5-Letter Words Starting with GU
There are 41 five-letter words that start with GU on Word.ws, from guana to guyot. The most common are guess, guide, guard, guest and guilt.
Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.
All 41 five-letter words that start with GU
GUA
- guana6n. An iguana.
- guano6n. Dung from a sea bird or from a bat.
- guara6n. A maned wolf, of species Chrysocyon brachyurus (syn. Canis jubatus)...
- guard7n. A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.
- guava9n. A tropical tree or shrub of the myrtle family, Psidium guajava.
GUE
- guess6v. To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in...
- guest6n. A recipient of hospitality, especially someone staying by invitation at...
GUI
- guide7n. Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a...
- guido7n. A guidance officer.
- guild7n. A group or association mainly of tradespeople made up of merchants...
- guile6n. Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful...
- guilt6n. Responsibility for wrongdoing.
- guise6n. A customary way of speaking or acting; a fashion, a manner, a practice...
GUL
- gulag7n. Also GULAG: the system of all Soviet labour camps and prisons in use...
- gulal6n. A colored powder often used during the Holi festival.
- gular6adj. Particularly of an animal: of, pertaining to, or located at the gula...
- gulch11n. A ravine-like or deep V-shaped valley, often eroded by flash floods...
- gules6n. Red, e.g. on a coat of arms, typically represented in engraving by...
- gully9n. A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow...
GUM
- gumbo10n. Synonym of okra: the plant or its edible capsules.
- gumma10n. A soft, non-cancerous growth, a form of granuloma, resulting from the...
- gummi10n. A sugary, gelatinous material used to make candies.
- gummy13adj. Showing the gums.
GUN
- gundy10n. A front claw of a crab.
- gunge7n. A viscous or sticky substance, particularly an unpleasant one of vague...
- gunky13adj. Greasy, messy or dirty.
- gunny9n. A coarse heavy fabric made of jute or hemp.
GUP
- guppy13n. A species of tiny freshwater fish, Poecilia reticulata, popular in home...
GUQ
- guqin15n. A plucked zither-like stringed instrument (chordophone), traditionally...
GUR
- gurdy10n. A manual crank used on fishing lines.
- gurry9n. A circular gong that was struck at regular intervals to indicate the...
GUS
- gushy12adj. Gushing; effusive and often emotional.
- gussy9v. To dress up or decorate in a showy way.
- gusto6n. Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor.
- gusty9adj. Of wind: blowing in gusts; blustery; tempestuous.
GUT
- gutka10n. A preparation of crushed areca nut, tobacco, catechu, paraffin, slaked...
- gutsy9adj. Marked by courage, determination or boldness in the face of...
- gutta6n. A drop (of liquid, especially a medication).
- gutty9adj. Charged or sprinkled with drops.
GUY
35 rare five-letter words that start with GU
Questions about these words
- How many five-letter words that start with GU are there?
- Word.ws lists 41 five-letter words that start with GU, plus 35 rare ones.
- What are common five-letter words that start with GU?
- guess, guide, guard, guest, guilt, guild, guise and guido.
- Which of the five-letter words that start with GU has the highest letter score?
- guqin scores 15 points with the standard letter tile values.
Related word lists
Source and license
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.
Cite this page: “5-Letter Words Starting with GU: 41 Words.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/words/5-letter/starting-with-gu. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.