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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
Filters: starts with, ends with, length, leave out

Common words that contain the letter U

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

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).

Questions people ask

How many words that contain the letter U are there?

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.