5 Letter Words Ending in U
There are 25 five-letter words that end in U in our word list. The most common are ADIEU, BIJOU and BAYOU. The highest-scoring in Scrabble is KUDZU (19 points). Handy for Wordle.
- Words
- 25
- Top Scrabble word
- KUDZU, 19 pts
- Top Words With Friends word
- KUDZU, 21 pts
- Common words
- 6
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Common five-letter words that end in U
The 12 most used in spoken English (SUBTLEX-US), with a short meaning.
- adieu 6/7 a farewell remark
- bijou 14/18 a small and delicately worked piece
- bayou 10/11 a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)
- snafu 8/10 an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked up
- haiku 12/12 an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines
- perdu 8/10
- kudzu 19/21 fast-growing vine from eastern Asia having tuberous starchy roots and hairy trifoliate leaves and racemes of purple…
- quipu 16/19 calculator consisting of a cord with attached cords
- cornu 7/10 (anatomy) any structure that resembles a horn in shape
- fondu 9/11 cubes of meat or seafood cooked in hot oil and then dipped in any of various sauces
- sadhu 9/9 (Hinduism) an ascetic holy man
- vertu 8/10 love of or taste for fine objects of art
All 25 five-letter words that end in U
Numbers are Scrabble points, then Words With Friends points.
- adieu6/7
- battu7/9
- bayou10/11
- bijou14/18
- cornu7/10
- coypu12/14
- fichu13/14
- fondu9/11
- haiku12/12
- hokku16/16
- kudzu19/21
- miaou7/9
- pareu7/9
- perdu8/10
- pilau7/10
- poilu7/10
- poyou10/11
- prahu10/11
- quipu16/19
- sadhu9/9
- sajou12/15
- shoyu11/10
- snafu8/10
- vertu8/10
- virtu8/10
Questions people ask
How many five-letter words that end in U are there?
Our word list has 25 five-letter words that end in U.
Which five-letter words that end in U score the most points?
In Scrabble it is KUDZU with 19 points. In Words With Friends it is KUDZU with 21 points. Bonus squares are not counted.
What are common five-letter words that end in U?
The most used in everyday English are ADIEU, BIJOU and BAYOU.