Words Ending in U

2-letter words ending in U

• au2n. A vowel found in Indic abugidas.
• fu5n. Flux unit.
• ju9n. Someone admitted to university through the JUPAS system.
• lu2n. Synonym of route or circuit, an administrative division of imperial...
• mu4n. The 12th letter of the Modern Greek alphabet.
• nu2n. The letter of the Greek alphabet Ν (N) and ν (n).
• ou2n. A probably extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra...
• qu11n. An administrative subdivision of China roughly equivalent to districts...
• wu5n. A Chinese shaman.
• xu9n. A former unit of currency in Vietnam, equivalent to a hundredth of a...
• yu5n. An ancient Chinese wine-bucket, often having a decorative cover.

3-letter words ending in U

• ahu6n. The goitered gazelle, Gazella subgutturosa.
• ayu6n. A sweetfish, an amphidromous game fish of East Asia of species...
• bru5n. Bro; bra; term of address for a man.
• chu8interj. The sound of a kiss.
• cru5n. A vineyard or group of vineyards in France, especially one having a...
• eau3n. Water.
• ecu5n. The European Currency Unit (symbol ₠), a currency used in the European...
• emu5n. A large flightless bird native to Australia, Dromaius novaehollandiae.
• feu6n. Land held in feudal tenure.
• flu6n. Influenza.
• fou6adj. Drunk.
• gau4n. A prayer box or small container worn as jewelry and containing an...
• gnu4n. A large antelope of the genus Connochaetes, native to Africa, having...
• ibu5n. Ibuprofen.
• imu5n. A traditional Hawaiian underground oven, consisting mainly of a hole in...
• ipu5n. A percussion instrument made from hollowed gourds, often used to...
• iru3n. A West African condiment made from fermented locust beans.
• isu3n. An individual seat in the loft-like balcony of a sumo arena.
• jiu10n. Any Chinese alcoholic beverage.
• khu10n. Synonym of akh (“a spirit of the dead that has successfully completed...
• kou7n. A tree of species Cordia subcordata.
• kyu10n. A grade or rank in various Japanese activities such as martial arts...
• lau3v. To place upon; to put down onto.
• leu3n. The unit of currency of Romania, equal to one hundred bani.
• meu5n. Meum athamanticum, a European herb.
• mou5part. Sentence-final particle, forming a tag question.
• nau3n. Synonym of carrack.
• neu3n. Synonym of HER-2.
• niu3n. A tall pole with yardarms from which hung ropes, circled by worshippers...
• pau5adj. Done; over; finished.
• ryu6n. A Japanese school of a specific discipline, usually martial arts.
• sou3n. An old French copper coin equal to one twentieth of a livre or twelve...
• tau3n. The letter Τ /τ in the Greek alphabet; being the nineteenth letter of...
• udu4n. A jug-shaped percussion instrument of Igbo origin.
• ulu3n. An all-purpose knife traditionally used by Yup'ik, Inuit, and Aleut...
• umu5n. An earth oven used in New Zealand, Samoa, and other Pacific islands...
• utu3n. Compensation for a wrong suffered; reciprocal exchange or payment...
• wau6n. Digamma (Ϝ/ϝ).
• you6pron. The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
• zhu15n. An ancient Chinese unit of weight, notionally equivalent to 100 millet...

All 41 3-letter words ending in U

4-letter words ending in U

• anju11n. Korean food consumed with alcohol.
• babu8n. A Hindu title of respect, equivalent to Mr., usually appended to the...
• baku10n. A type of supernatural being said to devour nightmares.
• bapu8n. Father.
• baru6n. A fibrous substance derived from the sugar palm (Arenga pinnata) used...
• batu6n. The drug methamphetamine hydrochloride, crystal meth.
• beau6n. A man with a reputation for fine dress and etiquette; a dandy or fop.
• chou9n. Choux pastry, usually in the form of a small round cake with a sweet...
• desu5part. Used at the end of a sentence as an assertive particle.
• frau7n. A woman, especially a German woman.
• guru5n. In Indian traditions: a spiritual teacher who transmits knowledge to a...
• haku11n. A three-ply braid incorporating additional materials, used in making...
• jehu14n. A coachman; a driver; especially, one who drives furiously.
• jeju18n. A South American (Amazonian) erythrinid fish, Hoplerythrinus...
• juju18n. A fetish or charm believed by West Africans to have magical or...
• koku12n. A unit of measure in feudal Japan, the amount of rice needed to feed...
• kudu9n. A large, striped, African antelope of the species Tragelaphus imberbis...
• kuku12n. An Iranian dish somewhat resembling a quiche or omelette.
• kuru8n. A chronic, progressive, fatal central nervous system disease found...
• lieu4n. A place or stead.
• luau4n. An elaborate Hawaiian feast featuring traditional foods and...
• lulu4n. A remarkable person, object, or idea.
• malu6n. A culturally significant tattoo on a Samoan woman's upper leg.
• manu6n. A method of diving similar to a cannonball/bomb but with the lower back...
• maru6n. A Japanese ship, especially a merchant ship.
• menu6n. The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare.
• motu6n. A reef islet formed by broken coral and sand, surrounding an atoll.
• nunu4n. A true bug (or a similar other bug).
• ratu4n. A Fijian chief or chiefly titleholder.
• situ4n. Only used in in situ.
• soju11n. A Korean distilled alcoholic beverage, similar to shochu.
• sulu4n. An all-purpose skirt-like garment worn by men and women in Fiji.
• susu4n. An informal money pooling scheme practised in Africa, the Caribbean...
• thou7v. To address (a person) using the pronoun thou, especially as an...
• tipu6n. A South American tree, Tipuana tipu, which is grown as an ornamental in...
• tofu7n. A protein-rich food made from curdled soy milk.
• trou4n. Trousers.
• tutu4n. A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.
• yuzu16n. A citrus fruit originating in East Asia, Citrus ichangensis x Citrus...
• zhou16n. Synonym of congee, a thick rice porridge.

All 111 4-letter words ending in U

5-letter words ending in U

• adieu6interj. Said to wish a final farewell; goodbye.
• amaru7n. A double-headed serpent in Inca and other Andean mythology.
• banku11n. A Ghanaian dish of fermented corn and cassava dough formed into a paste...
• bayou10n. A slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river.
• bijou14n. A jewel.
• chiru10n. The Tibetan antelope, Pantholops hodgsonii.
• cornu7n. A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn.
• gyaru9n. A Japanese subculture and fashion style popular in the 1990s, typically...
• haiku12n. A Japanese poem in three lines, the first and last consisting of five...
• hukou12n. A household registration record that identifies a person as a local...
• kaiju16n. A fictional giant monster, particularly of the kind found in Japanese...
• katsu9interj. A word shouted out in Zen Buddhism (as well as other sects of...
• kombu13n. Edible kelp (“a type of brown seaweed”) (from the class Phaeophyceae)...
• kudzu19n. An Asian vine (several species in the genus Pueraria, but mostly...
• laddu7n. A ball-shaped sweet made with flour and sugar, popular in the Indian...
• mandu8n. A dumpling in Korean cuisine.
• mangu8n. Mashed plantain.
• manju14n. A traditional Japanese confection; most have an outside made from...
• matsu7n. Pinus thunbergii, the Japanese pine.
• musou7n. A subgenre of hack-and-slash usually involving fighting hundreds of...
• nandu6n. Rhea (large, flightless birds).
• otaku9n. One with an obsessive interest in something, particularly (originally...
• perdu8n. One placed on watch, or in ambush.
• ponzu16n. A sour citrus-based sauce usually made from the juice of the 橙...
• ritsu5n. An anhemitonic pentatonic scale used in a Japanese Buddhist chant, and...
• sadhu9n. An ascetic or practitioner of yoga (yogi) who has given up pursuit of...
• sensu5prep. In the sense of.
• shabu10n. Methedrine; methamphetamine.
• shaku12n. The Japanese foot, a traditional Japanese unit of length equal to 10...
• shifu11n. Synonym of sifu: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
• shoyu11n. A dark form of soy sauce.
• snafu8v. To screw up, fuck up, or foul up.
• tengu6n. A mythical Japanese creature, typically birdlike and having a long nose.
• tulku9n. A high-ranking lama who can choose the manner of his or her rebirth.
• tunku9n. A Malay prince.
• uhuru8n. Freedom.
• vastu8n. A philosophy of architecture that has elements akin to feng shui.
• vertu8n. The fine arts as a subject of study or expertise; understanding of arts...
• wagyu12n. Any of several Japanese breeds of cattle genetically predisposed to...
• wushu11n. Any Chinese martial art.

All 68 5-letter words ending in U

6-letter words ending in U

• amadou9n. A spongy, flammable substance prepared from bracket fungi, formerly...
• ambigu11n. An entertainment at which a medley of dishes is set on at the same...
• baijiu15n. A clear Chinese distilled alcoholic beverage, generally distilled from...
• bakufu15n. A shogunate; the office and administration of a shogun.
• bateau8n. A small, flat-bottomed type of boat.
• boubou10n. A flowing wide-sleeved robe worn by men in much of West Africa, and to...
• buraku12n. The burakumin, a Japanese minority group descended from feudal outcast...
• bureau8n. An administrative unit of government; office.
• chandu12n. Opium prepared for smoking.
• chashu14n. A Japanese variant of char siu, made from pork or other meat slowly...
• coteau8n. A hilly upland including the divide between two valleys.
• doudou8n. Synonym of dudou.
• gateau7n. A rich, usually iced, cake.
• jabiru15n. A species of bird Jabiru mycteria in the monotypic genus Jabiru, of the...
• kereru10n. The New Zealand pigeon (species Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae).
• landau7n. A type of lightweight, four-wheeled carriage in which the front and...
• malibu10n. A type of lightweight longboard known for its stability.
• mantou8n. Chinese steamed bun (without any filling).
• matatu8n. A minivan used as a shared taxi, especially one operating without a...
• merbau10n. A tropical hardwood tree.
• milieu8n. An environment or setting; a medium; environs.
• muumuu10n. A long, often calf-length, loose-fitting dress chiefly with short...
• mzungu18n. A white person.
• niveau9n. Level, grade, standard.
• ormolu8n. Golden or gilded brass or bronze used for decorative purposes.
• pineau8n. An alcoholic drink made from unfermented grape juice and cognac.
• pistou8n. A Provençal cold sauce made from cloves of garlic, fresh basil, and...
• prabhu13n. A lord.
• rideau7n. A fortification or barrier such as a small earthen mound or ridge, a...
• seiyuu9n. A voice actor in a native-language version anime, a video game, a radio...
• shinju16n. The binding of the female breasts.
• shochu14n. A Japanese alcoholic beverage, most commonly distilled from barley...
• sudoku11n. A type of pencil puzzle played on a square grid, requiring each of the...
• tamanu8n. A tree (Calophyllum inophyllum), widely distributed in the Pacific...
• ubuntu8n. A Nguni Bantu ideology focusing on people's allegiances and relations...
• whanau12n. An extended family.

7-letter words ending in U

• 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.
• 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...
• 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.
• daifuku15n. A Japanese dessert consisting of a large mochi stuffed with red bean...
• hallelu10interj. Synonym of hallelujah.
• inconnu9n. A large salmonid fish, Stenodus nelma, with a large mouth with a...
• jujitsu21n. A Japanese martial art and method of self-defence, typically unarmed...
• keikaku19n. A plan, particularly a devious or complicated one.
• kotatsu11n. A knee-high table with a heater inside which is used with a coverlet...
• 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.
• mwalimu14n. A teacher in parts of Africa.
• nouveau10adj. New, fashionable.
• 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.
• purlieu9n. The ground on the edges of a forest, especially when partly subject to...
• 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...
• 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...
• tableau9n. A striking and vivid representation or scene; a picture.
• tonneau7n. The rear body or compartment of some types of motor vehicle, especially...

All 48 7-letter words ending in U

8-letter words ending in U

• akamatsu14n. The Japanese red pine, Pinus densiflora.
• ashigaru12n. A feudal Japanese footsoldier.
• bacalhau15n. Dried salted cod; salt cod; klipfish.
• berimbau14n. A percussion instrument, consisting of a gourd (as resonator) and a...
• cheongju21n. A rice wine of Korean origin.
• flambeau15n. A burning torch, especially one carried in procession.
• fourneau11n. The chamber of a mine in which the powder is placed.
• keiretsu12n. A set of Japanese companies with interlocking business relationships...
• kenjutsu19n. Japanese swordsmanship.
• kinkajou23n. Potos flavus, a carnivorous mammal of Central America and South America...
• ninjutsu15n. A Japanese martial art that is a collection of techniques originally...
• nunchaku17n. A weapon originating from Okinawa, Japan, consisting of two sticks...
• penghulu14n. A local chief or governor in parts of Malaysia and Indonesia.
• pirarucu12n. An arapaima (Arapaima gigas), a large fish of the Amazon.
• rougarou9n. A werewolf or werewolf-like creature said to inhabit the swamps in...
• shivambu18n. Urotherapy.
• superflu13n. Any strain of flu that spreads unusually quickly, is unusually...
• taijutsu15n. Japanese martial arts techniques that rely on a set of body movements...
• tiramisu10n. An Italian semifreddo dessert, originally from Veneto, made from...
• tonkatsu12n. A popular Japanese dish consisting of a breaded, deep-fried pork cutlet...
• tonkotsu12n. A Japanese broth made from pork marrow, typically served with ramen.
• yakiniku19n. Meat grilled on a barbecue Japanese-style.
• zaibatsu19n. A large business conglomerate founded under the Empire of Japan...

9-letter words ending in U

• bordereau12n. A detailed statement, especially one containing a detailed listing of...
• gaspereau12n. An alewife (type of fish).
• impromptu17adj. Improvised; without prior preparation, planning, or rehearsal.
• tokusatsu13n. A Japanese genre of film and television drama featuring superheroes and...
• trousseau9n. The clothes and linen, etc., that a bride collects or that is given to...

11-letter words ending in U

• portmanteau15n. A large travelling case usually made of leather, and opening into two...

Questions about these words

How many words ending in U are there?

Word.ws lists 344 words ending in U, plus 544 rare ones.

What are common words ending in U?

you, bureau, menu, thou, au, flu, yu and fu.

Which of the words ending in U has the highest letter score?

bhikkhu scores 23 points with the standard letter tile values.

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