5-Letter Words with U

All 1,423 five-letter words with U: page 1 of 4

A

• about7prep. In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of...
• abuna7n. The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church.
• abuse7n. Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an...
• abuzz25adj. Characterized by a high level of activity or gossip; in a buzz...
• actus7n. A former Roman unit of length, equal to 120 Roman feet (about 35.5 m).
• acute7adj. Brief, quick, short.
• adieu6interj. Said to wish a final farewell; goodbye.
• adult6n. An animal that is full-grown.
• afoul8adv. In a state of entanglement or conflict (with).
• agung7n. A gong used in the Philippines and Indonesia.
• agust6n. The tree Sesbania grandiflora.
• ahura8n. A member of the ahuric triad.
• ajuga13n. Any plant in the genus Ajuga, especially the ornamental ground cover...
• akuma11n. A Japanese demon.
• album9n. In Ancient Rome, a white tablet or register on which the praetor's...
• aloud6adv. With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly.
• alula5n. A small projection of three or four feathers on the first digit of the...
• amaru7n. A double-headed serpent in Inca and other Andean mythology.
• amour7n. Courtship; flirtation.
• amuse7v. To entertain or occupy (someone or something) in a pleasant manner; to...
• annul5v. To formally revoke the validity of.
• annum7n. A one-year period, particularly (finance) a fiscal year or (sciences) a...
• appui9v. To prop or support, e.g. by posting troops.
• arcus7n. A white band of cholesterol that forms at the edge of the cornea.
• argue6v. To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply.
• argus6n. A watchful guardian.
• ascus7n. A sac-shaped cell present in ascomycete fungi; it is a reproductive...
• assur5adj. Forbidden.
• audax13n. A non-competitive long-distance (often over 200 km) cycling event.
• audio6adj. Focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight.
• audit6n. A judicial examination.
• augen6n. Flattened eye-shaped mineral grains present in some metamorphic rocks.
• auger6n. A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.
• aught9n. Zero.
• augur6n. A diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other...
• aulic7adj. Of or pertaining to a royal court; courtly.
• aulos5n. Any of a class of ancient Greek musical instruments resembling pipes or...
• aural5adj. Of or pertaining to the ear.
• auric7adj. Of or pertaining to trivalent gold.
• aurin5n. A red colouring matter derived from phenol. Used as an indicator.
• aurum7n. Gold (used in the names of various substances, see "Derived terms").
• autem7n. A church.
• auton5n. A machine or robot, usually in the form of a living being, designed to...
• auxin12n. A class of plant growth substance (often called phytohormones or plant...
• awful11adj. Very bad.
• ayllu8n. A traditional family-based community in the Andes, especially among...
• azure14n. The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.

B

• babul9n. A tree native to South Asia, Vachellia nilotica subsp. indica, formerly...
• baduk12n. An ancient Chinese board game, today also popular in Japan and Korea...
• bagua8n. The eight trigrams used in Daoist cosmology.
• bahut10n. A portable coffer or chest with a rounded lid covered in leather...
• balun7n. An electronic device for connecting a balanced transmission line to an...
• balut7n. Asian street food consisting of a developing duck embryo boiled alive...
• banku11n. A Ghanaian dish of fermented corn and cassava dough formed into a paste...
• bauer7n. A German farmer or peasant.
• bayou10n. A slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river.
• beaut7n. Something or someone that is physically attractive.
• begum10v. To daub or cover with gum.
• begun8adj. Having begun.
• bhumi12n. One of the ten hierarchically arranged stages through which bodhisattva...
• bhuna10n. A type of curry, in which the onions and spices are cooked in oil with...
• bijou14n. A jewel.
• blued8adj. Having the property of having been chemically passivated.
• bluer7n. A blue blazer, part of the school uniform at Harrow School.
• blues7n. A feeling of sadness or depression.
• bluet7n. Any of several different plants, from several genera, having bluish...
• bluey10adj. Having a colour similar to blue.
• bluff13n. An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one’s...
• blunt7adj. Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.
• blurb9n. A short description of a book, film, or other work, written and used...
• blurp9n. An explosive low-pitched sound resembling a burp.
• blurt7v. To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to speak quickly or without thought...
• blush10n. An act of blushing; a pink or red glow on the face caused by...
• boeuf10n. A bovine.
• bogue8n. A species of seabream fish native to the eastern Atlantic (Boops boops).
• bogus8adj. Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.
• bolus7n. A round mass of something, especially of chewed food in the mouth or...
• bonus7n. Something extra that is good; an added benefit.
• bouge8n. The right to rations at court, granted to the king's household...
• bough11n. A tree-branch, usually a primary one directly attached to the trunk.
• boule7n. One of the bowls used in the French game of boules.
• bound8adj. Obliged (to).
• bouse7v. To haul or hoist (something) with a tackle.
• bruce9n. A man.
• bruck13adj. Broke, out of liquidity.
• bruin7n. A folk name for a bear, especially the brown bear, Ursus arctos.
• bruit7n. An abnormal sound in the body heard on auscultation (for example...
• bruja14n. A female practitioner of brujería.
• brujo14n. A male practitioner of brujería.
• brume9n. Mist, fog, vapour.
• brune7adj. Brunette.
• brunt7n. The full adverse effects; the chief consequences or negative results of...
• brush10n. An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or...
• brute7adj. Without reason or intelligence (of animals).
• buang8v. To discard or throw something out.
• bubba11n. Brother; used as term of familiar address.
• bubbe11n. A grandmother.
• bubby14n. A woman's breast.
• bucca11n. A storm spirit in Cornish folklore, traditionally believed to inhabit...
• buchi12n. Jian dui; sesame ball.
• bucht12n. A sheepfold, especially one in which to keep ewes at milking-time.
• buchu12n. A South African shrub in the genus Agathosma.
• bucko13n. A boastful or bullying man.
• bucks13n. Casual Oxford shoes made of buckskin, often white or a neutral color.
• bucky16n. A gun.
• budda9n. Eremophila mitchellii, a sandalwood-like plant native to Australia.
• buddo9n. Buddy, friend.
• buddy12n. A friend or casual acquaintance.
• budge9v. To move; to be shifted from a fixed position.
• buffa13n. The comic actress in an opera.
• buffo13n. A comic singer, particularly in comic opera.
• buffy16adj. Of a buff color.
• buggy12n. A small horse-drawn cart.
• bugle8n. A horn used by hunters.
• bugsy11adj. Infested with bugs; buggy.
• build8v. To form (something) by combining materials or parts.
• built7adj. Well-built, muscular or toned.
• buist7n. A box or chest.
• bulak11n. An Indian nose ring usually worn by married women.
• bulat7n. A steel alloy known in Russia from medieval times.
• bulge8n. An object which is sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant...
• bulgy11adj. Having one or more bulges; bulging.
• bulka11n. A bread roll; a bun.
• bulky14adj. Being large in size, mass, or volume; big, fat or muscular.
• bulla7n. A blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion, as.
• bully10n. A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to...
• bumbo11n. A drink made from rum, water, sugar, and nutmeg.
• bummy14adj. Like a bum (homeless person or hobo).
• bumps11n. The ritual tossing of someone into the air to celebrate their birthday.
• bumpy14adj. Rough; jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements.
• bunce9n. A bonus; additional pay; money.
• bunch12n. A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or...
• bunco9n. A swindle or confidence trick.
• bunda8n. Ass, butt.
• bundt8n. A baking pan with a hollow, circular, raised area in the middle.
• bundu8n. A wilderness region, away from cities.
• bundy11n. A tree, Eucalyptus goniocalyx.
• bungo8n. A Japanese written language established mainly during the Heian period...
• bunia7n. Bunya (a traditional Kanak and Ni-Vanuatu dish).
• bunji14n. A mate; a kinsman.
• bunny10n. A rabbit, especially a juvenile one.
• bunta7adj. Crazy, riotous, out of control.
• bunts7n. Money.
• bunya10n. The bunya pine, Araucaria bidwillii, native to Queensland.
• burek11n. A type of baked or fried filled pastry of the former Ottoman Empire.
• burgh11n. A small mound, often used in reference to tumuli (mostly restricted to...
• burin7n. A chisel with a sharp point, used for engraving; a graver.
• burka11n. A dress made from felt or karakul (the short curly fur of young lambs...
• burke11v. To murder by suffocation.
• burle7n. A cold north wind that blows in the winter in south-central France.
• burly10adj. Large, well-built, and muscular.
• burnt7adj. Damaged or injured by fire or heat.
• burny10adj. Tending to burn.
• buron7n. A traditional Auvergne shepherd's hut with a thatched roof, or a rustic...
• burqa16n. An enveloping Central Asian garment which covers the whole body...
• burra7adj. Big or important, used as a respectful honorific.
• burro7n. A small donkey, especially when used as a pack animal or one that is...
• burry10adj. Abounding in burs.
• bursa7n. Any of the many small fluid-filled sacs located at the point where a...
• burse7n. A purse.
• burst7v. To break from internal pressure.
• busby12n. A fur hat, usually with a plume in the front, worn by certain members...
• bushy13adj. Like a bush in having many branches that spread out densely in all...
• bussy10n. A bus driver.
• busto7n. A bust.
• busty10adj. Having large breasts.
• butch12adj. Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.
• buteo7n. Any of the broad-winged soaring raptors of the genus Buteo.
• butoh10n. A form of Japanese contemporary dance.
• butte7n. An isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top.
• butty10n. A sandwich, usually with a hot or cold savoury filling buttered in a...
• butyl10n. Any of four isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₄H₉, formally...
• buuut7conj. Elongated form of but.
• buxom16adj. Having a full, voluptuous figure, especially possessing large breasts.
• buyer10n. A person who makes one or more purchases.
• buzzy28adj. Having a buzzing sound.

C

• caput9n. The head.
• carus7n. Deep coma or lethargy.
• casus7n. A possible world, as a starting point for reasoning.
• catur7n. A light rowboat used on the coast of Malabar in the early days of the...
• cauda8n. A diacritical mark with various forms, attached to the e of the e...
• caulk11n. Caulking.
• cause7n. The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces...
• cavum12n. The lower part of the concha of the ear adjoining the origin of the...
• cavus10n. In planetary geology, an irregular steep-sided depression that does not...
• chaun10n. A gap or rift.
• chaus10n. Synonym of jungle cat (Felis chaus).
• chiru10n. The Tibetan antelope, Pantholops hodgsonii.
• chout10n. An assessment equal to a quarter of the revenue, levied by the Marathas...
• chuba12n. A long sheepskin coat made of thick wool, worn by Tibetans.
• chubb14n. An erection of the penis.
• chuck16n. Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
• chuff16adj. Surly; annoyed; displeased; disgruntled.
• chula10n. A hearth, stove, or other traditional cooking-place.
• chump14n. The thick end, especially of a piece of wood or of a joint of meat.
• chunk14n. A part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick...
• chupa12n. A unit of volume equivalent to around 375 mL.
• churi10n. An Indian bracelet.
• churl10n. A free peasant (as opposed to a serf) of the lowest rank, below an earl...
• churn10v. To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or...
• chute10n. A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to...
• cloud8n. A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
• clout7n. Influence or effectiveness, especially political.
• clubs9n. One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣.
• cluck13n. The sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her...
• clump11n. A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass.
• clung8adj. Shrunken; wasted away.
• clunk11n. A dull, metallic sound, especially one made by two bodies coming into...
• cluse7n. A defile or narrow gorge, especially one that cuts transversely through...
• conus7n. A cone.
• copus9n. A mug.
• coque16n. A small loop or bow of ribbon used in making hats, boas, etc.
• coqui16n. A coqui frog (Eleutherodactylus).
• cornu7n. A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn.
• couch12n. An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of...
• cough11v. Sometimes followed by up: to force (something) out of the lungs or...
• could8v. Used as a past subjunctive (contrary to fact).
• count7v. To recite numbers in sequence.
• coupe9n. A shallow glass or glass dish, usually with a stem, in which sparkling...
• cours7n. Three-month unit of television broadcasting corresponding to a natural...
• court7n. An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls...
• couth10adj. Agreeable, friendly, pleasant.
• coypu12n. A large, crepuscular, semiaquatic rodent (Myocastor coypus) resembling...
• croup9n. The top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped.
• crout7n. Sauerkraut.
• cruck13n. A sturdy timber with a curve or angle used for primary framing of a...
• crude8adj. In a natural, untreated state.
• crudo8n. A dish made of raw fish or seafood.
• cruel7adj. Intentionally causing or reveling in pain and suffering; merciless...
• cruet7n. A small bottle or container used to hold a condiment, such as oil...
• cruft10n. Anything that is old or of inferior quality.
• crumb11n. A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit...
• crump11n. The sound of a muffled explosion.
• crunk11adj. Crazy and intoxicated.
• cruse7n. An oil lamp; a crusy.
• crush10n. A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
• crust7n. A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
• cubby14n. A small, confined space.
• cubeb11n. A tailed pepper plant (Piper cubeba), an Indonesian plant cultivated...
• cubed10adj. Raised to the third power.
• cuber9n. Any device designed to cut things into cubes.
• cubes9n. Testicles.
• cubic11adj. Used in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of...
• cubie9n. One of the smaller cubes making up a Rubik's cube.
• cubit9n. The distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger used as an...
• cuddy12n. A cabin, for the use of the captain, in the after part of a sailing...
• culet7n. A component of armor, consisting of overlapping plates designed to...
• culex14n. Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry...
• cully10n. A companion.
• culpa9n. Negligence or fault, as distinguishable from dolus (deceit, fraud)...
• culty10adj. Resembling a cult.
• cumin9n. The flowering plant Cuminum cyminum, in the family Apiaceae.
• cupid10n. A putto carrying a bow and arrow, representing Cupid or love.
• cuppa11n. A cup of tea (or sometimes any hot drink).
• cuppy14adj. Having the form of a cup.
• cupro9n. Rayon made by the cuproammonium process.
• curdy11adj. Like, or full of, curd; coagulated.
• curer7n. A healer.
• curia7n. Any of the subdivisions of a tribe in ancient Rome.
• curie7n. 3.7×10¹⁰ decays per second, as a unit of radioactivity. Symbol Ci.
• curio7n. A strange and interesting object; something that evokes curiosity.
• curls7n. Specifically, a body of curly hair on someone's head.
• curly10adj. Having curls.
• curry10n. One of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavored by...
• curse7n. A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.
• curva10n. The bank of seats behind the goal, especially in continental European...
• curve10n. A bend, such as in a road.
• curvy13adj. Having curves.
• cushy13adj. Making few demands; comfortable, easy.
• cutch12n. A preservative, made from catechu gum boiled in water, used to prolong...
• cutes7n. Cuteness.
• cutie7n. A cute person or animal.
• cutis7n. The true skin, underlying the epidermis.
• cutty10adj. Short, shortened, or small; curtailed.
• cutup9n. Someone who cuts up; someone who acts boisterously or clownishly, for...

D

• datum8n. Something known or assumed as fact, and is made the basis of reasoning...
• daube8n. A stew of braised meat, usually beef.
• dauer6n. A developmental stage of certain nematode larvae in which they exhibit...
• daugh10n. An obsolete Scots unit equal to 4 ploughgates, notionally comprising...
• daunt6v. To discourage, intimidate.
• debug9v. To search for and eliminate malfunctioning elements or errors in...
• debus8v. To alight or get off a bus.
• debut8n. A performer's first performance to the public, in sport, the arts or...
• demur8v. Chiefly followed by to, and sometimes by at or on: to object or be...
• deque15n. A linear data structure in which elements may be appended to or removed...
• deuce8n. A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
• dhuhr12n. The midday Islamic prayer.
• dolus6n. Evil intent: malice or fraud.
• domus8n. A farmstead with its people, plants and animals, considered as a unit.
• doubt8v. To consider questionable or unlikely; to hesitate to believe; to lack...
• douce8adj. Sweet; nice; pleasant.
• dough10n. A thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other...
• doula6n. A trained support person who provides emotional, physical and practical...
• douse6v. To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.
• doust6n. Dust.
• druid7n. One of an order of priests among certain groups of Celts before the...
• drunk10adj. Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by...
• drupe8n. A kind of fruit, with a fleshy exterior, formed from the exocarp and...
• drury9n. Love, especially sexual love; courtship, sex.
• druse6n. A rock surface with a crust of tiny crystals.
• drusy9adj. Having a druse.
• duang7n. A kind of Asian horoscope.
• dubby13adj. In the style of dub music; having been heavily remixed, particularly...
• dubia8n. A set of questions on doctrine sent by Catholic bishops to the Holy See.
• duble8n. The official currency of Slowjamastan.
• ducal8adj. Of or pertaining to a duke, a duchess, or the duchy or dukedom they...
• ducat8n. A gold coin minted by various European nations.
• duchy14n. A dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess.
• ducks12n. A pair of twos.
• ducky15adj. Resembling or characteristic of a duck.
• duddy11adj. Ragged.
• dudes7n. Any group of people, regardless of gender.
• duduk11n. An Armenian woodwind instrument.
• dukes10n. One's parents.
• dukey13n. A penny gaff.
• dulce8n. Sweetness.
• dulia6n. The veneration of saints, distinguished from latria, the worship of God.
• dully9adv. In a dull manner; without liveliness; without lustre.
• dulse6n. A seaweed of a reddish-brown color (Palmaria palmata) which is...
• dumba10n. The fat-tailed sheep.
• dumka12n. A genre of instrumental folk music from Ukraine.
• dummy13n. A silent person; a person who does not talk.
• dumpy13adj. Short and thick; stout or stocky.
• dunam8n. An Ottoman Turkish unit of surface area nominally equal to 1,600 square...
• dunce8n. An unintelligent person.
• dunch11v. To knock against; to hit, punch.
• dungy10adj. Resembling or characteristic of dung.
• dunks10n. Ziziphus mauritiana, a tropical fruit tree.
• dunky13adj. Suitable for dunking; dunkable.
• dunna6v. Do not.
• dunno6n. An utterance of the word dunno.
• dunny9adj. Somewhat dun, dusky brownish.
• dunzo15adj. Done, finished.
• duomo8n. A cathedral, or a cathedral-like building, especially one in Italy.
• duper8n. A person who dupes another.
• duple8adj. Having two beats, or a multiple of two beats, in each measure.
• duppy13n. A ghost or spirit, often appearing in the form of a dog barking or...
• durak10n. A traditional Russian card game in which players attempt to shed all of...
• dural6adj. Relating to the dura mater.
• duroy9n. A kind of coarse woolen cloth used in 17th century England.
• durra6n. A kind of millet, a variety of sorghum; Indian millet (Sorghum bicolor).
• durry9n. A cigarette, especially a roll-your-own.
• dusky13adj. Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening).
• dusty9adj. Covered with dust.
• dutch11n. Wife.
• dutty9n. The ground.
• duvet9n. A quilt or usually flat cloth bag with a filling (traditionally down)...

E

• educe8v. To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or...
• egusi6n. Melon seeds that are ground to make soup in West Africa.
• elude6v. To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using...
• elute5v. To separate one substance from another by means of a solvent; to wash...
• emule7v. To emulate.
• endue6v. Of a person or thing: to take on (a different form); to adopt, to...
• ennui5n. A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression.
• ensue5v. To occur afterwards, as a result or effect.
• enure5v. To inure; to make accustomed or desensitized to something unpleasant...
• equal14adj. The same in one or more respects.
• eques14n. A member of the equestrian order (Latin: ordo equester), the lower of...
• equid15n. Any animal of the taxonomic family Equidae, including any equine...
• equip16v. To supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific...
• equol14n. An isoflavandiol metabolized from daidzein by bacterial flora in the...
• erupt7v. To eject something violently (such as lava or water, as from a volcano...
• etude6n. A short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a...
• eurgh9interj. An expression of disgust or distaste.
• eurus5n. The east wind.
• exude13v. To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid...
• exult12v. To rejoice; to be very happy, especially in triumph; to triumph (over).
• exurb14n. A residential area beyond the suburbs.

F

• faltu8adj. Useless; unnecessary; of no value or purpose.
• faugh12interj. An exclamation of contempt, or of disgust, especially for a smell.
• fault8n. Culpability; the responsibility for a blameworthy event.
• fauna8n. Animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular...
• fauve11n. Synonym of fauvist.
• femur10n. A thighbone.
• fetus8n. An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal.
• ficus10n. Any plant belonging to the genus Ficus, including the rubber plant, of...
• filum10n. A filamentous anatomical structure.
• fleur8n. Fleur-de-lis.
• flour8n. Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat...
• flout8v. To express contempt for (laws, rules, etc.) by word or action.
• flues8n. Bits of down.
• fluff14n. Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
• fluid9n. Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the...
• fluke12n. A lucky or improbable occurrence that could probably never be repeated.
• flume10n. A ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through.
• flump12interj. A sound of something moving or falling heavily, or with a dull sound.
• flunk12v. Of a student, to fail a class; to not pass.
• fluor8n. The mineral fluorite.
• flush11n. A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees...
• flute8n. A woodwind instrument consisting of a tube with a row of holes that...
• focus10n. A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.
• fondu9n. The graded shift from one color into another.
• forum10n. A place for discussion.
• found9n. Food and lodging; board.
• fount8n. That from which something proceeds; an origin, a source.
• fours8n. A pair of fours.
• fouse8v. To tumble, disarrange, rumple.
• fouta8n. A piece of thin patterned cotton or linen fabric used like a bathrobe...
• fouth11n. Abundance; plenty.
• fraud9n. The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of...

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words with U are there?

Word.ws lists 1,423 five-letter words with U, plus 1,140 rare ones.

What are common five-letter words with U?

about, would, could, under, house, found, until and group.

Which of the five-letter words with U has the highest letter score?

wuzzy scores 29 points with the standard letter tile values.

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