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42 verified matches
ABOUT keeps OU together and surrounds it with A, B, and T. Those 3 outside letters make the word useful for comparing where the pair can sit and what can accompany it.
42 real matches in Wurdella
5-Letter Words Containing OU
OU appears as an unbroken pair in 42 playable 5-letter words. It begins in position 1, position 2, position 3, and position 4, so the pair is known but its location is not; the alphabetical range is ABOUT through YOUTH.
Repeated letters
3 answers repeat a letter
COUCH, FOGOU, and HOUFF each use a duplicate. For a cleaner letter test, compare them with ABOUT, BOUND, and CLOUD.
Reading order
The list runs from ABOUT to YOUTH
ABOUT, BOUND, CLOUD, CLOUT, and COUCH open the list; YOUTH is the final entry alphabetically.
All 42 matches from ABOUT to YOUTH
This set is small enough for a single careful pass: ABOUT opens it, MOURN marks the midpoint and YOUTH closes it. Cross out conflicts as you go instead of rereading the whole list after every clue.
- ABOUT
- BOUND
- CLOUD
- CLOUT
- COUCH
- COUGH
- COULD
- COUNT
- COURT
- DOUBT
- DOUGH
- DOUSE
- FOGOU
- GROUP
- HOUFF
- HOUSE
- JOUAL
- JOUST
- LOUPE
- MIAOU
- MOUND
- MOURN
- MOUSE
- MOUTH
- OUPHE
- OUSEL
- PIOUS
- POUCH
- PROUD
- ROUGH
- ROUND
- ROUSE
- ROUTE
- SCOUR
- SOUND
- SOUTH
- STOUP
- TOUCH
- TOUGH
- VOUCH
- YOUNG
- YOUTH
What separates these 42 candidates
H, T, and C appear across the open parts of the list more often than the other movable letters. ABOUT exposes 3 distinct letters outside the fixed clue: A, B, and T.
Leaders in open positions
- first: C in 7 words
- second: O in 31 words
- third: U in 30 words
- fourth: U in 8 words
- fifth: H in 11 words
Movable letters seen most often
- H appears outside the fixed clue in 14 candidates
- T appears outside the fixed clue in 13 candidates
- C appears outside the fixed clue in 11 candidates
- S appears outside the fixed clue in 11 candidates
- D appears outside the fixed clue in 10 candidates
Vowel count across the matches
29 of the 42 matches use 2 vowels. BOUND is one concrete example of that shape.
2 vowels: 293 vowels: 124 vowels: 1
OU travels as one pair
Move OU as a pair, not as two loose tiles
OU begins in the first, second, third, and fourth position across this list. Check which placements your yellow and green tiles still allow, then compare the outside letters. ABOUT adds A, B, and T around the pair, giving you a concrete arrangement to test against the board.
ABOUT proves that OU can appear together in a playable answer. Your own tiles still decide whether that placement and the surrounding A, B, and T remain possible.
Browse solving strategies →Meanings found in this 42-word result set
Every match on this page has a glossary note. The entries for ABOUT, BOUND, and CLOUD show the exact sense Wurdella uses, which is worth checking before an unfamiliar spelling costs a turn.
- ABOUT
- Concerning or relating to something; it can also mean approximately.
- BOUND
- Moving toward a destination or limited by a rule or duty.
- CLOUD
- A visible mass of tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere.
- CLOUT
- Influence, power, or social importance.
- COUCH
- A long upholstered seat designed for more than one person.
- COUGH
- To expel air suddenly from the lungs with a sharp sound.
- COULD
- A modal verb used to express possibility, ability, or a suggestion.
- COUNT
- To determine how many things there are by saying numbers in order.
- COURT
- An area marked for certain sports; also a place where legal cases are heard.
- DOUBT
- To feel uncertain or unconvinced about something.
- DOUGH
- A thick mixture of flour and liquid used for making bread, pastries, and similar foods.
- DOUSE
- To pour liquid over something or extinguish it.
- FOGOU
- An underground stone-lined passage or chamber found at prehistoric sites in Cornwall.
- GROUP
- A number of people or things considered or gathered together.
- HOUFF
- A familiar meeting place, haunt, or shelter; chiefly Scottish.
- HOUSE
- A building designed for people to live in.
- JOUAL
- A traditional term for a colloquial working-class variety of Quebec French, especially associated with Montreal.
- JOUST
- A medieval contest in which mounted riders charged with lances.
Move the OU pair only where the board allows
From 5-Letter Words Containing OU, the nearest alternative is 5-Letter Words Containing ER, currently with 84 matches. Use the links below only when new board feedback changes the constraint you actually know.
Check the full arrangement in ABOUT
Find the OU pair in ABOUT, check whether your board permits it in that location, and then test the outside letters A, B, and T. Do not split the pair to rescue a spelling that belongs on another page.