5 letter words starting with U
Every 5-letter word in the dictionary that opens with U — 117 of the 8,636 words of this length.
- Words
- 117
- Everyday
- 33in the size-ranked core
- Longest
- 5117 words tie
- Shortest
- 5117 words tie
- udder
- ulcer
- ultra
- uncle
- uncut
- under
- undid
- undue
- unfit
- unify
- union
- unite
- units
- unity
- unset
- untie
- until
- upend
- upped
- upper
- upset
- urban
- urged
- urges
- urine
- usage
- users
- usher
- using
- usual
- usurp
- uteri
- utter
- ukase
- ulnae
- ulnar
- umbel
- umber
- umbra
- umiak
- umped
- unary
- unbar
- unbid
- unbox
- uncap
- unfed
- unfix
- unlit
- unman
- unmet
- unpin
- unsay
- unwed
- unzip
- updos
- usury
- uvula
- uhlan
- ulama
- ulans
- ulema
- ulnad
- ulpan
- ulvas
- umbos
- umiaq
- unais
- unapt
- unarm
- unaus
- unban
- uncos
- uncoy
- uncus
- ungot
- unhip
- unlay
- unmix
- unpeg
- unpen
- unrig
- unrip
- unsew
- unsex
- unwon
- uplit
- uraei
- urase
- urate
- urbia
- ureal
- ureas
- uredo
- ureic
- urger
- urial
- usnea
- utile
- uveal
- uveas
- ulnas
- umiac
- uncia
- undee
- unhat
- unled
- unlet
- unmew
- unwit
- upbow
- upbye
- updry
- urare
- urari
- ursae
- usque
What is in this list
Every one of them has 5 letters.
33 of them — 28% — are in the everyday tier; the rest are filed as rarer.
Every one of them contains an U.
The one furthest down the tiers is ulnas, filed in the unranked list.
Other openings at 5 letters
- A497
- B589
- C665
- D457
- E192
- F430
- G415
- H334
- I118
- J134
- K206
- L401
- M444
- N200
- O181
- P565
- Q53
- R419
- S1,056
- T548
- U117
- V161
- W296
- X13
- Y94
- Z51
U at other lengths, and 5 letters by ending
- 3 letters15
- 4 letters37
- 6 letters348
- 7 letters532
- 8 letters825
- 9 letters726
- 10 letters664
- 11 letters497
- 12 letters429
- 13 letters310
- 14 letters217
- 15 letters126
- ends A356
- ends B35
- ends C97
- ends D582
- ends E931
- ends F53
- ends G88
- ends H255
- ends I142
- ends K182
- ends L345
- ends M125
Ordered everyday words first, then alphabetical inside each group — the same rule on every list here. At most 300 are printed on one page.