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5-Letter Words Starting with MU

There are 64 five-letter words that start with MU on Word.ws, from mucho to muzzy. The most common are music, multi, muddy, mummy and mural.

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All 64 five-letter words that start with MU

MUC

  • mucho12adj. Much; a great deal of.
  • mucin9n. Any of several glycoproteins found in mucus.
  • mucky16adj. Covered in muck.
  • mucor9n. The property of being mucid.
  • mucus9n. A slippery secretion from the lining of the mucous membranes.

MUD

  • mudar8n. Calotropis gigantea (crown flower, giant milkweed).
  • muddy12adj. Covered or splashed with, or full of, mud (“wet soil”).
  • mudge9n. Mud; sludge.
  • mudra8n. Any of several formal symbolic hand postures used in classical dance of...

MUF

  • mufti10n. A Muslim scholar and interpreter of sharia law, who can deliver a fatwa.

MUG

  • mugga9n. Eucalyptus sideroxylon, a species of eucalyptus endemic to eastern...
  • muggy12adj. Humid, or hot and humid.
  • mugil8n. Any fish of the genus Mugil of mugilid mullets.

MUH

  • muhly13n. Any of the many species of grasses of genus Muhlenbergia.

MUJ

  • mujra14n. A form of exotic dance in India, traditionally performed by courtesans...

MUK

  • mukim13n. A level of administrative division used in Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia...
  • mukti11n. Feminine synonym of masculine substantive noun मोक्ष (mokṣa...

MUL

  • mulai7n. A title for the ruler of Morocco.
  • mulch12n. Any material used to cover the top layer of soil to protect, insulate...
  • mules7v. To remove skin from (an animal) to prevent myiasis.
  • mulet7n. A fine, a penalty paid for an offense.
  • muley10adj. Without horns.
  • mulga8n. Any of a number of small acacia trees, especially Acacia aneura...
  • multi7n. A multituberculate.

MUM

  • mummy14n. An embalmed human or non-human animal corpse wrapped in linen bandages...
  • mumps11n. A contagious disease caused by the Mumps virus of the genus...
  • mumsy12adj. Characteristic of a mum; motherly.

MUN

  • munch12v. To chew with a grinding, crunching sound, and with the mouth closed.
  • mundu8n. A garment resembling a dhoti, worn around the waist in Kerala, the...
  • munga8n. Food.
  • munge8v. To transform data in an undefined or unexplained manner, as for example...
  • mungo8n. A material of short fiber and inferior quality obtained by deviling...
  • munia7n. Any of certain estrildid finches of the genera Lonchura (most...
  • munny10n. A measure of land used in the neighbourhood of Madras.
  • munya10adj. Good.

MUR

  • mural7n. A large painting, usually drawn on a wall.
  • murex14n. Any member of the genus Murex of marine gastropods.
  • murga8n. A stress position used as corporal punishment in parts of South Asia....
  • murgh11n. Chicken.
  • murid8adj. Of or belonging to the family Muridae.
  • murky14adj. Hard to see through, as a fog or mist.
  • murra7n. An ornamental stone for vases, etc. described by Pliny, most probably...
  • murre7n. Any seabird of the genus Uria in the family Alcidae (the auks).
  • murri7n. A medieval Arab condiment made from fermented barley.
  • murry10adv. Very, extremely.
  • murse7n. A man's purse.
  • murti7n. A sacred image of a deity.
  • murza16n. One of the hereditary nobility among the Tatars, up to the 19th...

MUS

  • musar7n. An itinerant musette player.
  • muser7n. One who muses.
  • musha10interj. An expression of sympathy.
  • mushy13adj. Resembling or having the consistency of mush; semiliquid, pasty, or...
  • music9n. A series of sounds organized in time, usually employing some...
  • musky14adj. Resembling or characteristic of musk, especially in scent.
  • musou7n. A subgenre of hack-and-slash usually involving fighting hundreds of...
  • mussy10adj. Having been mussed: messy, rumpled.
  • musth10n. Chiefly preceded by in or on: the state each year during which a male...
  • musty10adj. Affected by dampness or mould; damp, mildewed, mouldy.

MUT

  • mutch12n. A linen or muslin hat, especially one of a type once commonly worn by...
  • muted8adj. Not expressed strongly or openly; subdued and understated.
  • muter7n. Something that mutes sound.
  • mutex14n. An object in a program that serves as a lock, used to negotiate mutual...
  • mutie7n. A mutant.

MUZ

  • muzzy28adj. Blurred, hazy, indistinct, unfocussed.
36 rare five-letter words that start with MU

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with MU are there?
Word.ws lists 64 five-letter words that start with MU, plus 36 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with MU?
music, multi, muddy, mummy, mural, muted, mucus and murky.
Which of the five-letter words that start with MU has the highest letter score?
muzzy scores 28 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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