2,327 words

5-Letter Words Containing U

All verified five-letter words where U appears in at least one position. This containing-letter group covers 18.6% of the full dataset and is most useful when you know U is present but not fixed. Use Word Finder to apply more filters.

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Yellow tile in Wordle? In Wordle, a yellow tile on U means the letter is in the answer but not in the position you guessed. All 2327 words below contain U somewhere. Use the Wordle Solver to filter by known and eliminated letters.
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All 2,327 Five-Letter Words Containing U

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Share of dataset
18.6%

2,327 of 12,478 verified words

Five unique letters
73.9%

1,720 words without repeats

Average vowel count
1.9

Most common bucket: 2 vowels

Average Scrabble score
9.1

Calculated from standard English tile values

How To Narrow Words That Contain U

Containing-letter pages are the bridge between a yellow tile and a fully specified pattern. U appears somewhere in 2,327 verified five-letter words, with the most common opening letters at S (252), B (190), and U (178) and the most common endings at S (687), E (250), and Y (242).

From here, the useful next step is to split the pool by position. If the letter is ruled out from one or two slots, the related position pages and Wordle Solver cut the set down much faster than browsing the full alphabetical list.

Example Words From This List

ASCUS

saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes

2 vowels | Has repeat | Scrabble 7
CAMUS

french writer who portrayed the human condition as isolated in an absurd world (1913-1960)

2 vowels | No repeats | Scrabble 9
DEUCE

a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game

3 vowels | Has repeat | Scrabble 8
JUICE

the liquid part that can be extracted from plant or animal tissue by squeezing or cooking

3 vowels | No repeats | Scrabble 14
LUCKS

your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

1 vowels | No repeats | Scrabble 11
LURED

provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion

2 vowels | No repeats | Scrabble 6
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