Word lists
5 Letter Words With U in the Middle
Our word list has 244 five letter words with U in the middle. Start with the 76 common ones, ranked by everyday use (WOULD, COULD, HOUSE), or open the full list for the other 168. S is the most common first letter, starting 59 of them.
- Words
- 244
- 76 common
- Top letters around the U
- s50%l31%t30%r27%o26%
- Repeated letters
- 59
- 24% of words, like STUFF
- 2+ vowels
- 152
- 62% of words
Common 5 letter words with U in the middle
76 everyday words, ranked by how often they appear in English, most common first.
- would
- could
- house
- found
- young
- court
- hours
- south
- cause
- study
- sound
- round
- stuff
- trust
- truth
- touch
- doubt
- truly
- count
- mouth
More common words, in order (56)
adult drugs tough yours youth stuck route squad abuse laugh equal fault truck usual fruit clubs rough mount bound blues pound mouse sauce wound brush fluid souls chuck crush cruel skull trunk thumb acute crude pause cough drums stunt clues flush chunk flute equip shuts plugs reuse lousy nouns pours vouch amuse stuns blurb routs drunk
More 5 letter words with U in the middle
The other 168 words in our dictionary, A to Z. Most are rarer words, plurals and word forms that many word games accept.
Show all 168 more words
A... 5
abuts abuzz alums aquas azure
B... 12
blued bluer bluff blunt blurs blurt blush bough bouts bruin brunt brute
C... 16
caulk chugs chums churl churn chute cluck clued clump clung couch coupe coups cruet crumb crust
D... 7
daubs daunt deuce dough douse drubs druid
E... 4
elude erupt exude exult
F... 14
fauna fauns feuds flues fluff fluke fluky flume flung flunk fouls fount fours frump
G... 16
gaudy gauge gaunt gauze gauzy glued glues gluey gluts gouge gourd gouty grubs gruel gruff grunt
H... 3
hauls haunt hound
I... 1
inure
J... 3
jaunt joule joust
L... 3
lauds louse louts
M... 5
mauls mauve mound mourn mousy
O... 1
ovule
P... 10
pluck plumb plume plump plums plush pouch pouts prude prune
R... 2
rouge rouse
S... 47
saucy sauna scuba scuds scuff scull scums scurf shuck shuns shunt skulk skunk slued slues slugs slump slums slung slunk slurs slush smuts snubs snuff snugs sough soups soupy sours souse spuds spume spunk spurn spurs spurt squab squat squaw squid stubs studs stump stung stunk swung
T... 13
taunt taupe thuds thugs thump tours touts truce trued truer trues trump truss
U... 3
usurp usury uvula
V... 2
vault vaunt
W... 1
wrung
Tips for this pattern
- Work outward from the U. The letter right after it is most often N (44 words, like FOUND and YOUNG), then R (23).
- Try common openings. S starts 59 of these words and C starts 28, while S is the most common last letter (25%).
- A strong first guess. If you know the middle letter is U, SOUTH is a good opener: it tests S, O and T, three of the seven most common letters in the open spots.
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Questions
How many 5 letter words with U in the middle are there?
Our dictionary has 244 five letter words with U in the middle. 76 of them are common everyday words, and the other 168 are rarer words that are still in our dictionary.
What are the most common 5 letter words with U in the middle?
WOULD, COULD, HOUSE, FOUND and YOUNG, ranked by how often they appear in everyday English. 59 of all 244 words repeat a letter, and 152 have two or more vowels.
What letter do most 5 letter words with U in the middle start with?
S. It starts 59 of the 244 words (24%), including SOUTH and STUDY. C is second with 28.
Word lists are based on SCOWL. “Most common” order uses data from wordfreq by Robyn Speer, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.