5-Letter Words Ending in U
25 five-letter words end in U; 2 of them are common words, shown in bold. Common words are where Wordle answers come from.
Best Wordle guesses
Ranked by how many green and yellow tiles each word turns up, on average, against the common words Wordle answers come from.
| # | Word | Green | Yellow |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | adieu | 0.35 | 1.20 |
| 2 | snafu | 0.33 | 0.82 |
| 3 | bayou | 0.28 | 0.84 |
| 4 | haiku | 0.30 | 0.80 |
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25 words ending in U
- bayoucommon
- haikucommon
- adieu
- snafu
- bijou
- sadhu
- kudzu
- perdu
- vertu
- cornu
- virtu
- shoyu
- pilau
- quipu
- fondu
- poilu
- coypu
- miaou
- hokku
- battu
- fichu
- pareu
- poyou
- prahu
- sajou
All 25 five-letter words
Starting with A 1
adieu
Starting with B 3
battu bayou bijou
Starting with C 2
cornu coypu
Starting with F 2
fichu fondu
Starting with H 2
haiku hokku
Starting with K 1
kudzu
Starting with M 1
miaou
Starting with P 6
pareu perdu pilau poilu poyou prahu
Starting with Q 1
quipu
Starting with S 4
sadhu sajou shoyu snafu
Starting with V 2
vertu virtu
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Questions people ask
How many five-letter words end in U?
Our list has 25. 2 of them are common everyday words; the rest are rarer words you are more likely to meet in Scrabble or a crossword than in conversation. The list is a public-domain English word list, sorted by how often each word appears in everyday writing.
What is the best Wordle guess that ends in U?
ADIEU. Against the common five-letter words Wordle draws its answers from, it turns up 0.35 green and 1.2 yellow tiles on average — more than any other word on this list. The method is the same as on our Best Wordle Starting Words page.