5 Letter Words with U in the Middle (U)

Q: How many 5-letter words are there with U as the 3rd letter?

Our word list has 443 five-letter words with U as the 3rd letter (__U__). 149 of them are common words.

Looking for 5-letter words with U as the 3rd letter (__U__)? We found 443 words. 149 of them are common words, more likely to be Wordle answers, and they are shown in bold at the top. Add the letters you already know in the form to narrow the list down.

443matching words
149common words
S 21% · C 10% · B 7%top 1st letters
O 23% · L 16% · A 15%top 2nd letters
KLUTZ (18)highest Scrabble score

443 words found

Common words 149 · more likely to be Wordle answers

abuse
acute
adult
amuse
bluff
blunt
blurt
blush
bough
bound
brunt
brush
brute
cause
chuck
chump
chunk
churn
chute
cluck
clump
clung
clunk
couch
cough
could
count
coupe
court
crude
cruel
crumb
crush
crust
deuce
doubt
dough
douse
druid
drunk
elude
equal
erupt
fault
fauna
fluff
fluid
fluke
flung
flunk
flush
flute
found
fruit
gaudy
gauge
gault
gaunt
gauze
gouge
gourd
gruel
gruff
grunt
haunt
hound
house
joust
klutz
laugh
laura
louie
louis
louse
lousy
mouch
mould
mound
mount
mourn
mouse
mouth
pause
pluck
plumb
plume
plump
plush
pouch
pound
prude
prune
rouen
rouge
rough
round
rouse
route
sauce
saucy
sauna
scuba
scuff
shunt
shush
skull
skunk
slump
slurp
slush
snuck
snuff
sound
south
spunk
spurt
squad
squat
squid
stuck
study
stuff
stump
stung
stunk
stunt
swung
taunt
thumb
thump
thunk
touch
tough
truce
truck
truer
truly
trump
trunk
trust
truth
usual
vault
vouch
would
wound
young
youse
youth

Less common words 294

abuts
abuzz
adunc
adust
agues
ahull
ajuga
alula
alums
amuck
aquae
aquas
arums
azure
bauds
baulk
bhuts
blubs
blued
bluer
blues
bluet
bluey
blume
blurb
blurs
boule
bourg
bourn
bouse
bousy
bouts
brugh
bruin
bruit
brume
brusk
cauld
caulk
cauls
chubs
chufa
chuff
chugs
chums
churl
churr
clubs
clued
clues
coude
coups
couth
cruck
cruds
cruet
crump
cruor
crura
cruse
daube
daubs
dauby
daunt
dauts
dhuti
douce
douma
doums
doura
drubs
drugs
drums
drupe
druse
educe
educt
elute
enure
equid
equip
eruct
erugo
etude
etuis
exude
exult
exurb
faugh
fauld
fauns
fauve
feuar
feuds
feued
flubs
flued
flues
fluky
flume
flump
fluor
fluty
fluyt
fouls
fount
fours
frugs
frump
gauds
gaums
gaurs
gauss
gauzy
geums
glued
gluer
glues
gluey
glugs
glume
gluon
gluts
gouts
gouty
grubs
grues
grume
grump
haugh
haulm
hauls
haute
heuch
heugh
houri
hours
inure
inurn
jauks
jaunt
jaups
joual
jouks
joule
kauri
kaury
kluge
knurl
knurs
krubi
lauan
lauds
leuds
lough
loupe
loups
lours
loury
louts
mauds
mauls
maund
mauts
mauve
moues
moult
mousy
neuks
neume
neums
nouns
oculi
ovule
phuts
plugs
plums
plumy
plunk
pouff
poufs
poult
pours
pouts
pouty
pruta
reuse
rhumb
roues
roups
roupy
roust
routh
routs
sauch
saugh
sauls
sault
saury
saute
scudi
scudo
scuds
sculk
scull
sculp
scums
scups
scurf
scuta
scute
scuts
shuck
shuln
shuls
shuns
shute
shuts
skuas
skulk
slubs
slued
slues
sluff
slugs
slums
slung
slunk
slurb
slurs
sluts
smuts
snubs
snugs
sough
souks
souls
soups
soupy
sours
souse
spuds
spued
spues
spume
spumy
spurn
spurs
sputa
squab
squeg
squib
stubs
studs
stull
stums
stuns
stupa
stupe
sturt
taupe
tauts
teuch
teugh
thuds
thugs
thuja
thurl
thuya
tours
touse
touts
trued
trues
trugs
trull
truss
tsuba
usurp
usury
uvula
vaunt
waugh
wauks
wauls
whump
wrung
yauds
yauld
yaups
yeuks
yeuky
yourn
yours

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FAQ

How many 5-letter words are there with U as the 3rd letter?

Our word list has 443 five-letter words with U as the 3rd letter (__U__). 149 of them are common words.

What are the most common 5-letter words with U as the 3rd letter?

The most frequently used ones are WOULD, COULD, HOUSE, FOUND, YOUNG, STUFF, TRUTH, TRUST. These make good Wordle guesses because common words are the most likely answers.