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5 letter words with U

Every five-letter word that contains U, grouped by where the U sits, with Scrabble and Words With Friends scores shown separately, Wordle letter stats, definitions and filters.

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U can sit in any slot · 3807 words in our list

The short answer

There are 3807 five words with U in this list. U is most often the second letter, and the most common last letter is S. The top face-value Scrabble score is 29 for fuzzy.

3807five U words in our list

9%start with U

23%end in S, mostly plurals

9.1average Scrabble face score

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The complete list

All 5 letter words with U

Grouped by where U first appears. The small number is the face-value Scrabble score.

U is the 1st letter (361)

ualis⁵uaupe⁷uayeb¹⁰uchee¹⁰uckia¹¹udals⁶udasi⁶udder⁷udell⁶udish⁹udons⁶ugali⁶ugged⁸uglis⁶ugric⁸uhlan⁸uhllo⁸uhuru⁸uigur⁶uinal⁵uinta⁵ukase⁹ulama⁷ulans⁵ulcer⁷ulcus⁷ulema⁷uller⁵ulmic⁹ulmin⁷ulmus⁷ulnad⁶ulnae⁵ulnar⁵ulnas⁵uloid⁶ulpan⁷ultra⁵uluhi⁸ululu⁵ulvan⁸ulvas⁸ulyie⁸ulzie¹⁴umami⁹umaua⁷umbel⁹umber⁹umble⁹umbos⁹umbra⁹umbre⁹umest⁷umiac⁹umiak¹¹umiaq¹⁶umiri⁷umist⁷ummah¹²ummas⁹ummed¹⁰ummps¹¹umped¹⁰umphs¹²umpie⁹umpty¹²umrah¹⁰umras⁷umset⁷unact⁷unadd⁷unais⁵unami⁷unamo⁷unapt⁷unark⁹unarm⁷unary⁸unaus⁵unbag⁸unban⁷unbar⁷unbay¹⁰unbed⁸unbet⁷unbid⁸unbit⁷unbog⁸unbow¹⁰unbox¹⁴unboy¹⁰unbud⁸uncap⁹unces⁷uncia⁷uncle⁷uncos⁷uncow¹⁰uncoy¹⁰uncus⁷

U is the 2nd letter (1689)

aubin⁷aucan⁷aucht¹⁰audad⁷audio⁶audit⁶aueto⁵augen⁶auger⁶auget⁶aught⁹augur⁶aulae⁵aulas⁵aulic⁷auloi⁵aulos⁵aumil⁷aunes⁵aunts⁵aunty⁸aurae⁵aural⁵aurar⁵auras⁵aurei⁵aures⁵auric⁷aurin⁵aurir⁵auris⁵aurum⁷auryl⁸autem⁷autor⁵autos⁵autre⁵auxil¹²auxin¹²buats⁷buaze¹⁶bubal⁹bubas⁹bubba¹¹bubbe¹¹bubby¹⁴bubos⁹bubus⁹bucca¹¹bucco¹¹buchu¹²bucko¹³bucks¹³bucku¹³bucky¹⁶budas⁸buddh¹²buddy¹²budge⁹budgy¹²budis⁸budos⁸bueno⁷buffa¹³buffe¹³buffi¹³buffo¹³buffs¹³buffy¹⁶bufos¹⁰bufty¹³bugan⁸buggy¹²bught¹¹bugle⁸bugre⁸buhls¹⁰buhrs¹⁰buick¹³buiks¹¹build⁸built⁷buist⁷bukat¹¹bukes¹¹bulak¹¹bulbs⁹bulby¹²bulge⁸bulgy¹¹bulks¹¹bulky¹⁴bulla⁷bulls⁷bully¹⁰bulse⁷bumbo¹¹bumfs¹²bumph¹⁴bumps¹¹

U is the 3rd letter (931)

abuna⁷abune⁷abura⁷abuse⁷abush¹⁰abuta⁷abuts⁷abuzz²⁵acuan⁷acute⁷aduki¹⁰adult⁶adunc⁸adure⁶adusk¹⁰adust⁶agued⁷agues⁶aguey⁹aguna⁶agura⁶agush⁹agust⁶aguti⁶ahull⁸ahunt⁸ahura⁸ahuru⁸ahush¹¹ajuga¹³akule⁹akund¹⁰aluco⁷alula⁵alums⁷alure⁵aluta⁵amuck¹³amula⁷amuse⁷amuze¹⁶anura⁵anury⁸aouad⁶aquae¹⁴aquas¹⁴aruac⁷aruhe⁸aruke⁹arulo⁵arums⁷arupa⁷arusa⁵asura⁵asuri⁵atuas⁵atule⁵atune⁵ayuyu¹¹azuki¹⁸azure¹⁴azurn¹⁴azury¹⁷baubo⁹bauch¹²bauds⁸bauge⁸bauks¹¹bauld⁸baulk¹¹baume⁹bauno⁷baure⁷baurs⁷bauta⁷bhuna¹⁰bhuts¹⁰biune⁷blubs⁹blude⁸bluds⁸bludy¹¹blued⁸bluer⁷blues⁷bluet⁷bluey¹⁰bluff¹³bluid⁸blume⁹blunk¹¹blunt⁷blurb⁹blurs⁷blurt⁷blush¹⁰bouch¹²boucl⁹bouet⁷bouge⁸

U is the 4th letter (677)

abaue⁷about⁷abrus⁷accum¹¹accur⁹accus⁹acoup⁹acrux¹⁴actus⁷adrue⁶adsum⁸aequi¹⁴aevum¹⁰afoul⁸aggur⁷aglus⁶agnus⁶ainus⁵aitus⁵album⁹albus⁷aldus⁶aleut⁵alfur⁸algum⁸almud⁸almug⁸alnus⁵aloud⁶alout⁵altun⁵altus⁵alvus⁸amaut⁷amour⁷ampul⁹angus⁶ankus⁹annul⁵annum⁷annus⁵anour⁵anous⁵antum⁷aotus⁵apium⁹apout⁷appui⁹appuy¹²araua⁵arcus⁷argue⁶argus⁶arius⁵arjun¹²arnut⁵artus⁵arzun¹⁴ascus⁷ashur⁸astun⁵astur⁵atour⁵avoue⁸avour⁸awful¹¹ayous⁸babua⁹babul⁹babus⁹bahur¹⁰bahus¹⁰bahut¹⁰bajus¹⁴balun⁷balus⁷balut⁷banus⁷bapus⁹beaus⁷beaut⁷beaux¹⁴becut⁹bedub¹⁰bedur⁸befur¹⁰begum¹⁰begun⁸begut⁸belue⁷bemud¹⁰bepun⁹berun⁷bevue¹⁰blaud⁸blout⁷boeuf¹⁰bogue⁸bogum¹⁰bogus⁸

U is the 5th letter (149)

acapu⁹adieu⁶alenu⁵amelu⁷anjou¹²ankou⁹aperu⁷aramu⁷araru⁵arrau⁵artou⁵ayllu⁸badju¹⁵bajau¹⁴balau⁷bantu⁷barbu⁹battu⁷bayou¹⁰bhalu¹⁰bijou¹⁴bitou⁷boldu⁸bottu⁷boyau¹⁰cajou¹⁴centu⁷chimu¹²chiru¹⁰connu⁷cornu⁷coyau¹⁰coypu¹²dvigu¹⁰elihu⁸fichu¹³fingu⁹fogou⁹fondu⁹garau⁶gteau⁶haiku¹²haldu⁹heiau⁸hichu¹³hinau⁸hindu⁹hokku¹⁶iliau⁵inglu⁶jambu¹⁶jantu¹²jingu¹³kahau¹²kannu⁹kanzu¹⁸karou⁹kassu⁹kawau¹²kingu¹⁰kombu¹³konbu¹¹kongu¹⁰krivu¹²lassu⁵lendu⁶limbu⁹limmu⁹maidu⁸mambu¹¹maniu⁷manqu¹⁶mapau⁹martu⁷matsu⁷miaou⁷minbu⁹montu⁷mordu⁸mosgu⁸nairu⁵nandu⁶nanmu⁷nardu⁶nehru⁸nikau⁹nintu⁵noyau⁸opelu⁷otaku⁹padou⁸palau⁷pallu⁷pareu⁷passu⁷pattu⁷pelau⁷pendu⁸perau⁷perdu⁸

Words with two Us (144)

ahuru⁸augur⁶aurum⁷ayuyu¹¹brubu⁹bubus⁹buchu¹²bucku¹³bundu⁸burut⁷bussu⁷butsu⁷butut⁷buxus¹⁴cucuy¹²cumbu¹¹curua⁷cusum⁹cutup⁹dufus⁹durum⁸dusun⁶equus¹⁴eurus⁵fucus¹⁰fugue⁹fugus⁹fulup¹⁰furud⁹fusus⁸gurus⁶guzul¹⁵heuau⁸hudud¹⁰huhus¹¹humus¹⁰iulus⁵jubus¹⁴jugum¹⁵jujus¹⁹jukus¹⁶julus¹²kauru⁹kudus¹⁰kudzu¹⁹kukui¹³kukus¹³kurku¹³kurus⁹kusum¹¹kutus⁹kuzus¹⁸lautu⁵loulu⁵luaus⁵lulus⁵lumut⁷lupus⁷lusus⁵luxus¹²mucus⁹mumus⁹muntu⁷murut⁷musgu⁸mutus⁷nuadu⁶nudum⁸numud⁸nuque¹⁴pudus⁸pukus¹¹pulus⁷pupus⁹purau⁷quauk¹⁸queue¹⁴quipu¹⁶quitu¹⁴rubus⁷rufus⁸rurus⁵suhur⁸sukuk¹³sulus⁵sunup⁷susus⁵trubu⁷tucum⁹tugui⁶tuktu⁹tuque¹⁴turus⁵tutus⁵uaupe⁷uhuru⁸uigur⁶ulcus⁷ulmus⁷uluhi⁸ululu⁵umaua⁷unaus⁵unbud⁸uncus⁷uncut⁷undub⁸undue⁶undug⁷unfur⁸ungum⁸unius⁵unput⁷unrun⁵unsub⁷unsun⁵unurn⁵unuse⁵upbuy¹²upcut⁹uprun⁷upsun⁷upsup⁹upupa⁹ursuk⁹ursus⁵urubu⁷urucu⁷urutu⁵usque¹⁴usual⁵usure⁵usurp⁷usury⁸utrum⁷utsuk⁹uvrou⁸uvula⁸voulu⁸wudus⁹wushu¹¹yuruk¹²yuzus¹⁷zulus¹⁴

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Where does U sit?

Position of U in five-letter words

Words are counted by their first U, so each word appears once. Words with two Us are listed separately below.

Slot 1361 · 9%ualis, uaupe, uayeb

Slot 21689 · 44%aubin, aucan, aucht

Slot 3931 · 24%abuna, abune, abura

Slot 4677 · 18%abaue, about, abrus

Slot 5149 · 4%acapu, adieu, alenu

Everyday words

Common 5 letter words with U

The full list includes rare words. These 80 are the ones you are most likely to meet in puzzles, writing and classrooms.

aboutwouldmusicgroupundercouldusingforumsouthfoundhouseguidehoursvaluehumanstudyusersquoteyoungissuecourtaudiountilsoundrulesadultlinuxquickstuffalbumbuildunionsupercausefocusroundbuiltquiteinputunitsfundsguesttrustmultiyouthfullysuitebuyercountdrugsupperlouisurbantourstouchmountvirusabusetruthjesusclubsequalfunnymousequeentruckroutequeryruraljudgeguessbonususageoccurbuddysetupbluesmouthfruitsugar

Wordle

Which letters keep company with U?

Among the 3807 words in our list, these are the eight letters that appear most often alongside U. They make good second guesses once U is confirmed.

S1475

A1188

R1038

E989

T877

L850

N849

O708

Vowel pairs

The most common adjacent vowel pairs in these words are OU (351), AU (287), UE (152), UA (143), UI (123).

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Sorted by ending

5 letter U words by last letter and last two letters

Ends	Words	Examples
-S	877	abrus, abuts, accus, actus, aglus, agnus, agues
-E	391	abaue, abune, abuse, acute, adrue, adure, akule
-Y	351	aguey, anury, appuy, aunty, azury, bludy, bluey
-A	283	abuna, abura, abuta, aguna, agura, ahura, ajuga
-T	266	about, adult, adust, agust, ahunt, aleut, alout
-U	180	acapu, adieu, ahuru, alenu, amelu, anjou, ankou
-D	166	agued, akund, almud, aloud, aouad, audad, bauld
-N	155	acuan, altun, arjun, arzun, astun, aubin, aucan

Ends	Words	Examples
-US	264	abrus, accus, actus, aglus, agnus, ainus
-UM	93	accum, adsum, aevum, album, algum, annum
-ES	88	agues, aunes, aures, blues, bukes, buses
-UT	65	about, aleut, alout, amaut, apout, arnut
-TS	64	abuts, aunts, bhuts, bouts, bruts, buats
-ED	62	agued, blued, bused, clued, cubed, cured

Fixed start and end? Use the combine word generator or letter words ending with. Words that end in U itself: acapu, adieu, ahuru, alenu, amelu, anjou, ankou, aperu, aramu, araru

Letter patterns

U words with striking patterns

U at both ends

uhuruululuurubuurucuurutuuvrou

These words open and close with U.

Two Us (144)

ahuruauguraurumayuyubrubububusbuchubuckubunduburutbussubutsubututbuxuscucuycumbu

UN and UR openers

160 words start with UN and 45 start with UR in this list.

unactunaddunaisunamiunamounaptunarkunarmunaryunausunbagunbanunbarunbayunbedunbet

U with Z, X, J or Q (16)

abuzzacruxaequiajugaamuzeanjouaquaeaquasarjunarzunauxilauxinazukiazureazurnazury

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High scorers

Highest-scoring 5 letter words with U

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends
fuzzy	29	29
huzzy	29	28
wuzzy	29	29
buzzy	28	29
muzzy	28	29
huzza	26	26
zmudz	26	28
abuzz	25	27
bruzz	25	27
scuzz	25	27
zuzim	25	27
squiz	23	24

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Words with meanings

14 five-letter U words, defined

aboutprepositionIn a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of; around.

stuffnounMiscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.

uddernounAn organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals, particularly ruminants such as cattle, goats, sheep and deer. “squeeze the udder to get milk”

ugalinounAfrican cornmeal porridge

uhlannounA lancer, a soldier armed with a lance in a former light cavalry unit of the Polish, Prussian or German, Austrian, and Russian armies.

uhllonounabalone shells, used in trade by the Native Americans

uhurunounfreedom

ukasenounAn authoritative proclamation; an edict, especially decreed by a Russian czar or later ruler.

ulamanounA modern ball game descended from tlachtli.

ulcernounAn open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous membrane, often caused by an initial abrasion and generally maintained by an inflammation and/or an infection.

ulcusnounA rounded, pore-like aperture at either pole of a pollen grain.

ulmicadjectivePertaining to ulmin; designating an acid obtained from ulmin. “ulmic acid”

ulminnounA brown amorphous substance found in decaying vegetation.

ulnadadverbToward the ulna.

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Questions about 5 letter words with U

How many five-letter words contain U?

The general English word list used on this page has 3807 five-letter words with U. Counts differ between dictionaries, and Scrabble-style lists are larger, so confirm in your game’s dictionary.

Where does U usually sit in a five-letter word?

In this list U is the second letter of 1689, the third letter of 931, the fourth letter of 677, the first letter of 361, the fifth letter of 149.

What are common five-letter words with U?

Everyday examples include about, would, music, group, under, could, using, forum, south, found. They are useful Wordle guesses because they use common letters.

Which five-letter U words score the most in Scrabble?

At face value the top scores are fuzzy at 29 and huzzy at 29, before any bonus squares. Words With Friends uses different tile values, so totals can differ.

Are there five-letter words that end in U?

Yes: acapu, adieu, ahuru, alenu, amelu, anjou, ankou, aperu.

Which five-letter words have a silent U?

Silent-U words are rare at this length; most five words sound the U out.

How do I find five-letter words with U in a certain position?

Use the position selector above, or type a pattern with blanks such as _ _ _ _ U in the word generator by pattern.

What is the difference between words starting with U and words containing U?

Words starting with U must begin with it. Words containing U can have it in any slot, so the list is much longer. For the start-only list use words that start with.