5-Letter Words Ending in U

All 68 five-letter words ending in U

A

• adieu6interj. Said to wish a final farewell; goodbye.
• amaru7n. A double-headed serpent in Inca and other Andean mythology.
• ayllu8n. A traditional family-based community in the Andes, especially among...

B

• banku11n. A Ghanaian dish of fermented corn and cassava dough formed into a paste...
• bayou10n. A slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river.
• bijou14n. A jewel.
• buchu12n. A South African shrub in the genus Agathosma.
• bundu8n. A wilderness region, away from cities.

C

• chiru10n. The Tibetan antelope, Pantholops hodgsonii.
• cornu7n. A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn.
• coypu12n. A large, crepuscular, semiaquatic rodent (Myocastor coypus) resembling...

F

• faltu8adj. Useless; unnecessary; of no value or purpose.
• fondu9n. The graded shift from one color into another.

G

• gandu7n. A work agreement usually involving a married man and his adult sons who...
• gyaru9n. A Japanese subculture and fashion style popular in the 1990s, typically...

H

• haiku12n. A Japanese poem in three lines, the first and last consisting of five...
• hanfu11n. Traditional Han Chinese clothing.
• heiau8n. A temple in traditional Hawaiian society.
• hokku16n. Synonym of haiku (“type of Japanese poem”).
• hukou12n. A household registration record that identifies a person as a local...

I

• influ8n. Influenza.

J

• jambu16adj. Cute, adorable or beautiful.

K

• kaiju16n. A fictional giant monster, particularly of the kind found in Japanese...
• katsu9interj. A word shouted out in Zen Buddhism (as well as other sects of...
• kendu10n. Coromandel ebony (Diospyros malanoxylon).
• kombu13n. Edible kelp (“a type of brown seaweed”) (from the class Phaeophyceae)...
• kudzu19n. An Asian vine (several species in the genus Pueraria, but mostly...

L

• laddu7n. A ball-shaped sweet made with flour and sugar, popular in the Indian...

M

• mandu8n. A dumpling in Korean cuisine.
• mangu8n. Mashed plantain.
• manju14n. A traditional Japanese confection; most have an outside made from...
• mapou9n. On Haiti, the kapok tree, Ceiba pentandra.
• matsu7n. Pinus thunbergii, the Japanese pine.
• mundu8n. A garment resembling a dhoti, worn around the waist in Kerala, the...
• musou7n. A subgenre of hack-and-slash usually involving fighting hundreds of...

N

• nandu6n. Rhea (large, flightless birds).

O

• otaku9n. One with an obsessive interest in something, particularly (originally...

P

• pallu7n. The usually decorated end of a sari that hangs loose when worn.
• perdu8n. One placed on watch, or in ambush.
• pilau7adj. Filthy.
• poilu7n. A French infantryman during the First World War.
• ponzu16n. A sour citrus-based sauce usually made from the juice of the 橙...

Q

• quipu16n. A recording device, used by the Incas, consisting of intricate knotted...

R

• ritsu5n. An anhemitonic pentatonic scale used in a Japanese Buddhist chant, and...

S

• sadhu9n. An ascetic or practitioner of yoga (yogi) who has given up pursuit of...
• sangu6n. An Indian steel spear.
• sattu5n. Flour made from a mixture of ground pulses and cereals.
• sensu5prep. In the sense of.
• shabu10n. Methedrine; methamphetamine.
• shaku12n. The Japanese foot, a traditional Japanese unit of length equal to 10...
• shifu11n. Synonym of sifu: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
• shoyu11n. A dark form of soy sauce.
• snafu8v. To screw up, fuck up, or foul up.
• surau5n. A small mosque or other Islamic assembly building in parts of Sumatra...

T

• tansu5n. A traditional portable chest from Japan.
• tatau5n. A Samoan tattoo.
• tatou5n. The giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus).
• tendu6n. A move in which the leg and foot stretch to point in a particular...
• tengu6n. A mythical Japanese creature, typically birdlike and having a long nose.
• tulku9n. A high-ranking lama who can choose the manner of his or her rebirth.
• tunku9n. A Malay prince.

U

• uhuru8n. Freedom.

V

• vastu8n. A philosophy of architecture that has elements akin to feng shui.
• vertu8n. The fine arts as a subject of study or expertise; understanding of arts...

W

• wagyu12n. Any of several Japanese breeds of cattle genetically predisposed to...
• watsu8n. A form of body massage performed on a subject lying in warm water.
• wonju15n. A long-sleeved blouse worn by women in Bhutan.
• wushu11n. Any Chinese martial art.

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words ending in U are there?

Word.ws lists 68 five-letter words ending in U, plus 109 rare ones.

What are common five-letter words ending in U?

bayou, haiku, adieu, otaku, uhuru, kaiju, snafu and bijou.

Which of the five-letter words ending in U has the highest letter score?

kudzu scores 19 points with the standard letter tile values.

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