5-Letter Words Starting with SU
There are 47 five-letter words that start with SU on Word.ws, from suave to sutra. The most common are super, sugar, suite, sunny and sudan.
Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.
All 47 five-letter words that start with SU
SUA
- suave8adj. Of a person, charming, though often in a manner that is insincere or...
SUB
- subah10n. A province of the Mughal Empire.
- subak11n. An ancient Korean barehand martial art.
- subby12adj. Submissive (in regard to BDSM roles).
- suber7n. Cork, or the corresponding layer of woody tissue below the epidermis of...
SUC
- sucky14adj. Suitable for sucking.
- sucre7n. The former currency of Ecuador, divided into 100 centavos.
SUD
- sudan6n. A traditional Korean punch, made from boiled rice flour cakes and...
- sudra6n. A turban or headdress, similar to the keffiyeh, worn by Jewish men in...
- sudsy9adj. Having suds; having froth or lather like soapy water.
SUE
- suede6n. A type of soft leather, made from calfskin, with a brushed texture to...
- suero5n. A condiment based on fermented milk, from Colombia's Caribbean coastal...
SUG
- sugan6n. A straw rope.
- sugar6n. A food consisting of small, sweet crystals, principally of sucrose...
- sugoi6adj. Amazing, awesome.
SUI
- suing6n. The act of one who sues for something.
- suite5n. A group or train of attendants, servants etc.; a retinue.
SUJ
- sujud13n. Prostration.
SUK
- sukuk13n. A bond that generates a return to an investor without infringing...
SUL
- sulfa8adj. Of or containing sulfonamide or sulfanilamide.
- sulky12n. A light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in harness racing.
- sulla5n. Any of the species in the genus Sulla (syn. Hedysarum).
- sully8v. To soil or stain; to dirty.
SUM
- sumac9n. Any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Rhus and certain...
- suman7n. Rice cake from the Philippines made from glutinous rice cooked in...
- summa9n. A comprehensive summary of, or treatise on a subject, especially...
- summy12n. Somersault.
SUN
- sunga6n. A narrow, rectangular men's swimsuit to cover the genitals and...
- sunny8adj. Featuring a lot of sunshine.
- sunup7n. The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.
SUP
- super7adj. Of excellent quality, superfine.
- supes7adv. Super; extremely.
- supra7adv. Used to indicate that the current citation is from a source cited...
SUR
- surah8n. Soft twilled silk.
- sural5adj. Of or pertaining to the calf of the leg.
- suran5n. A tropical plant of the species Amorphophallus paeoniifolius...
- surau5n. A small mosque or other Islamic assembly building in parts of Sumatra...
- surfy11adj. Of a shore, having lots of breaking waves.
- surge6n. A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.
- surly8adj. Irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly.
- surra5n. A disease of vertebrate animals caused by protozoan trypanosomes...
- surry8n. Friend.
SUS
- susah8adj. Difficult.
- sushi8n. A Japanese dish made of small portions of sticky white rice flavored...
- susto5n. An illness in Latin American cultures, a condition of fear and chronic...
SUT
36 rare five-letter words that start with SU
Questions about these words
- How many five-letter words that start with SU are there?
- Word.ws lists 47 five-letter words that start with SU, plus 36 rare ones.
- What are common five-letter words that start with SU?
- super, sugar, suite, sunny, sudan, surge, sushi and suing.
- Which of the five-letter words that start with SU has the highest letter score?
- sucky scores 14 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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