5 Letter Words Ending in U
Need five-letter words that end in U? There are 64 valid 5 letter words ending in U, and 2 of them are common everyday words. The most used is bayou. Use the finder for your Wordle clues, or browse the lists below. To search all words at once, use the 5 letter word finder.
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Shows every 5 letter word you can make using only these letters. Each letter can be used as many times as you type it.
5 letter words ending in U at a glance
- Valid words
- 64
- Common words
- 2
- Most common
- bayou
- Top Scrabble score (common)
- haiku 12 pts
- Top Scrabble score (all)
- kudzu 19 pts
Common 5 letter words ending in U (2)
The words with 5 letters ending in U you're most likely to know, most used first.
- bayou10
- haiku12
How to find a five-letter word that ends in a U
Looking for 5 letter words that end with U to solve a Wordle? The finder above already has U in the last green box; add your other clues.
A real example from our word list: the answer is SADHU, and all you know is that it ends in U, which leaves 27 everyday words. Open with NAIRU, the guess that splits this set most evenly.
Guess 1: NAIRU A and U are green, and the rest are grey. That leaves 4 possible answers: bayou, wagyu, sadhu and jambu.
Guess 2: BAYOU A and U are green, and the rest are grey. That leaves 1 possible answer.
Guess 3: SADHU All five letters are green. Solved in 3.
What comes before the final U?
The most common endings are -DU (15%), -OU (11%) and -TU (11%). If you know the last letter is U, these pairs are the best place to start for the fourth letter.
| Ends in | Number of everyday words | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| -DU | 4 | perdu, nandu, tendu, bundu |
| -OU | 3 | bayou, bijou, vodou |
| -TU | 3 | bantu, vertu, virtu |
| -RU | 3 | uhuru, chiru, nairu |
| -KU | 2 | haiku, otaku |
| -YU | 2 | wagyu, shoyu |
What the most common ones mean
- bayou
- nouna swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)
- haiku
- nounan epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
About 5 letter words ending in U
Very few English words end in U, and most are borrowed: bayou from Louisiana French and haiku from Japanese. The list is short, so if your clues point to a U at the end, the answer is usually one of a handful of words.
U ranks 20 out of 26 as a last letter for 5 letter words.
Common endings with U
Only a couple of common words end in U, bayou and haiku, and both are borrowed. Because the list is so short, a green U at the end of a Wordle answer is a near-certain clue. Words with U in the middle are far more common; see 5 letter words with U.
Vowels in 5 letter words ending in U
U is the most common vowel here, appearing in 100% of the everyday words, followed by A (44%) and O (30%). The least common is E (15%).
Nouns, verbs and adjectives
By main meaning (WordNet), there are 10 nouns.
Nouns include bayou, haiku and bantu.
Best Wordle guesses that end in U
Top guesses, with the average number of the 27 everyday words each leaves: NAIRU (2.5), BANTU (2.9), SADHU (3.3), HAIKU (3.7) and ADIEU (3.7).
22% repeat a letter.
Highest-scoring 5 letter words ending in U in Scrabble
Top everyday words: kudzu (19), ponzu (16) and jambu (16). All valid words: kudzu (19), kanzu (18) and ponzu (16). 6 words reach 15 points or more.
All 64 valid 5 letter words ending in U62 rarer words accepted in Scrabble and Wordle, not shown above. Plurals are marked.
- bantu7
- adieu6
- otaku9
- uhuru8
- snafu8
- bijou14
- wagyu12
- sadhu9
- wushu11
- kudzu19
- perdu8
- vertu8
- nandu6
- cornu7
- virtu8
- vodou9
- kombu13
- shoyu11
- ponzu16
- chiru10
- tendu6
- pilau7
- jambu16
- bundu8
- nairu5
- quipu16
- bitou7
- fondu9
- muntu7
- poilu7
- centu7
- tatou5
- buchu12
- coypu12
- miaou7
- pendu8
- hokku16
- konbu11
- ahuru8
- battu7
- boyau10
- bucku13
- bussu7
- fichu13
- fogou9
- hinau8
- kanzu18
- kauru9
- kawau12
- lassu5
- mapau9
- nikau9
- noyau8
- pareu7
- pikau11
- poyou10
- prahu10
- sajou12
- samfu10
- tuktu9
- urubu7
- voulu8
Questions people ask
How many 5 letter words ending in U are there?
64 valid words; 2 of them are common everyday words.
What is a five-letter word that ends in a U?
The most common is bayou. Other everyday examples are haiku.
What is the best Wordle guess that ends in U?
There are too few common words to rank guesses. Start with bayou.
Which 5 letter word ending in U scores the most in Scrabble?
Among common words, haiku scores 12 points. Among all valid words, kudzu scores 19.
What 5 letter words start with B and end in U?
B is the most common first letter for these words (4 of the everyday words). Examples: bayou, bantu, bijou and bundu.
Do more 5 letter words end with U or start with U?
64 valid 5 letter words end with U, compared with 183 that start with it. See 5 letter words starting with U.
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