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5-Letter Words Ending in UP

There are 12 five-letter words ending in UP on Word.ws, from croup to syrup. The most common are group, setup, syrup, layup and getup.

Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.

All 12 five-letter words ending in UP

  • croup9n. The top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped.
  • cutup9n. Someone who cuts up; someone who acts boisterously or clownishly, for...
  • getup8n. Clothes, costume or outfit, especially one that is ostentatious or...
  • group8n. A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.
  • layup10n. A close-range shot in which the shooter banks the ball off the...
  • letup7n. A pause or period of slackening.
  • scaup9n. Any of three species of small diving duck in the genus Aythya.
  • setup7n. Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
  • shmup12n. A shoot-'em-up, particularly a two-dimensional shooter themed around...
  • stoup7n. A receptacle for holy water, especially a basin set at the entrance of...
  • sunup7n. The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.
  • syrup10n. Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or...
10 rare five-letter words ending in UP

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words ending in UP are there?
Word.ws lists 12 five-letter words ending in UP, plus 10 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words ending in UP?
group, setup, syrup, layup, getup, croup, sunup and scaup.
Which of the five-letter words ending in UP has the highest letter score?
shmup scores 12 points with the standard letter tile values.

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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