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7-Letter Words Ending in U

There are 48 seven-letter words ending in U on Word.ws, from babassu to washoku. The most common are plateau, nouveau, caribou, tableau and manitou.

Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.

All 48 seven-letter words ending in U

B

  • babassu11n. A tall Brazilian feather palm, Attalea speciosa, having hard-shelled...
  • bandeau10n. A band for the hair.
  • bhikkhu23n. A male Buddhist monk or priest; one who follows all Buddhist precepts...
  • bhikshu19n. A bhikkhu.
  • bunraku13n. A traditional form of Japanese puppet theatre.

C

  • candiru10n. A small parasitic catfish, Vandellia cirrhosa, native to the Amazon...
  • caribou11n. Any of several North American subspecies Rangifer tarandus of the...
  • carreau9n. A Haitian unit of land, 100 square pas: roughly 1.3 hectares or 3.2...
  • catechu14n. A gummy extract of any of several species of Acacieae, but especially...
  • chanoyu15n. A traditional Japanese tea ceremony in which matcha is prepared and...
  • chapeau14n. A hat.
  • chengyu16n. A certain kind of Chinese set phrase originating in Classical Chinese...
  • corbeau11n. The black vulture, Coragyps atratus.
  • couteau9n. A knife; a dagger.

D

  • daifuku15n. A Japanese dessert consisting of a large mochi stuffed with red bean...

F

  • fabliau12n. A short, farcical, often bawdy tale of a genre written in the North of...

H

  • hallelu10interj. Synonym of hallelujah.

I

  • inconnu9n. A large salmonid fish, Stenodus nelma, with a large mouth with a...

J

  • jujitsu21n. A Japanese martial art and method of self-defence, typically unarmed...

K

  • keikaku19n. A plan, particularly a devious or complicated one.
  • kotatsu11n. A knee-high table with a heater inside which is used with a coverlet...

L

  • lamassu9n. An Assyrian protective deity, often depicted as having the head of a...

M

  • manitou9n. A god or spirit as the object of religious awe or ritual among some...
  • manteau9n. A cloak or gown, especially of a kind popular with women in the 17th...
  • marabou11n. Leptoptilos crumeniferus, a large wading bird native to Africa, with a...
  • marteau9n. A postiche curl.
  • morceau11n. A small bit; a morsel or snippet.
  • murukku17n. A snack originating in India, usually made of rice or urad dal flour...
  • mwalimu14n. A teacher in parts of Africa.

N

P

  • parvenu12n. A person who has risen, climbed up, or has been promoted to a higher...
  • plateau9n. A largely level expanse of land at a high elevation; tableland.
  • ponceau11n. Any of a number of red pigments, some of which are used as indicators.
  • pounamu11n. Jade, nephrite.
  • purlieu9n. The ground on the edges of a forest, especially when partly subject to...

R

  • rondeau8n. A fixed form of verse based on two rhyme sounds and consisting usually...
  • rouleau7n. A little roll; a roll of coins put up in paper, or something resembling...

S

  • santoku11n. A Japanese knife for general culinary usage.
  • satguru8n. In Hinduism and Buddhism, a great teacher; a supremely wise guide.
  • seifuku14n. A Japanese school uniform modelled on the sailor suit.
  • seppuku15n. A form of ritual suicide by disembowelment using a blade, practiced by...
  • shiatsu10n. A form of massage, using the thumbs and palms, employed as therapy.
  • shinobu12n. The rabbit's-foot fern (Davallia).
  • submenu11n. A secondary menu available through another menu, especially one that...

T

  • tableau9n. A striking and vivid representation or scene; a picture.
  • tinamou9n. Any of the birds belonging to the South American family Tinamidae, the...
  • tonneau7n. The rear body or compartment of some types of motor vehicle, especially...

W

  • washoku17n. Japanese cuisine, traditional Japanese food.
101 rare seven-letter words ending in U

Questions about these words

How many seven-letter words ending in U are there?
Word.ws lists 48 seven-letter words ending in U, plus 101 rare ones.
What are common seven-letter words ending in U?
plateau, nouveau, caribou, tableau, manitou, shinobu, seppuku and jujitsu.
Which of the seven-letter words ending in U has the highest letter score?
bhikkhu scores 23 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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