5 letter words with U

1,590 words, all 5 letters. Highest score FUZZY (26 points).

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fuzzy₂₆
jujus₂₅
muzzy₂₅
abuzz₂₃
huzza₂₂
jumpy₂₂
junky₂₂
quaky₂₂
mujik₂₁
quaff₂₁
quiff₂₁
jugum₂₀

Words by first letter

A55
B123
C116
D88
E22
F89
G90
H51
I14
J39
K23
L69
M89
N29
O25
P95
Q50
R69
S186
T91
U117
V22
W12
X1
Y24
Z1

Starting with A 55

about
abuse
abuts
abuzz
acute
adieu
adult
adunc
adust
afoul
agues
ahull
ajuga
album
algum
almud
almug
aloud
alula
alums
amour
ampul
amuck
amuse
ankus
annul
aquae
aquas
arcus
argue
argus
arums
ascus
audad
audio
audit
auger
aught
augur
aulic

15 more starting with A — open them in the finder

Starting with B 123

babul
babus
battu
bauds
baulk
bayou
beaus
beaut
beaux
begum
begun
bhuts
bijou
blubs
blued
bluer
blues
bluet
bluey
bluff
blume
blunt
blurb
blurs
blurt
blush
bogus
bolus
bonus
bosun
bough
boule
bound
bourg
bourn
bouse
bousy
bouts
brugh
bruin

83 more starting with B — open them in the finder

Starting with C 116

caput
casus
cauld
caulk
cauls
cause
cecum
chubs
chuck
chufa
chuff
chugs
chump
chums
chunk
churl
churn
churr
chute
cloud
clour
clout
clubs
cluck
clued
clues
clump
clung
clunk
conus
cornu
couch
coude
cough
could
count
coupe
coups
court
couth

76 more starting with C — open them in the finder

Starting with D 88

datum
daube
daubs
dauby
daunt
dauts
debug
debut
degum
demur
deuce
dhuti
donut
doubt
douce
dough
douma
doums
doura
douse
drouk
drubs
drugs
druid
drums
drunk
drupe
druse
duads
duals
ducal
ducat
duces
duchy
ducks
ducky
ducts
duddy
duded
dudes

48 more starting with D — open them in the finder

Starting with E 22

ecrus
educe
educt
elude
elute
emeus
endue
ennui
ensue
enure
equal
equid
equip
eruct
erugo
erupt
etude
etuis
euros
exude
exult
exurb

Starting with F 89

fanum
faugh
fauld
fault
fauna
fauns
fauve
favus
femur
fetus
feuar
feuds
feued
fichu
ficus
filum
fique
flour
flout
flubs
flued
flues
fluff
fluid
fluke
fluky
flume
flump
flung
flunk
fluor
flush
flute
fluty
fluyt
focus
fondu
forum
fouls
found

49 more starting with F — open them in the finder

Starting with G 90

gamut
gauds
gaudy
gauge
gault
gaums
gaunt
gaurs
gauss
gauze
gauzy
genua
genus
getup
geums
ghaut
ghoul
gigue
glout
glued
gluer
glues
gluey
glugs
glume
gluon
gluts
gouge
gourd
gouts
gouty
group
grout
grubs
gruel
grues
gruff
grume
grump
grunt

50 more starting with G — open them in the finder

Starting with H 51

habus
haiku
haugh
haulm
hauls
haunt
haute
heuch
heugh
hilum
hilus
hocus
hokku
hokum
hound
houri
hours
house
hubby
hucks
huffs
huffy
huger
hulas
hulks
hulky
hullo
hulls
human
humic
humid
humor
humph
humps
humpy
humus
hunch
hunks
hunky
hunts

11 more starting with H — open them in the finder

Starting with I 14

ictus
iglus
ileum
ileus
ilium
imaum
imbue
incur
incus
indue
input
inure
inurn
issue

Starting with J 39

jauks
jaunt
jaups
jehus
jorum
joual
jouks
joule
joust
jubas
jubes
judas
judge
judos
jugal
jugum
juice
juicy
jujus
juked
jukes
julep
jumbo
jumps
jumpy
junco
junks
junky
junta
junto
jupes
jupon
jural
jurat
jurel
juror
justs
jutes
jutty

Starting with K 23

kagus
kaput
kauri
kaury
khoum
kluge
klutz
knaur
knout
knurl
knurs
korun
krubi
kudos
kudus
kudzu
kugel
kukri
kulak
kumys
kurta
kurus
kusso

Starting with L 69

larum
lauan
lauds
laugh
laura
layup
lehua
lemur
letup
leuds
lieus
linum
locum
locus
lotus
lough
louie
louis
loupe
loups
lours
loury
louse
lousy
louts
luaus
lubes
luces
lucid
lucks
lucky
lucre
ludes
ludic
luffa
luffs
luged
luger
luges
lulls

29 more starting with L — open them in the finder

Starting with M 89

magus
manus
maqui
mauds
mauls
maund
mauts
mauve
menus
meous
miaou
miaul
minus
mixup
modus
mogul
mohur
momus
mouch
moues
mould
moult
mound
mount
mourn
mouse
mousy
mouth
mucid
mucin
mucks
mucky
mucor
mucro
mucus
muddy
mudra
muffs
mufti
muggs

49 more starting with M — open them in the finder

Starting with N 29

negus
neuks
neume
neums
nevus
nexus
nidus
nisus
nodus
notum
nouns
nubby
nubia
nucha
nuder
nudes
nudge
nudie
nudzh
nuked
nukes
nulls
numbs
numen
nurds
nurls
nurse
nutsy
nutty

Starting with O 25

oakum
occur
oculi
odeum
odium
odour
oleum
onium
opium
ought
ounce
ouphe
ouphs
ourie
ousel
ousts
outby
outdo
outed
outer
outgo
outre
ouzel
ouzos
ovule

Starting with P 95

pareu
pause
perdu
phuts
picul
pilau
pilus
pinup
pious
pique
pluck
plugs
plumb
plume
plump
plums
plumy
plunk
plush
poilu
pouch
pouff
poufs
poult
pound
pours
pouts
pouty
poyou
prahu
praus
proud
prude
prune
pruta
pseud
pubes
pubic
pubis
puces

55 more starting with P — open them in the finder

Starting with Q 50

quack
quads
quaff
quags
quail
quais
quake
quaky
quale
qualm
quant
quare
quark
quart
quash
quasi
quass
quate
quays
quean
queen
queer
quell
quern
query
quest
queue
queys
quick
quids
quiet
quiff
quill
quilt
quins
quint
quips
quipu
quire
quirk

10 more starting with Q — open them in the finder

Starting with R 69

ramus
rebus
rebut
rebuy
recur
recut
redub
redux
rerun
reuse
revue
rheum
rhumb
risus
rogue
roque
rouen
roues
rouge
rough
round
roups
roupy
rouse
roust
route
routh
routs
ruana
rubes
ruble
rubus
ruche
rucks
rudds
ruddy
ruder
ruers
ruffe
ruffs

29 more starting with R — open them in the finder

Starting with S 186

sadhu
sagum
sajou
sauce
sauch
saucy
saugh
sauls
sault
sauna
saury
saute
scaup
scaur
schul
scour
scout
scrub
scrum
scuba
scudi
scudo
scuds
scuff
sculk
scull
sculp
scums
scups
scurf
scuta
scute
scuts
sebum
sedum
segue
serum
setup
shaul
shout

146 more starting with S — open them in the finder

Starting with T 91

tabun
tabus
taluk
talus
taunt
taupe
tauts
taxus
tegua
teuch
teugh
thous
thrum
thuds
thugs
thuja
thumb
thump
thunk
thurl
thuya
tofus
togue
tolus
tonus
toque
torus
touch
tough
tours
touse
touts
trout
truce
truck
trued
truer
trues
trugs
trull

51 more starting with T — open them in the finder

Starting with U 117

udder
uhlan
ukase
ulama
ulans
ulcer
ulema
ulnad
ulnae
ulnar
ulnas
ulpan
ultra
ulvas
umbel
umber
umbos
umbra
umiac
umiak
umiaq
umped
unais
unapt
unarm
unary
unaus
unban
unbar
unbid
unbox
uncap
uncia
uncle
uncos
uncoy
uncus
uncut
undee
under

77 more starting with U — open them in the finder

Starting with V 22

vacua
vague
vagus
value
varus
vatus
vault
vaunt
velum
venue
vertu
virtu
virus
vodun
vogue
vouch
vrouw
vuggs
vuggy
vughs
vulgo
vulva

Starting with W 12

wamus
waugh
wauks
wauls
whaup
whump
woful
would
wound
wrung
wurst
wussy

Starting with X 1

xerus

Starting with Y 24

yamun
yauds
yauld
yaups
yeuks
yeuky
young
yourn
yours
youse
youth
yuans
yucas
yucca
yucch
yucks
yucky
yugas
yulan
yules
yummy
yupon
yurta
yurts

Starting with Z 1

zebus

This page shows 812 of the 1,590 words; the finder lists all of them and can copy them as text.

What is in this list

This list holds 1,590 words, 0.9% of the 172,634 words this site keeps from the ENABLE word list. Every word here has 5 letters, and they average 5 letters by construction — so the interesting differences are in which letters they use. Of the 36 lists in this group it is the 6th largest: “5 letter words with E” leads with 3,876 and “5 letter words ending in UMPY” has the fewest, 5. 6 words that would also fit were left out by this site's blocklist of slurs and explicit words.

Points and vowels

Using this site's letter values, the average word here scores 10.4 points (median 10); words of the same lengths across the whole list average 9.6, so this list runs 0.7 points richer. The top scorers are FUZZY (26), JUJUS (25), MUZZY (25), ABUZZ (23). Point for point, FUZZY earns the most per letter: 26 points over 5 letters, 5.2 each. U itself is worth 2 points here, so the score comes from the other letters.

Vowels (A, E, I, O, U) make up 37.6% of the letters, against 38% across the whole list. 250 words are more than half vowels. Compared with the whole dictionary, the letter most over-represented here is K: 1.9% of the letters, against 0.8% overall.

Letter by letter

U opens 117 words (7.4%), closes 23 and sits inside the other 1,450. 37 words use it more than once, such as AUGUR, AURUM, BUTUT and CUTUP. Position by position, the most likely letters are S in slot 1 (11.7%), U in slot 2 (49.6%), U in slot 3 (27.8%), U in slot 4 (16%), S in slot 5 (29.7%). 1,170 words use 5 different letters with none repeated (73.6%); the rest repeat at least one, and the most common double is FF (28 words). The most common three-letter openings are CUR- (21, as in CURBS), BUR- (20, as in BURAN), QUA- (19, as in QUACK). The most common endings are -USE (16, as in ABUSE), -UTS (16, as in ABUTS), -UGH (15, as in BOUGH). 29.4% end in a single S — mostly plurals and verb forms of shorter words.

Word play in this list

The biggest anagram family here is CRUET, CURET, CUTER, ERUCT, RECUT and TRUCE — 6 words from the same 5 letters. Altogether 232 sets of anagrams sit inside this list, covering 520 words. It contains 2 palindromes, read the same both ways: ALULA and SULUS. 18 words turn into another real word when spelled backwards — DEBUT becomes TUBED, HABUS becomes SUBAH, LARUM becomes MURAL, MURAL becomes LARUM. BHUTS is the longest word here that uses only one kind of vowel, ahead of BLUBS.

43.6% of these words take an S on the end and stay a word (ABUSE, ACUTE and ADIEU among them); after S, the most useful end letter is D, which extends 87 words. At the front, S turns 51 words into new ones (AUGER → SAUGER); C turns 42 words into new ones (AUDAD → CAUDAD); P turns 23 words into new ones (ILEUM → PILEUM).

Using this list

If the answer to a five-letter puzzle is known to be in this list, RULES is the guess that splits it most evenly: its colour patterns divide the sampled words into 87 groups, the largest of which has 78 words left (5.2 bits of information). To narrow it further, open it in the pattern finder: the rule “contains U, has 5 letters” is already filled in, and you can add a length, a fixed letter position or letters to leave out.

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