5 letter words ending in U
25 words in our dictionary end in U and have five letters. Only one is an everyday word: BAYOU.
Everyday words 1
Rare words 24
Small numbers are tile values added up (Scrabble). Bold border: everyday word. Tap a word to copy it.
At a glance
Highest-scoring words you could spell from one bag of Scrabble tiles (blanks count as zero):
- KUDZU 19
- QUIPU 16
- BIJOU 14
- FICHU 13
- COYPU 12
- HAIKU 12
- SAJOU 12
- HOKKU 11
- Good guesses from this list, with five different letters: BAYOU.
Letter before U
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Questions
How many 5 letter words ending in U are there?
Our dictionary has 25, and 1 of them are everyday words. The dictionary is the open word list our games use (ENABLE plus SCOWL), so a few words from tournament Scrabble lists may be missing.
What is the highest-scoring word on this list in Scrabble?
KUDZU, worth 19 points from tile values alone, and the standard tile bag has enough tiles to spell it. Board bonuses can change the real score.
How do I filter the list?
Use Must include to require letters (repeat a letter to require it twice), Leave out to exclude letters, or Pattern with ? for one unknown letter and * for any run of letters, for example ????u.
Is this list good for Wordle?
It is a starting point, not the official Wordle list. Everyday words are shown first because answers are usually common. For clue-by-clue help use the Wordle solver.