5-letter words with U as the 2nd letter

5-letter words with U as the second letter number 1,172, from familiar picks like MUSIC and HUMAN to sharper plays like QUICK.

1,172 wordsTop pick MUSICHighest score FUZZY 29

181 of 1,172 are everyday words (15%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

2nd letter
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C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
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Z

A is the most common 2nd letter in 5-letter words (2,223 words); J is the rarest (11). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 181 · most-used first

Showing the top 48 of 181 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 1,172

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

AUDAD₇
AUDIO₆
AUDIT₆
AUGER₆
AUGHT₉
AUGUR₆
AULAS₅
AULIC₇
AULOI₅
AULOS₅
AUMIL₇
AUNES₅
AUNTS₅
AUNTY₈
AURAE₅
AURAL₅
AURAR₅
AURAS₅
AUREI₅
AURES₅
AURIC₇
AURIS₅
AURUM₇
AUTOS₅
AUXIN₁₂
BUATS₇
BUAZE₁₆
BUBAL₉
BUBAS₉
BUBBA₁₁
BUBBE₁₁
BUBBY₁₄
BUBUS₉
BUCHU₁₂
BUCKO₁₃
BUCKS₁₃
BUCKU₁₃
BUDAS₈
BUDDY₁₂
BUDGE₉
BUDIS₈
BUDOS₈
BUFFA₁₃
BUFFE₁₃
BUFFI₁₃
BUFFO₁₃
BUFFS₁₃
BUFFY₁₆
BUFOS₁₀
BUGGY₁₂
BUGLE₈
BUHLS₁₀
BUHRS₁₀
BUIKS₁₁
BUILD₈
BUILT₇
BUIST₇
BUKES₁₁
BULBS₉
BULGE₈
BULGY₁₁
BULKS₁₁
BULKY₁₄
BULLA₇
BULLS₇
BULLY₁₀
BULSE₇
BUMBO₁₁
BUMFS₁₂
BUMPH₁₄
BUMPS₁₁
BUMPY₁₄
BUNAS₇
BUNCE₉
BUNCH₁₂
BUNCO₉
BUNDE₈
BUNDH₁₁
BUNDS₈
BUNDT₈
BUNDU₈
BUNDY₁₁
BUNGS₈
BUNGY₁₁
BUNIA₇
BUNJE₁₄
BUNJY₁₇
BUNKO₁₁
BUNKS₁₁
BUNNS₇
BUNNY₁₀
BUNTS₇
BUNTY₁₀
BUNYA₁₀
BUOYS₁₀
BUPPY₁₄
BURAN₇
BURAS₇
BURBS₉
BURDS₈
BURET₇
BURFI₁₀
BURGH₁₁
BURGS₈
BURIN₇
BURKA₁₁
BURKE₁₁
BURKS₁₁
BURLS₇
BURLY₁₀
BURNS₇
BURNT₇
BUROO₇
BURPS₉
BURQA₁₆
BURRO₇
BURRS₇
BURRY₁₀
BURSA₇
BURSE₇
BURST₇
BUSBY₁₂
BUSED₈
BUSES₇
BUSHY₁₃
BUSKS₁₁
BUSKY₁₄
BUSSU₇
BUSTI₇
BUSTS₇
BUSTY₁₀
BUTCH₁₂
BUTEO₇
BUTES₇
BUTLE₇
BUTOH₁₀
BUTTE₇
BUTTS₇
BUTTY₁₀
BUTUT₇
BUTYL₁₀
BUXOM₁₆
BUYER₁₀
BUZZY₂₈
CUBBY₁₄
CUBEB₁₁
CUBED₁₀
CUBER₉
CUBES₉
CUBIC₁₁
CUBIT₉
CUCKS₁₃
CUDDY₁₂
CUFFO₁₃
CUFFS₁₃
CUIFS₁₀
CUING₈
CUISH₁₀
CUITS₇
CUKES₁₁
CULCH₁₂
CULET₇
CULEX₁₄
CULLS₇
CULLY₁₀
CULMS₉
CULPA₉
CULTI₇
CULTS₇
CULTY₁₀
CUMEC₁₁
CUMIN₉
CUNDY₁₁
CUNEI₇
CUNIT₇
CUNTS₇
CUPEL₉
CUPID₁₀
CUPPA₁₁
CUPPY₁₄
CURAT₇
CURBS₉
CURCH₁₂
CURDS₈
CURDY₁₁
CURED₈
CURER₇
CURES₇
CURET₇
CURFS₁₀
CURIA₇
CURIE₇
CURIO₇
CURLI₇
CURLS₇
CURLY₁₀
CURNS₇
CURNY₁₀
CURRS₇
CURRY₁₀
CURSE₇
CURSI₇
CURST₇
CURVE₁₀
CURVY₁₃
CUSEC₉
CUSHY₁₃
CUSKS₁₁
CUSPS₉
CUSSO₇
CUTCH₁₂
CUTER₇
CUTES₇
CUTEY₁₀
CUTIE₇
CUTIN₇
CUTIS₇
CUTTO₇
CUTTY₁₀
CUTUP₉
CUVEE₁₀
CUZES₁₆
DUADS₇
DUALS₆
DUANS₆
DUARS₆
DUBBO₁₀
DUCAL₈
DUCAT₈
DUCES₈
DUCHY₁₄
DUCKS₁₂
DUCKY₁₅
DUCTS₈
DUDDY₁₁
DUDED₈
DUDES₇
DUELS₆
DUETS₆
DUETT₆
DUFFS₁₂
DUFUS₉
DUING₇
DUITS₆
DUKAS₁₀
DUKED₁₁
DUKES₁₀
DUKKA₁₄
DULCE₈
DULES₆
DULIA₆
DULLS₆
DULLY₉
DULSE₆
DUMAS₈
DUMBO₁₀
DUMBS₁₀
DUMKA₁₂
DUMKY₁₅
DUMMY₁₃
DUMPS₁₀
DUMPY₁₃
DUNAM₈
DUNCE₈
DUNCH₁₁
DUNES₆
DUNGS₇
DUNGY₁₀
DUNKS₁₀
DUNNO₆
DUNNY₉
DUNSH₉
DUNTS₆
DUOMI₈
DUOMO₈
DUPED₉
DUPER₈
DUPES₈
DUPLE₈
DUPLY₁₁
DUPPY₁₃
DURAG₇
DURAL₆
DURAS₆
DURED₇
DURES₆
DURGY₁₀
DURNS₆
DUROC₈
DUROS₆
DUROY₉
DURRA₆
DURRS₆
DURRY₉
DURST₆
DURUM₈
DURZI₁₅
DUSKS₁₀
DUSKY₁₃
DUSTS₆
DUSTY₉
DUTCH₁₁
DUVET₉
DUXES₁₃
EUGHS₉
EUKED₁₀
EUPAD₈
EUROS₅
EUSOL₅
FUBAR₁₀
FUBBY₁₅
FUBSY₁₃
FUCKS₁₄
FUCUS₁₀
FUDDY₁₃
FUDGE₁₀
FUDGY₁₃
FUELS₈
FUERO₈
FUFFS₁₄
FUFFY₁₇
FUGAL₉
FUGGY₁₃
FUGIE₉
FUGIO₉
FUGLE₉
FUGLY₁₂
FUGUE₉
FUGUS₉
FUJIS₁₅
FULLS₈
FULLY₁₁
FUMED₁₁
FUMER₁₀
FUMES₁₀
FUMET₁₀
FUNDI₉
FUNDS₉
FUNDY₁₂
FUNGI₉
FUNGO₉
FUNGS₉
FUNKS₁₂
FUNKY₁₅
FUNNY₁₁
FURAL₈
FURAN₈
FURCA₁₀
FURLS₈
FUROL₈
FUROR₈
FURRS₈
FURRY₁₁
FURTH₁₁
FURZE₁₇
FURZY₂₀
FUSED₉
FUSEE₈
FUSEL₈
FUSES₈
FUSIL₈
FUSSY₁₁
FUSTS₈
FUSTY₁₁
FUTON₈
FUZED₁₈
FUZEE₁₇
FUZES₁₇
FUZIL₁₇
FUZZY₂₉
GUACO₈
GUACS₈
GUANA₆
GUANO₆
GUANS₆
GUARD₇
GUARS₆
GUAVA₉
GUCKS₁₂
GUCKY₁₅
GUDES₇
GUESS₆
GUEST₆
GUFFS₁₂
GUGAS₇
GUIDE₇
GUIDS₇
GUILD₇
GUILE₆
GUILT₆
GUIMP₁₀
GUIRO₆
GUISE₆
GULAG₇
GULAR₆
GULAS₆
GULCH₁₁
GULES₆
GULFS₉
GULFY₁₂
GULLS₆
GULLY₉
GULPH₁₁
GULPS₈
GULPY₁₁
GUMBO₁₀
GUMMA₁₀
GUMMI₁₀
GUMMY₁₃
GUMPS₁₀
GUNDY₁₀
GUNGE₇
GUNGY₁₀
GUNKS₁₀
GUNKY₁₃
GUNNY₉
GUPPY₁₃
GURDY₁₀
GURGE₇
GURLS₆
GURLY₉
GURNS₆
GURRY₉
GURSH₉
GURUS₆
GUSHY₁₂
GUSLA₆
GUSLE₆
GUSLI₆
GUSSY₉
GUSTO₆
GUSTS₆
GUSTY₉
GUTSY₉
GUTTA₆
GUTTY₉
GUYED₁₀
GUYLE₉
GUYOT₉
GUYSE₉
HUBBY₁₅
HUCKS₁₄
HUDNA₉
HUDUD₁₀
HUERS₈
HUFFS₁₄
HUFFY₁₇
HUGER₉
HUGGY₁₃
HUHUS₁₁
HUIAS₈
HULAS₈
HULES₈
HULKS₁₂
HULKY₁₅
HULLO₈
HULLS₈
HULLY₁₁
HUMAN₁₀
HUMAS₁₀
HUMFS₁₃
HUMIC₁₂
HUMID₁₁
HUMOR₁₀
HUMPH₁₅
HUMPS₁₂
HUMPY₁₅
HUMUS₁₀
HUNCH₁₃
HUNDO₉
HUNKS₁₂
HUNKY₁₅
HUNTS₈
HURDS₉
HURLS₈
HURLY₁₁
HURRA₈
HURRY₁₁
HURST₈
HURTS₈
HUSHY₁₄
HUSKS₁₂
HUSKY₁₅
HUSOS₈
HUSSY₁₁
HUTCH₁₃
HUTIA₈
HUZZA₂₆
HUZZY₂₉
JUBAS₁₄
JUBES₁₄
JUCOS₁₄
JUDAS₁₃
JUDGE₁₄
JUDGY₁₇
JUDOS₁₃
JUGAL₁₃
JUGUM₁₅
JUICE₁₄
JUICY₁₇
JUJUS₁₉
JUKED₁₇
JUKES₁₆
JUKUS₁₆
JULEP₁₄
JUMAR₁₄
JUMBO₁₆
JUMBY₁₉
JUMPS₁₆
JUMPY₁₉
JUNCO₁₄
JUNKS₁₆
JUNKY₁₉
JUNTA₁₂
JUNTO₁₂
JUPES₁₄
JUPON₁₄
JURAL₁₂
JURAT₁₂
JUREL₁₂
JUROR₁₂
JUSTS₁₂
JUTES₁₂
JUTTY₁₅
JUVES₁₅
JUVIE₁₅
KUBIE₁₁
KUDOS₁₀
KUDUS₁₀
KUDZU₁₉
KUFIS₁₂
KUGEL₁₀
KUIAS₉
KUKRI₁₃
KUKUS₁₃
KULAK₁₃
KULAN₉
KULAS₉
KULFI₁₂
KUMIS₁₁
KUMYS₁₄
KURIS₉
KURRE₉
KURTA₉
KURUS₉
KUSSO₉
KUTAS₉
KUTCH₁₄
KUTIS₉
KUTUS₉
KUZUS₁₈
LUACH₁₀
LUAUS₅
LUBED₈
LUBES₇
LUBRA₇
LUCES₇
LUCID₈
LUCKS₁₁
LUCKY₁₄
LUCRE₇
LUDES₆
LUDIC₈
LUDOS₆
LUFFA₁₁
LUFFS₁₁
LUGED₇
LUGER₆
LUGES₆
LULLS₅
LULUS₅
LUMAS₇
LUMEN₇
LUMME₉
LUMMY₁₂
LUMPS₉
LUMPY₁₂
LUNAR₅
LUNAS₅
LUNCH₁₀
LUNES₅
LUNET₅
LUNGE₆
LUNGI₆
LUNGS₆
LUNKS₉
LUNTS₅
LUPIN₇
LUPUS₇
LURCH₁₀
LURED₆
LURER₅
LURES₅
LUREX₁₂
LURGI₆
LURGY₉
LURID₆
LURKS₉
LURRY₈
LURVE₈
LUSER₅
LUSHY₁₁
LUSKS₉
LUSTS₅
LUSTY₈
LUSUS₅
LUTEA₅
LUTED₆
LUTER₅
LUTES₅
LUVVY₁₄
LUXER₁₂
LUXES₁₂
MUCHO₁₂
MUCIC₁₁
MUCID₁₀
MUCIN₉
MUCKS₁₃
MUCKY₁₆
MUCOR₉
MUCRO₉
MUCUS₉
MUDDY₁₂
MUDGE₉
MUDIR₈
MUDRA₈
MUFFS₁₃
MUFTI₁₀
MUGGA₉
MUGGS₉
MUGGY₁₂
MUHLY₁₃
MUIDS₈
MUILS₇
MUIRS₇
MUIST₇
MUJIK₁₈
MULCH₁₂
MULCT₉
MULED₈
MULES₇
MULEY₁₀
MULGA₈
MULIE₇
MULLA₇
MULLS₇
MULSE₇
MULSH₁₀
MUMMS₁₁
MUMMY₁₄
MUMPS₁₁
MUMSY₁₂
MUMUS₉
MUNCH₁₂
MUNGA₈
MUNGO₈
MUNGS₈
MUNIS₇
MUNTS₇
MUNTU₇
MUONS₇
MURAL₇
MURAS₇
MURED₈
MURES₇
MUREX₁₄
MURID₈
MURKS₁₁
MURKY₁₄
MURLS₇
MURLY₁₀
MURRA₇
MURRE₇
MURRI₇
MURRS₇
MURRY₁₀
MURTI₇
MURVA₁₀
MUSAR₇
MUSCA₉
MUSED₈
MUSER₇
MUSES₇
MUSET₇
MUSHA₁₀
MUSHY₁₃
MUSIC₉
MUSIT₇
MUSKS₁₁
MUSKY₁₄
MUSOS₇
MUSSE₇
MUSSY₁₀
MUSTH₁₀
MUSTS₇
MUSTY₁₀
MUTCH₁₂
MUTED₈
MUTER₇
MUTES₇
MUTHA₁₀
MUTIS₇
MUTON₇
MUTTS₇
MUXED₁₅
MUXES₁₄
MUZAK₂₀
MUZZY₂₈
NUBBY₁₂
NUBIA₇
NUCHA₁₀
NUDDY₁₀
NUDER₆
NUDES₆
NUDGE₇
NUDIE₆
NUDZH₁₈
NUFFS₁₁
NUGAE₆
NUKED₁₀
NUKES₉
NULLA₅
NULLS₅
NUMBS₉
NUMEN₇
NUMMY₁₂
NUNNY₈
NURDS₆
NURDY₉
NURLS₅
NURRS₅
NURSE₅
NUTSO₅
NUTSY₈
NUTTY₈
OUBIT₇
OUCHT₁₀
OUGHT₉
OUIJA₁₂
OULKS₉
OUMAS₇
OUNCE₇
OUNDY₉
OUPAS₇
OUPED₈
OUPHE₁₀
OUPHS₁₀
OURIE₅
OUSEL₅
OUSTS₅
OUTBY₁₀
OUTDO₆
OUTED₆
OUTER₅
OUTGO₆
OUTIE₅
OUTRE₅
OUTRO₅
OUTTA₅
OUZEL₁₄
OUZOS₁₄
PUBES₉
PUBIC₁₁
PUBIS₉
PUCAN₉
PUCER₉
PUCES₉
PUCKA₁₃
PUCKS₁₃
PUDDY₁₂
PUDGE₉
PUDGY₁₂
PUDIC₁₀
PUDOR₈
PUDSY₁₁
PUDUS₈
PUERS₇
PUFFS₁₃
PUFFY₁₆
PUGGY₁₂
PUGIL₈
PUHAS₁₀
PUJAH₁₇
PUJAS₁₄
PUKED₁₂
PUKER₁₁
PUKES₁₁
PUKEY₁₄
PUKKA₁₅
PUKUS₁₁
PULAO₇
PULAS₇
PULED₈
PULER₇
PULES₇
PULIK₁₁
PULIS₇
PULKA₁₁
PULKS₁₁
PULLI₇
PULLS₇
PULMO₉
PULPS₉
PULPY₁₂
PULSE₇
PULUS₇
PUMAS₉
PUMIE₉
PUMPS₁₁
PUNAS₇
PUNCE₉
PUNCH₁₂
PUNGA₈
PUNGS₈
PUNJI₁₄
PUNKA₁₁
PUNKS₁₁
PUNKY₁₄
PUNNY₁₀
PUNTO₇
PUNTS₇
PUNTY₁₀
PUPAE₉
PUPAL₉
PUPAS₉
PUPIL₉
PUPPY₁₄
PUPUS₉
PURDA₈
PURED₈
PUREE₇
PURER₇
PURES₇
PURGE₈
PURIM₉
PURIN₇
PURIS₇
PURLS₇
PURPY₁₂
PURRS₇
PURSE₇
PURSY₁₀
PURTY₁₀
PUSES₇
PUSHY₁₃
PUSLE₇
PUSSY₁₀
PUTID₈
PUTON₇
PUTTI₇
PUTTO₇
PUTTS₇
PUTTY₁₀
PUZEL₁₆
QUACK₂₀
QUADS₁₅
QUAFF₂₀
QUAGS₁₅
QUAIL₁₄
QUAIR₁₄
QUAIS₁₄
QUAKE₁₈
QUAKY₂₁
QUALE₁₄
QUALM₁₆
QUANT₁₄
QUARE₁₄
QUARK₁₈
QUART₁₄
QUASH₁₇
QUASI₁₄
QUASS₁₄
QUATE₁₄
QUATS₁₄
QUAYD₁₈
QUAYS₁₇
QUBIT₁₆
QUEAN₁₄
QUEEN₁₄
QUEER₁₄
QUELL₁₄
QUEME₁₆
QUENA₁₄
QUERN₁₄
QUERY₁₇
QUESO₁₄
QUEST₁₄
QUEUE₁₄
QUEYN₁₇
QUEYS₁₇
QUICH₁₉
QUICK₂₀
QUIDS₁₅
QUIET₁₄
QUIFF₂₀
QUILL₁₄
QUILT₁₄
QUIMS₁₆
QUINA₁₄
QUINE₁₄
QUINO₁₄
QUINS₁₄
QUINT₁₄
QUIPO₁₆
QUIPS₁₆
QUIPU₁₆
QUIRE₁₄
QUIRK₁₈
QUIRT₁₄
QUIST₁₄
QUITE₁₄
QUITS₁₄
QUOAD₁₅
QUODS₁₅
QUOIF₁₇
QUOIN₁₄
QUOIT₁₄
QUOLL₁₄
QUONK₁₈
QUOPS₁₆
QUOTA₁₄
QUOTE₁₄
QUOTH₁₇
QURSH₁₇
QUYTE₁₇
RUANA₅
RUBAI₇
RUBBY₁₂
RUBEL₇
RUBES₇
RUBIN₇
RUBLE₇
RUBLI₇
RUBUS₇
RUCHE₁₀
RUCKS₁₁
RUDAS₆
RUDDS₇
RUDDY₁₀
RUDER₆
RUDES₆
RUDIE₆
RUERS₅
RUFFE₁₁
RUFFS₁₁
RUGAE₆
RUGAL₆
RUGBY₁₁
RUGGY₁₀
RUING₆
RUINS₅
RUKHS₁₂
RULED₆
RULER₅
RULES₅
RUMAL₇
RUMBA₉
RUMBO₉
RUMEN₇
RUMES₇
RUMLY₁₀
RUMMY₁₂
RUMOR₇
RUMPO₉
RUMPS₉
RUMPY₁₂
RUNCH₁₀
RUNDS₆
RUNED₆
RUNES₅
RUNGS₆
RUNIC₇
RUNNY₈
RUNTS₅
RUNTY₈
RUPEE₇
RUPIA₇
RURAL₅
RURPS₇
RURUS₅
RUSAS₅
RUSES₅
RUSHY₁₁
RUSKS₉
RUSMA₇
RUSSE₅
RUSTS₅
RUSTY₈
RUTHS₈
RUTIN₅
RUTTY₈
SUAVE₈
SUBAH₁₀
SUBAS₇
SUBBY₁₂
SUBER₇
SUBHA₁₀
SUCCI₉
SUCKS₁₁
SUCKY₁₄
SUCRE₇
SUDDS₇
SUDOR₆
SUDSY₉
SUEDE₆
SUENT₅
SUERS₅
SUETE₅
SUETS₅
SUETY₈
SUGAN₆
SUGAR₆
SUGHS₉
SUIDS₆
SUING₆
SUINT₅
SUITE₅
SUITS₅
SUJEE₁₂
SUKHS₁₂
SULCI₇
SULFA₈
SULFO₈
SULKS₉
SULKY₁₂
SULLY₈
SULUS₅
SUMAC₉
SUMIS₇
SUMMA₉
SUMOS₇
SUMPH₁₂
SUMPS₉
SUNKS₉
SUNNA₅
SUNNS₅
SUNNY₈
SUNUP₇
SUPER₇
SUPES₇
SUPRA₇
SURAH₈
SURAL₅
SURAS₅
SURAT₅
SURDS₆
SURED₆
SURER₅
SURES₅
SURFS₈
SURFY₁₁
SURGE₆
SURGY₉
SURLY₈
SURRA₅
SUSED₆
SUSES₅
SUSHI₈
SUSUS₅
SUTOR₅
SUTRA₅
SUTTA₅
TUANS₅
TUART₅
TUATH₈
TUBAE₇
TUBAL₇
TUBAR₇
TUBAS₇
TUBBY₁₂
TUBED₈
TUBER₇
TUBES₇
TUCKS₁₁
TUFAS₈
TUFFE₁₁
TUFFS₁₁
TUFTS₈
TUFTY₁₁
TUGRA₆
TUILE₅
TUINA₅
TUISM₇
TUKTU₉
TULES₅
TULIP₇
TULLE₅
TULPA₇
TULSI₅
TUMID₈
TUMMY₁₂
TUMOR₇
TUMPS₉
TUMPY₁₂
TUNAS₅
TUNDS₆
TUNED₆
TUNER₅
TUNES₅
TUNGS₆
TUNIC₇
TUNNY₈
TUPEK₁₁
TUPIK₁₁
TUPLE₇
TUQUE₁₄
TURBO₇
TURDS₆
TURFS₈
TURFY₁₁
TURKS₉
TURME₇
TURMS₇
TURNS₅
TURPS₇
TURRS₅
TUSHY₁₁
TUSKS₉
TUSKY₁₂
TUTEE₅
TUTOR₅
TUTTI₅
TUTTY₈
TUTUS₅
TUXES₁₂
TUYER₈
VUGGS₁₀
VUGGY₁₃
VUGHS₁₂
VUGHY₁₅
VULGO₉
VULNS₈
VULVA₁₁
VUTTY₁₁
WUDDY₁₃
WUDUS₉
WULLS₈
WURST₈
WUSES₈
WUSHU₁₁
WUSSY₁₁
WUXIA₁₅
YUANS₈
YUCAS₁₀
YUCCA₁₂
YUCCH₁₅
YUCKO₁₄
YUCKS₁₄
YUCKY₁₇
YUFTS₁₁
YUGAS₉
YUKED₁₃
YUKES₁₂
YUKKY₁₉
YUKOS₁₂
YULAN₈
YULES₈
YUMMO₁₂
YUMMY₁₅
YUMPS₁₂
YUPON₁₀
YUPPY₁₅
YURTA₈
YURTS₈
YUZUS₁₇
ZUKES₁₈
ZULUS₁₄
ZUPAN₁₆
ZUPAS₁₆
ZUPPA₁₈
ZURFS₁₇
ZUZIM₂₅

Letters by positionIn 34% of these words the 5th letter is S.

1st letter

B10%
M8%
P8%

3rd letter

R16%
N10%
L9%

4th letter

E15%
A8%
T8%

5th letter

S34%
Y17%
E9%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 7 in Scrabble; FUZZY tops the list with 29. Scores before board bonuses.

55 points: 96 words
6 points: 95 words
77 points: 203 words
8 points: 131 words
99 points: 133 words
10 points: 106 words
1111 points: 90 words
12 points: 79 words
1313 points: 47 words
14 points: 86 words
1515 points: 29 words
16 points: 23 words
1717 points: 23 words
18 points: 11 words
1919 points: 7 words
20 points: 6 words
2121 points: 1 words
22 points: 0 words
2323 points: 0 words
24 points: 0 words
2525 points: 1 words
26 points: 1 words
2727 points: 0 words
28 points: 2 words
2929 points: 2 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
FUZZY	29	29	All three
HUZZY	29	28	Collins only
BUZZY	28	29	Collins · NWL
MUZZY	28	29	All three
HUZZA	26	26	All three
ZUZIM	25	27	Collins · NWL
QUAKY	21	21	All three
QUICK	20	22	All three
QUACK	20	22	All three
MUZAK	20	22	NWL only
QUIFF	20	21	All three
QUAFF	20	21	All three

The fixed U narrows a five-letter clue, but the opening and final letters still create a broad search. B, M, and P lead the starts, while S and Y dominate the endings. The matches include 186 Wordle answers, plus plenty of less familiar tournament words, so a known pattern can lead well beyond everyday vocabulary.

At a glance: 5-letter words with U as the second letter

There are 1,172 matches, with U fixed in position two and three letters left to test.
B starts the most matches at 119; M follows at 95, then P at 93.
S is the most common final letter at 393, ahead of Y at 197 and E at 104.
Only 181 matches fall into the common-word group, so the full set reaches beyond everyday vocabulary.
FUZZY scores 29 Scrabble points; QUICK scores 20.

Which starts and endings dominate?

B, M, and P are the strongest opening letters for this pattern, with 119, 95, and 93 matches. That gives you a practical first filter: if your clue begins with one of those letters, the U position still leaves a substantial pool.

The endings are more lopsided. S closes 393 words, nearly twice as many as Y at 197; E is a distant third at 104. If your final tile is unknown, test S and Y before spending guesses on less frequent endings.

Scoring and dictionary differences

The 1,172 matches trail the same-position A list at 2,223, O at 2,059, and E at 1,605, but exceed R at 928. That puts U in a middle-sized group: broad enough for several familiar options, but far from the largest vowel patterns.

For 5-letter words with U as the second letter, FUZZY is the top scorer at 29 points, with HUZZA also at 26. Dictionary coverage differs: Collins has 1,137 matches, NWL2023 has 892, and ENABLE has 791. Those sets overlap, so don’t add their counts; check your game’s word list before relying on an unfamiliar play.

Questions people ask

How many 5-letter words have U as the second letter?

There are 1,172 five-letter words with U in the second position across the tournament dictionaries counted here. Familiar examples include MUSIC, HUMAN, QUITE, and GUESS, while the full set also contains less common game words.

How many Wordle answers have U in the second position?

There are 186 Wordle answers matching the five-letter pattern with U second. The matching set also includes 1,164 allowed guesses, so an eligible guess is not automatically an answer-list entry.

Which ending is most common in five-letter U-second words?

S is the most common ending, appearing on 393 words. Y comes next at 197, followed by E at 104. When the final letter is still unknown, S is the strongest starting point in this group.

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