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5-letter words starting with U

There are 46 common five-letter words that start with U. Five-letter words are perfect for Wordle and similar daily puzzles – use the list to find a strong starting word or narrow down your next guess.

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Highest-scoring 5-letter words starting with U

Word	Scrabble points
UNZIP	16
UMIAK	11
UNIFY	11
UMPED	10
UPPED	10
UMBEL	9
UMBER	9
UNWED	9

All 46 words

Sorted A–Z. The number after each word is its Scrabble score. 0 of these have a vowel as the second letter.

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Other words starting with U

4-letter words starting with U14 words 6-letter words starting with U126 words 7-letter words starting with U158 words 8-letter words starting with U216 words