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5-Letter Words Starting with US

There are 11 five-letter words that start with US on Word.ws, from usage to usury. The most common are using, usual, usage, usher and usurp.

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All 11 five-letter words that start with US

  • usage6n. A custom or established practice.
  • usher8n. A person, in a church, cinema etc., who escorts people to their seats.
  • usine5n. A West Indian sugar factory.
  • using6n. Use; utilization.
  • usnea5n. Any lichen of the genus Usnea.
  • usnic7adj. Of or relating to usnic acid.
  • usque14n. Whisky.
  • ustad6n. A master, especially of music, in South Asia and the Middle East.
  • usual5adj. Most commonly occurring; typical.
  • usurp7v. To seize and hold or use (powers, an office, a coat of arms, a right or...
  • usury8n. An exorbitant rate of interest, in excess of any legal rates or at...
8 rare five-letter words that start with US

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with US are there?
Word.ws lists 11 five-letter words that start with US, plus 8 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with US?
using, usual, usage, usher, usurp, usury, ustad and usque.
Which of the five-letter words that start with US has the highest letter score?
usque 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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