Words Ending in U

Common words that end in U

The 50 most used in spoken English (SUBTLEX-US), with a short meaning.

• you 6/6
• thou 7/7 the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
• bureau 8/11 an administrative unit of government
• menu 6/9 a list of dishes available at a restaurant
• flu 6/8 an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease
• beau 6/8 a man who is the lover of a man or woman
• lulu 4/8 a very attractive or seductive looking woman
• tofu 7/8 cheeselike food made of curdled soybean milk
• chateau 12/13 an impressive country house (or castle) in France
• mu 4/6 the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet
• adieu 6/7 a farewell remark
• bijou 14/18 a small and delicately worked piece
• luau 4/7 an elaborate Hawaiian feast or party (especially one accompanied by traditional foods and entertainment)
• guru 5/8 a Hindu or Buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher
• bayou 10/11 a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)
• lieu 4/6 the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
• nu 2/4 the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet
• rousseau 8/10 French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland
• impromptu 17/22 an extemporaneous speech or remark
• gnu 4/7 large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail
• tutu 4/6 South African prelate and leader of the antiapartheid struggle (born in 1931)
• thru 7/7
• juju 18/24 the power associated with a juju
• plateau 9/12 a relatively flat highland
• nouveau 10/14
• snafu 8/10 an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked up
• eau 3/4
• haiku 12/12 an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines
• fugu 8/11 a blowfish highly prized as a delicacy in Japan but highly dangerous because the skin and organs are poisonous
• manitou 9/12
• sou 3/4 a former French coin of low denomination
• tau 3/4 the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet
• emu 5/7 any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism
• trousseau 9/11 the personal outfit of a bride
• shiatsu 10/10 treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body
• jujitsu 21/27 a method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan
• caribou 11/14 Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes
• chapeau 14/16 headdress that protects the head from bad weather
• muumuu 10/16 a woman's loose unbelted dress
• xu 9/10
• sau 3/4
• milieu 8/11 the environmental condition
• landau 7/10 Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968)
• kuru 8/10 a progressive disease of the central nervous system marked by increasing lack of coordination and advancing to…
• hausfrau 14/15
• tableau 9/12 a group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting)
• bordereau 12/14
• ecru 6/8 a very light brown
• fou 6/7
• perdu 8/10

All 173 words that end in U

Numbers are Scrabble points, then Words With Friends points.

Longest: EISTEDDFODAU (12 letters).