5-Letter Words Ending With U

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BAYOU
ADIEU
AHURU
BANTU
BAPPU
BATTU
BIJOU
BITOU
BOUTU
BOYAU
BUCHU
BUCKU
BUNDU
BUSSU
CENTU
CHIRU
CORNU
COYAU
COYPU
DICTU
FICHU
FOGOU
FONDU
HAIKU
HEIAU
HINAU
HOKKU
HUKOU
JAMBU
KANZU
KAURU
KAWAU
KIASU
KOMBU
KONBU
KUDZU
LADDU
LASSU
MAMBU
MAPAU
MAPOU
MATSU
MIAOU
MUNDU
MUNTU
NAIRU
NANDU
NIKAU
NOYAU
OTAKU
PADOU
PALLU
PAREU
PASSU
PATTU
PEKAU
PELAU
PENDU
PERDU
PHUTU
PIKAU
PILAU
PITSU
PITTU
POILU
PONZU
POYOU
PRAHU
PURAU
PUTTU
QUEYU
QUIPU
REMOU
RENDU
ROMPU
SADHU
SAJOU
SAMFU
SENSU
SHOYU
SNAFU
STATU
TANSU
TATOU
TENDU
TRAGU
TUKTU
UHURU
URUBU
VENDU
VERTU
VIRTU
VODOU
VOULU
WAGYU
WUSHU

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5-Letter Words Ending With U

English rarely ends words with U — it feels incomplete. BAYOU, BIJOU, HINDU — almost every U-ending is borrowed from French, Japanese, or Sanskrit.

Popular Words That End With U

Here are some of the most useful 5-letter words that end with U. The highlighted letter shows the position you're filtering for.

Common everyday words:

BAYOU
BIJOU
HINDU
FICHU

Strategic picks for word games:

BANTU
PILAU
SAJOU

Wordle and Scrabble Strategy

Most U-endings are borrowed: BAYOU (French), HINDU (Sanskrit)

U is worth only 1 point in Scrabble — rare as an ending

-OU endings are the most common: BAYOU, BIJOU

U at a Glance

Frequency96 5-letter words end with U
Wordle1 Wordle answers end with U (1%)
PatternsCommon patterns: -OU, -TU, -AU