Words with U
There are 46,479 words that contain the letter U in our word list. The most common are YOU, YOUR and JUST. The highest-scoring in Scrabble is CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSES (47 points).
- Words
- 46,479
- Top Scrabble word
- CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSES, 47 pts
- Top Words With Friends word
- CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSES, 53 pts
- Lengths
- 2 to 25 letters
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Common words that contain the letter U
The 50 most used in spoken English (SUBTLEX-US), with a short meaning.
- you 6/6
- your 7/7
- just 11/14 and nothing more
- but 5/7 and nothing more
- out 3/4 not allowed to continue to bat or run
- up 4/6 being or moving higher in position or greater in some value
- about 7/9 (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
- would 9/11
- us 2/3 North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North…
- could 8/11
- our 3/4
- sure 4/5 having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty
- because 11/14
- should 10/11
- much 11/13 to a great degree or extent
- put 5/7 put into a certain place or abstract location
- thought 14/14 the content of cognition
- guy 7/8 an informal term for a youth or man
- around 7/9 in the area or vicinity
- uh 5/5
- must 6/8 a necessary or essential thing
- guys 8/9 (form of guy) an informal term for a youth or man
- through 14/14 from beginning to end
- house 8/8 a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
- enough 10/12 an adequate quantity
- course 8/10 education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
- understand 12/15 know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
- guess 6/8 expect, believe, or suppose
- huh 9/8
- yourself 14/15
- found 9/11 set up or found
- minute 8/11 a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
- excuse 15/17 accept an excuse for
- without 13/13
- run 3/5 move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
- used 5/6 employed in accomplishing something
- use 3/4 the act of using
- actually 13/16 in actual fact
- business 10/13 a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
- cause 7/9 events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
- stuff 11/12 the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
- turn 4/6 change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
- until 5/8
- such 9/10 of so extreme a degree or extent
- beautiful 14/18 delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
- minutes 9/12 a written account of what transpired at a meeting
- shut 7/7 move so that an opening or passage is obstructed
- under 6/8 located below or beneath something else
- four 7/8 the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
- true 4/5 consistent with fact or reality
The 1,000 most common of 46,479 words that contain the letter U
Numbers are Scrabble points, then Words With Friends points. Use the search box above to filter the full list.
2-letter words 5
- uh5/5
- um4/6
- un2/4
- up4/6
- us2/3
3-letter words 43
- bud6/8
- bug6/9
- bum7/10
- bus5/7
- but5/7
- buy8/9
- cue5/7
- cup7/10
- cut5/7
- due4/5
- dug5/7
- flu6/8
- fun6/8
- fur6/7
- gum6/9
- gun4/7
- gut4/6
- guy7/8
- hug7/8
- huh9/8
- hut6/6
- mud6/8
- mug6/9
- mum7/10
- nun3/6
- nut3/5
- our3/4
- out3/4
- put5/7
- rub5/7
- rug4/6
- rum5/7
- run3/5
- sub5/7
- sue3/4
- sum5/7
- sun3/5
- tub5/7
- ugh7/8
- umm7/10
- use3/4
- you6/6
- yup8/9
4-letter words 106
- aunt4/6
- auto4/5
- blue6/9
- bout6/8
- buck12/15
- bugs7/10
- bull6/10
- bump10/14
- bunk10/13
- burn6/9
- bury9/10
- bush9/10
- bust6/8
- busy9/10
- buys9/10
- buzz24/26
- club8/12
- clue6/9
- cups8/11
- cure6/8
- cute6/8
- cuts6/8
- drug6/8
- drum7/9
- duck11/13
- dude6/7
- duke9/10
- dull5/8
- dumb9/12
- dump9/12
- dust5/6
- duty8/8
- foul7/9
- four7/8
- fuel7/9
- full7/10
- fund8/10
- fuss7/8
- guns5/8
- guts5/7
- guys8/9
- haul7/8
- hour7/7
- huge8/9
- hung8/10
- hunt7/8
- hurt7/7
- hush10/9
- jump15/20
- junk15/19
- jury14/16
- just11/14
- loud5/7
- luck10/13
- lung5/9
- menu6/9
- much11/13
- mule6/9
- must6/8
- nuts4/6
- ouch9/10
- ours4/5
- plug7/11
- plus6/9
- pour6/8
- puke10/12
- pull6/10
- pump10/14
- punk10/13
- pure6/8
- push9/10
- puts6/8
- quit13/14
- ruby9/10
- rude5/6
- ruin4/6
- rule4/6
- runs4/6
- rush7/7
- ruth7/7
- scum8/11
- shut7/7
- soul4/6
- soup6/8
- stud5/6
- such9/10
- suit4/5
- sure4/5
- surf7/8
- thou7/7
- thus7/7
- tour4/5
- true4/5
- tube6/8
- tuck10/12
- tuna4/6
- tune4/6
- turn4/6
- ugly8/10
- unit4/6
- unto4/6
- upon6/9
- urge5/7
- used5/6
- uses4/5
- your7/7
5-letter words 158
- about7/9
- abuse7/9
- adult6/8
- album9/13
- argue6/8
- awful11/13
- begun8/12
- blues7/10
- bluff13/16
- bonus7/10
- bound8/11
- brush10/11
- bucks13/16
- buddy12/13
- build8/11
- built7/10
- bully10/13
- bunch12/15
- bunny10/13
- burke11/13
- burns7/10
- burnt7/10
- burst7/9
- butch12/14
- cause7/9
- chuck16/18
- cloud8/11
- clubs9/13
- clues7/10
- couch12/14
- cough11/13
- could8/11
- count7/10
- court7/9
- cruel7/10
- crush10/11
- cured8/10
- curse7/9
- doubt8/10
- dough10/11
- drugs7/9
- drums8/10
- drunk10/12
- ducks12/14
- dudes7/8
- dummy13/15
- dutch11/12
- equal14/16
- fault8/10
- fluid9/11
- flush11/12
- focus10/12
- found9/11
- fraud9/10
- fruit8/9
- fully11/13
- funds9/11
- funny11/13
- group8/11
- guard7/9
- guess6/8
- guest6/8
- guide7/9
- guilt6/9
- hours8/8
- house8/8
- human10/12
- humor10/11
- hunch13/14
- hurry11/10
- hurts8/8
- issue5/6
- judge14/18
- juice14/18
- laugh9/11
- laura5/7
- louie5/7
- louis5/7
- lousy8/9
- lucky14/16
- lunch10/13
- lungs6/10
- minus7/10
- mount7/10
- mouse7/9
- mouth10/11
- mummy14/17
- music9/12
- nurse5/7
- occur9/12
- ought9/10
- outer5/6
- pound8/11
- proud8/10
- pulls7/11
- pulse7/10
- punch12/15
- puppy14/17
- purse7/9
- queen14/16
- quest14/15
- quick20/22
- quiet14/15
- quite14/15
- quote14/15
- rough9/10
- round6/8
- route5/6
- rules5/7
- rumor7/9
- rusty8/8
- sauce7/9
- scout7/9
- scrub9/12
- setup7/9
- shout8/8
- skull9/12
- souls5/7
- sound6/8
- south8/8
- squad15/16
- stuck11/13
- study9/9
- stuff11/12
- stunt5/7
- sugar6/8
- suite5/6
- suits5/6
- sunny8/10
- super7/9
- thumb12/14
- touch10/11
- tough9/10
- truck11/13
- truly8/9
- trunk9/11
- trust5/6
- truth8/8
- tubes7/9
- turns5/7
- uncle7/11
- under6/8
- union5/8
- units5/7
- until5/8
- upper9/12
- upset7/9
- urine5/7
- using6/9
- usual5/8
- value8/11
- vault8/11
- virus8/10
- would9/11
- wound9/11
- young9/11
- yours8/8
- youth11/10
6-letter words 179
- absurd9/11
- actual8/11
- adults7/9
- amount8/11
- annual6/10
- around7/9
- assume8/10
- assure6/7
- august7/10
- auntie6/8
- author9/9
- avenue9/12
- backup16/20
- beauty11/12
- bought12/14
- bounce10/14
- bounty11/13
- brutal8/11
- bubble12/17
- bucket14/17
- budget10/13
- bullet8/12
- bumped13/17
- burden9/12
- bureau8/11
- burger9/12
- buried9/11
- burned9/12
- busted9/11
- buster8/10
- butler8/11
- button8/11
- buying12/15
- campus12/16
- casual8/11
- caught12/14
- caused9/11
- causes8/10
- chorus11/12
- church16/17
- circus10/13
- clouds9/12
- colour8/11
- column10/15
- counts8/11
- county11/13
- couple10/14
- course8/10
- cousin8/11
- cruise8/10
- cursed9/11
- custom10/13
- deputy12/13
- double9/12
- doubts9/11
- dumped12/15
- during8/11
- duties7/8
- enough10/12
- excuse15/17
- famous11/13
- favour12/14
- figure10/12
- fought13/14
- fourth12/12
- future9/11
- genius7/10
- ground8/11
- groups9/12
- grunts7/10
- guards8/10
- guests7/9
- guilty10/12
- guitar7/9
- honour9/10
- houses9/9
- humans11/13
- humble13/16
- hungry13/14
- hunter9/10
- hustle9/10
- injury16/19
- insult6/9
- issues6/7
- judges15/19
- jumped18/23
- jungle14/20
- junior13/17
- laughs10/12
- launch11/14
- league7/10
- liquid16/18
- liquor15/17
- louder7/9
- lounge7/11
- luxury16/18
- magnum11/16
- makeup14/17
- manual8/12
- mature8/10
- medium11/14
- minute8/11
- morgue9/12
- murder9/11
- murphy16/17
- muscle10/14
- museum10/14
- mutual8/12
- nature6/8
- number10/14
- nurses6/8
- outfit9/10
- peanut8/11
- pickup16/20
- plague9/13
- pounds9/12
- public12/17
- pulled9/13
- punish11/13
- purple10/14
- pursue8/11
- pushed12/13
- puzzle26/29
- queens15/17
- refuse9/10
- rescue8/10
- result6/8
- return6/8
- ritual6/8
- rounds7/9
- rubber10/13
- ruined7/9
- rumors8/10
- salute6/8
- secure8/10
- should10/11
- sounds7/9
- source8/10
- square15/16
- statue6/7
- status6/7
- struck12/14
- studio7/8
- stupid9/11
- subtle8/11
- subway14/15
- sudden8/10
- suffer12/13
- summer10/13
- sunset6/8
- supper10/13
- supply13/16
- surely9/10
- taught10/11
- though13/13
- tissue6/7
- tongue7/10
- trauma8/10
- trucks12/14
- tucker12/14
- tunnel6/10
- turkey13/13
- turned7/9
- turner6/8
- turtle6/8
- unable8/12
- unfair9/11
- unique15/18
- united7/9
- unless6/9
- unlike10/13
- upside9/11
- urgent7/10
- useful9/12
- values9/12
- versus9/11
- visual9/12
- volume11/15
- wounds10/12
7-letter words 180
- account11/15
- accused12/15
- amateur9/11
- amusing10/14
- angelus8/12
- antique16/18
- anxious14/16
- arguing9/13
- assault7/9
- assumed10/12
- assured8/9
- auction9/12
- autopsy12/13
- awfully16/18
- bathtub14/16
- because11/14
- bourbon11/15
- brought13/15
- buddies11/13
- buffalo15/18
- bullets9/13
- bullock15/20
- burning10/15
- butcher14/16
- buttons9/12
- capture11/14
- careful12/15
- causing10/14
- century12/14
- circuit11/14
- conduct12/16
- costume11/14
- council11/16
- counsel9/13
- counted10/13
- counter9/12
- country12/14
- couples11/15
- courage10/13
- cousins9/12
- crushed13/14
- culture9/13
- curious9/12
- current9/12
- curtain9/12
- custody13/14
- customs11/14
- cutting10/14
- discuss10/12
- disturb10/12
- drunken12/15
- excuses16/18
- failure10/12
- figured12/14
- figures11/13
- focused13/15
- formula12/15
- fortune10/12
- funeral10/13
- further13/13
- genuine8/12
- gesture8/10
- grounds9/12
- guessed9/11
- gunshot11/13
- haircut12/13
- haunted11/12
- helpful15/18
- hundred12/13
- hunting11/14
- hurting11/13
- husband13/15
- include10/14
- injured15/19
- jealous14/18
- journal14/19
- journey17/20
- judging17/23
- jumping19/26
- justice16/20
- ketchup18/20
- laughed12/14
- laundry11/13
- lawsuit10/12
- lecture9/12
- luckily16/19
- luggage10/15
- lunatic9/13
- maximum20/24
- measure9/11
- minimum13/18
- minutes9/12
- murders10/12
- muscles11/15
- musical11/15
- mustard10/12
- natural7/10
- naughty14/15
- nervous10/13
- nuclear9/13
- numbers11/15
- nursing8/12
- obvious12/15
- outside8/9
- painful12/16
- peanuts9/12
- perfume14/17
- picture11/14
- popular11/15
- presume11/14
- produce12/15
- product12/15
- pudding12/16
- pulling10/16
- pumpkin17/22
- purpose11/14
- pursuit9/12
- pushing13/16
- putting10/14
- quality19/20
- quarter16/17
- quicker22/24
- quickly25/27
- quietly19/20
- refused11/12
- regular8/11
- request16/17
- require16/17
- results7/9
- returns7/9
- reunion7/10
- routine7/9
- ruining8/12
- running8/13
- rushing11/13
- sausage8/10
- serious7/8
- shotgun11/13
- sounded9/11
- sources9/11
- squeeze25/26
- stadium10/12
- student8/10
- studied9/10
- studies8/9
- stuffed14/15
- subject18/23
- succeed12/15
- success11/14
- suggest9/12
- suicide10/12
- sunrise7/9
- support11/14
- suppose11/14
- supreme11/14
- surface12/14
- surgeon8/11
- surgery11/12
- survive13/16
- suspect11/14
- thought14/14
- through14/14
- thunder11/12
- torture7/8
- touched13/14
- touches12/13
- trouble9/12
- trusted8/9
- turning8/12
- unhappy17/19
- uniform12/15
- unknown14/18
- unusual7/12
- useless7/9
- usually10/13
- various10/12
- vicious12/15
- without13/13
- wounded12/14
- younger11/13
8-letter words 128
- absolute10/13
- accounts12/16
- accurate12/15
- actually13/16
- although15/16
- announce10/15
- applause12/16
- argument11/15
- assuming11/15
- attitude9/10
- audience11/14
- audition9/11
- barbecue14/18
- building12/17
- business10/13
- captured13/16
- chuckles19/22
- compound15/20
- computer14/18
- confused14/17
- continue10/14
- countess10/13
- counting11/16
- courtesy13/14
- creature10/12
- curtains10/13
- customer12/15
- daughter13/14
- disguise10/12
- document13/17
- dreadful13/15
- enormous10/13
- executed18/20
- fabulous13/17
- faithful17/18
- figuring13/17
- fountain11/14
- fourteen11/13
- function13/17
- generous9/12
- glorious9/12
- gorgeous10/13
- gracious11/14
- graduate10/12
- grateful12/15
- grounded11/14
- guardian10/13
- guessing10/14
- guidance12/16
- hercules13/15
- humanity16/17
- hundreds13/14
- husbands14/16
- illusion8/12
- included12/16
- industry12/13
- injuries15/19
- insulted9/12
- judgment19/25
- language10/15
- laughing13/17
- laughter12/14
- monsieur10/13
- mountain10/14
- multiple12/17
- murdered12/14
- murderer11/13
- musician12/16
- occurred13/16
- peaceful15/19
- peculiar12/16
- persuade11/13
- pictures12/15
- pleasure10/13
- pounding12/17
- powerful16/19
- precious12/15
- pressure10/12
- previous13/16
- producer13/16
- products13/16
- punished14/16
- purchase15/17
- quarters17/18
- question17/19
- quitting18/21
- required18/19
- requires17/18
- returned9/11
- schedule14/16
- security13/14
- sequence19/22
- shoulder12/13
- shouting12/14
- solution8/11
- southern11/12
- struggle10/14
- stubborn12/16
- students9/11
- studying13/15
- subjects19/24
- suddenly13/15
- suffered15/16
- suitcase10/12
- sunshine11/13
- superior10/12
- superman12/16
- supplies12/16
- supposed13/16
- surgical11/15
- surprise10/12
- survival14/18
- survived15/18
- suspects12/15
- thoughts15/15
- thousand12/13
- tortured9/10
- touching14/17
- treasure8/9
- troubled11/14
- troubles10/13
- ultimate10/13
- umbrella12/17
- uniforms13/16
- universe11/14
- upstairs10/12
- valuable13/18
- yourself14/15
9-letter words 97
- adventure13/16
- ambulance15/21
- announcer11/16
- anonymous14/17
- authority15/14
- autograph15/17
- automatic13/16
- beautiful14/18
- buildings13/18
- carefully17/20
- centuries11/14
- colleague12/17
- communist15/20
- community18/22
- computers15/19
- confusing15/20
- confusion14/18
- conscious13/17
- continued12/16
- continues11/15
- counselor11/15
- countries11/14
- courtroom13/16
- creatures11/13
- curiosity14/15
- currently14/17
- customers13/16
- dangerous11/14
- daughters14/15
- delicious12/15
- difficult18/21
- discussed13/15
- disturbed13/15
- documents14/18
- education12/15
- encourage12/16
- equipment22/26
- exclusive21/25
- execution18/21
- executive21/24
- exhausted20/20
- fortunate12/14
- frequency26/28
- furniture12/15
- graduated12/14
- gratitude11/13
- guarantee10/13
- hamburger17/20
- hopefully20/22
- household16/16
- hurricane14/16
- including13/19
- influence14/19
- insurance11/15
- interrupt11/14
- introduce12/15
- marvelous14/18
- mountains11/15
- naturally12/15
- obviously17/20
- ourselves12/15
- procedure14/17
- pronounce13/18
- publicity18/22
- published17/20
- qualified22/24
- questions18/20
- religious10/13
- requested19/20
- resources11/13
- returning10/14
- scheduled16/18
- seriously12/13
- shoulders13/14
- signature10/13
- situation9/11
- spiritual11/14
- structure11/14
- submarine13/17
- substance13/17
- subtitles11/14
- suffering16/19
- suggested12/15
- surprised12/14
- surprises11/13
- surrender10/12
- survivors15/18
- suspected14/17
- suspended13/16
- suspicion13/17
- sustained10/12
- technique23/25
- thousands13/14
- underwear13/15
- volunteer12/16
- warehouse15/15
- wonderful16/19
10-letter words 62
- absolutely15/18
- accountant14/19
- authorized23/23
- background20/25
- casualties12/15
- cocksucker24/28
- colleagues13/18
- conclusion14/20
- delightful18/21
- discussing14/18
- discussion13/16
- disgusting13/17
- disturbing14/18
- earthquake26/26
- eventually16/20
- foundation14/17
- graduation12/15
- guaranteed12/15
- hallelujah23/27
- humiliated16/18
- individual15/19
- instrument12/16
- introduced14/17
- journalist17/22
- lieutenant10/14
- literature10/12
- mysterious15/16
- outrageous11/14
- particular14/18
- population14/19
- previously18/21
- production15/19
- prosecutor14/17
- prostitute12/14
- punishment17/21
- rendezvous23/26
- reputation12/15
- restaurant10/12
- revolution13/17
- ridiculous13/17
- situations10/12
- struggling13/19
- successful17/22
- suggesting13/18
- suggestion12/16
- surprising13/17
- surrounded12/15
- suspicious14/18
- thoughtful20/22
- throughout17/18
- tournament12/16
- tremendous13/16
- undercover16/20
- underneath14/16
- understand12/15
- understood12/14
- underwater14/16
- unexpected22/26
- university16/18
- unpleasant12/17
- vulnerable15/21
- yourselves16/18
11-letter words 20
- authorities14/14
- beautifully19/23
- businessman15/20
- communicate19/25
- destruction14/17
- fortunately17/19
- institution11/14
- opportunity18/21
- outstanding13/17
- prosecution15/19
- questioning21/25
- regulations12/16
- restaurants11/13
- temperature15/18
- unconscious15/21
- underground14/19
- understands13/16
- unfortunate14/18
- unnecessary16/19
- whereabouts19/20
12-letter words 10
- announcement16/23
- congratulate15/20
- consequences25/30
- construction16/21
- headquarters25/25
- instructions14/18
- interrupting15/20
- particularly19/23
- surveillance17/23
- unbelievable19/26
13-letter words 9
- circumstances21/27
- communication21/28
- consciousness17/22
- distinguished19/21
- granddaughter20/23
- motherfucking28/32
- uncomfortable22/28
- understanding16/21
- unfortunately19/23
14-letter words 1
- communications22/29
15-letter words 1
- congratulations18/24
16-letter words 1
- misunderstanding21/27
Longest: IMMUNOELECTROPHORETICALLY (25 letters).
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Our word list has 46,479 words that contain the letter U.
Which words that contain the letter U score the most points?
In Scrabble it is CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSES with 47 points. In Words With Friends it is CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSES with 53 points. Bonus squares are not counted.
What are common words that contain the letter U?
The most used in everyday English are YOU, YOUR and JUST.