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Words Ending in UG

There are 52 words ending in UG on Word.ws, from 2 to 11 letters. The most common length is 3 letters (14 words). The words used most often are bug, plug, hug, dug and rug.

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

2-letter words ending in UG

  • ug3n. A surfeit.

3-letter words ending in UG

  • bug6n. An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
  • dug5n. A mammary gland on a domestic mammal with more than two breasts, mostly...
  • fug7n. A heavy, musty, stuffy, or unpleasant atmosphere, usually in a crowded...
  • gug5n. A cave.
  • hug7n. A close embrace, especially when charged with an emotion such as...
  • jug11n. A serving vessel or container, typically circular in cross-section and...
  • lug4n. The act of hauling or dragging.
  • mug6n. A large cup for beverages, usually having a handle and used without a...
  • nug4n. A lump; a block.
  • pug6n. A pug dog, a small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having...
  • rug4n. A partial covering for a floor.
  • sug4v. To market a product or service by means of purported market research.
  • tug4v. To pull or drag with great effort.
  • wug7n. An imaginary creature resembling a bird, used in the Wug Test to...

4-letter words ending in UG

  • chug10n. A dull, fairly quick explosive or percussive sound, as if made by a...
  • frug8n. A dance derived from the twist, popular in the 1960s.
  • glug6n. The sound made when a significant amount of liquid is poured suddenly...
  • plug7n. A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially...
  • shug8n. A term of endearment.
  • slug5n. Any of many gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell.
  • smug7adj. Irritatingly pleased with oneself; offensively self-complacent...
  • snug5adj. Warm and comfortable; cosy.
  • thug8n. A person who is a member of a gang or criminal organization.
  • trug5n. A shallow, oval basket used for gardening.

5-letter words ending in UG

  • debug9v. To search for and eliminate malfunctioning elements or errors in...
  • okrug10n. An administrative division of some Slavic states.
  • shrug9n. A lifting of the shoulders to signal indifference or a casual lack of...

6-letter words ending in UG

  • bedbug12n. A small nocturnal insect pest of humans, of species Cimex lectularius...
  • humbug14n. A hoax, jest, or prank.
  • replug9v. To plug again or anew.
  • unplug9v. To disconnect from a supply, especially an electrical socket.

7-letter words ending in UG

  • bearhug13v. To embrace in a bear hug.
  • earplug10n. A piece of protective gear meant to be inserted in the ear canal to...
  • firebug13n. Pyrrhocoris apterus, a common red and black insect, that is the type...
  • ladybug14n. Synonym of ladybird.
  • lovebug13n. An insect, the honeymoon fly (Plecia nearctica, family Biblionidae)...
  • prodrug11n. A drug that is administered in an inactive form that is metabolised in...
  • smugmug13n. Supercilious person.

8-letter words ending in UG

  • antidrug10adj. Against drugs; advocating against drug use.
  • fireplug14n. A fire hydrant.
  • mealybug16n. Any of various insects of the family Pseudococcidae, which secrete a...
  • stinkbug15n. Any of several insects, usually shield-shaped, possessing a gland that...
  • superbug13n. A strain of bacteria that is resistant to many antibiotics (e.g., MDR...

9-letter words ending in UG

  • doodlebug14n. The V-1 flying bomb.
  • jitterbug19n. A nervous or jittery person.
  • litterbug12n. A person who tends to drop litter and not clean it up.
  • multidrug13adj. Of or pertaining to multiple drugs.
  • sparkplug18v. To serve as the driving force behind (a new endeavour).
  • superdrug13n. An especially potent or effective drug.

10-letter words ending in UG

  • shutterbug16n. A person who makes a hobby of photography.

11-letter words ending in UG

97 rare words ending in UG

Questions about these words

How many words ending in UG are there?
Word.ws lists 52 words ending in UG, plus 97 rare ones.
What are common words ending in UG?
bug, plug, hug, dug, rug, mug, tug and thug.
Which of the words ending in UG has the highest letter score?
jitterbug scores 19 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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