5-Letter Words Starting with NU
There are 13 five-letter words that start with NU on Word.ws, from nubby to nutty. The most common are nurse, nudge, nutty, nuevo and nubia.
Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.
All 13 five-letter words that start with NU
- nubby12adj. Knobbly; covered with small knobs.
- nubia7n. A light, knitted headscarf worn by women.
- nudge7n. A gentle push.
- nudie6n. Entertainment involving naked people, especially women.
- nuevo8adj. New or novel, usually in reference to Latin American culture.
- nullo5n. A bid in which the bidder asserts that he or she will not take any...
- numen7n. A divinity, especially a local or presiding god.
- nummy12adj. Delicious.
- nupur7n. An anklet.
- nurse5n. Anyone performing this role, regardless of training or profession.
- nutso5adj. Crazy, insane.
- nutsy8adj. Crazy.
- nutty8adj. Containing nuts.
20 rare five-letter words that start with NU
Questions about these words
- How many five-letter words that start with NU are there?
- Word.ws lists 13 five-letter words that start with NU, plus 20 rare ones.
- What are common five-letter words that start with NU?
- nurse, nudge, nutty, nuevo, nubia, nudie, nutso and nubby.
- Which of the five-letter words that start with NU has the highest letter score?
- nummy 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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