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5-Letter Words Starting with DU

There are 46 five-letter words that start with DU on Word.ws, from duang to duvet. The most common are dutch, dudes, ducks, dunno and dusty.

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All 46 five-letter words that start with DU

DUA

  • duang7n. A kind of Asian horoscope.

DUB

  • dubby13adj. In the style of dub music; having been heavily remixed, particularly...
  • dubia8n. A set of questions on doctrine sent by Catholic bishops to the Holy See.
  • duble8n. The official currency of Slowjamastan.

DUC

  • ducal8adj. Of or pertaining to a duke, a duchess, or the duchy or dukedom they...
  • ducat8n. A gold coin minted by various European nations.
  • duchy14n. A dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess.
  • ducks12n. A pair of twos.
  • ducky15adj. Resembling or characteristic of a duck.

DUD

  • duddy11adj. Ragged.
  • dudes7n. Any group of people, regardless of gender.
  • duduk11n. An Armenian woodwind instrument.

DUK

  • dukes10n. One's parents.
  • dukey13n. A penny gaff.

DUL

  • dulce8n. Sweetness.
  • dulia6n. The veneration of saints, distinguished from latria, the worship of God.
  • dully9adv. In a dull manner; without liveliness; without lustre.
  • dulse6n. A seaweed of a reddish-brown color (Palmaria palmata) which is...

DUM

  • dumba10n. The fat-tailed sheep.
  • dumka12n. A genre of instrumental folk music from Ukraine.
  • dummy13n. A silent person; a person who does not talk.
  • dumpy13adj. Short and thick; stout or stocky.

DUN

  • dunam8n. An Ottoman Turkish unit of surface area nominally equal to 1,600 square...
  • dunce8n. An unintelligent person.
  • dunch11v. To knock against; to hit, punch.
  • dungy10adj. Resembling or characteristic of dung.
  • dunks10n. Ziziphus mauritiana, a tropical fruit tree.
  • dunky13adj. Suitable for dunking; dunkable.
  • dunna6v. Do not.
  • dunno6n. An utterance of the word dunno.
  • dunny9adj. Somewhat dun, dusky brownish.
  • dunzo15adj. Done, finished.

DUO

  • duomo8n. A cathedral, or a cathedral-like building, especially one in Italy.

DUP

  • duper8n. A person who dupes another.
  • duple8adj. Having two beats, or a multiple of two beats, in each measure.
  • duppy13n. A ghost or spirit, often appearing in the form of a dog barking or...

DUR

  • durak10n. A traditional Russian card game in which players attempt to shed all of...
  • dural6adj. Relating to the dura mater.
  • duroy9n. A kind of coarse woolen cloth used in 17th century England.
  • durra6n. A kind of millet, a variety of sorghum; Indian millet (Sorghum bicolor).
  • durry9n. A cigarette, especially a roll-your-own.

DUS

  • dusky13adj. Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening).
  • dusty9adj. Covered with dust.

DUT

DUV

  • duvet9n. A quilt or usually flat cloth bag with a filling (traditionally down)...
23 rare five-letter words that start with DU

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with DU are there?
Word.ws lists 46 five-letter words that start with DU, plus 23 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with DU?
dutch, dudes, ducks, dunno, dusty, dummy, dukes and duchy.
Which of the five-letter words that start with DU has the highest letter score?
dunzo scores 15 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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