5 Letter Words with F as 1st and U as 3rd Letter

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  • FAUGH
  • FAULD
  • FAULT
  • FAUNA
  • FAUNS
  • FAURD
  • FAUVE
  • FEUAR
  • FEUDS
  • FEUED
  • FLUBS
  • FLUED
  • FLUES
  • FLUEY
  • FLUFF
  • FLUID
  • FLUKE
  • FLUKY
  • FLUME
  • FLUMP
  • FLUNG
  • FLUNK
  • FLUOR
  • FLURR
  • FLUSH
  • FLUTE
  • FLUTY
  • FLUYT
  • FOULS
  • FOUND
  • FOUNT
  • FOURS
  • FOUTH
  • FRUGS
  • FRUIT
  • FRUMP
  • FRUSH
  • FRUST
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Thirty eight words put F first and U third, and the FLU opening takes nearly half of them.

The FLU Branch Takes Almost Half of F and U Words

L takes the second box in eighteen of the thirty eight, forty seven percent. A follows on seven, then O and R on five each and E on three.

FLUID, FLUSH, FLUTE, FLUKE and FLUNG are the reachable words inside it. FLUES, FLUED and FLUEY sit on a shorter stem and differ only at the end.

The FAU Words in the F and U Group

FAULT and FAUNA are the two here you would actually use, with FAUNS behind them. FAUGH, FAULD, FAURD and FAUVE fill out the branch and none is reachable.

Because the branch is small and its useful words differ from each other in several boxes, a guess there splits the page better than another FLU word would.

  • FAULT
  • FAUNA
  • FLUID
  • FOUND
  • FRUIT

What Sits Outside the FLU Family

FOUND, FOULS and FOUNT carry the O branch, and FRUIT and FRUMP carry R. FOUND and FRUIT are both common enough to be worth an early turn.

N leads the fourth box on six words. S closes seven of the thirty eight and D takes six, so the last box is where most of the remaining work sits.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is FRUIT a good opening

Yes. It is common, it sits outside the dominant FLU branch and it tests R in the second box, which only five words use.

Why do so few of these repeat a letter

Only two do, FLUFF being the obvious one. The U in the third box is usually followed by a consonant cluster rather than a repeat.

What is a FLUYT

A type of Dutch sailing ship. It sits in the FLU branch and is the least likely entry there.

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