs
Can a Wordle answer contain O, T and U?
Yes. ABOUT, COURT and SOUTH all sit on the Wordle answer list, so the pattern is worth playing for rather than ruling out.
Do any of these use the same letter twice?
Yes. OUTTA and TROUT are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.
Is MUTON really a word?
Yes. The smallest unit of DNA where a mutation can occur. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.
Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?
ABOUT. It is the most ordinary word here that the answer list carries, 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. YOURT and VOUST are among them. Only a smaller set sits on the answer list, and those are the ones marked in green.
Which of these would most players overlook?
FLOUT, JOUST and JUNTO. 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.