178 words

5 Letter Words Starting With U

There are 178 5-letter words that start with U. The highest-scoring word is UMIAQ, worth 16 points, valid across all three major dictionaries (TWL, SOWPODS/CSW and WWF). 61 of these words — including UDALS, UGALI, UGGED — aren't valid across all three major Scrabble dictionaries (TWL, SOWPODS/CSW and WWF).

Best play

The highest-scoring 5-letter word for this list.

U1M3I1A1Q10
16 pts

Full word list

UDALS6
CSW
UDDER7
UDONS6
TWL+CSW
UGALI6
CSW
UGGED8
CSW
UHLAN8
UHURU8
CSW
UKASE9
ULAMA7
ULANS5
ULCER7
ULEMA7
ULMIN7
CSW
ULNAD6
ULNAE5
ULNAR5
ULNAS5
ULPAN7
ULTRA5
ULVAS8
ULYIE8
CSW
ULZIE14
CSW
UMAMI9
TWL+CSW
UMBEL9
UMBER9
UMBLE9
CSW
UMBOS9
UMBRA9
UMBRE9
CSW
UMIAC9
UMIAK11
UMIAQ16
UMPED10
UMPIE9
CSW
UMPTY12
CSW
UNAIS5
UNAPT7
UNARM7
UNARY8
UNAUS5
UNBAG8
CSW
UNBAN7
UNBAR7
UNBED8
CSW
UNBID8
UNBOX14
UNCAP9
UNCES7
CSW
UNCIA7
UNCLE7
UNCOS7
UNCOY10
UNCUS7
UNCUT7
UNDAM8
CSW
UNDEE6
UNDER6
UNDID7
UNDUE6
UNDUG7
CSW
UNETH8
CSW
UNFED9
UNFIT8
UNFIX15
UNGAG7
CSW
UNGET6
CSW
UNGOD7
CSW
UNGOT6
UNGUM8
CSW
UNHAT8
UNHIP10
UNIFY11
UNION5
UNITE5
UNITS5
UNITY8
UNJAM14
TWL+CSW
UNKED10
CSW
UNKET9
CSW
UNKID10
CSW
UNLAW8
CSW
UNLAY8
UNLED6
UNLET5
UNLID6
CSW
UNLIT5
UNMAN7
UNMET7
UNMEW10
UNMIX14
UNPAY10
CSW
UNPEG8
UNPEN7
UNPIN7
UNRED6
CSW
UNRID6
CSW
UNRIG6
UNRIP7
UNSAY8
UNSET5
UNSEW8
UNSEX12
UNSOD6
CSW
UNTAX12
CSW
UNTIE5
UNTIL5
UNTIN5
CSW
UNWED9
UNWET8
TWL+CSW
UNWIT8
UNWON8
UNZIP16
UPBOW12
UPBYE12
UPDOS8
UPDRY11
UPEND8
UPJET14
CSW
UPLAY10
CSW
UPLED8
CSW
UPLIT7
UPPED10
UPPER9
UPRAN7
CSW
UPRUN7
CSW
UPSEE7
CSW
UPSET7
UPSEY10
CSW
UPTAK11
CSW
UPTER7
CSW
UPTIE7
CSW
URAEI5
URALI5
CSW
URAOS5
CSW
URARE5
URARI5
URASE5
URATE5
URBAN7
URBIA7
URDEE6
CSW
UREAL5
UREAS5
UREDO6
UREIC7
URENA5
CSW
URENT5
CSW
URGED7
URGER6
URGES6
URIAL5
URINE5
URITE5
CSW
URMAN7
CSW
URNAL5
CSW
URNED6
CSW
URPED8
TWL+CSW
URSAE5
URSID6
TWL+CSW
URSON5
CSW
URUBU7
CSW
URVAS8
CSW
USAGE6
USERS5
USHER8
USING6
USNEA5
USQUE14
USUAL5
USURE5
CSW
USURP7
USURY8
UTERI5
UTILE5
UTTER5
UVEAL8
UVEAS8
UVULA8

The number on each tile is its Scrabble point value. Words without a tag are valid in TWL, SOWPODS (Collins/CSW) and ENABLE (Words with Friends); tagged words (e.g. "CSW", "TWL+WWF") are only valid under the dictionaries shown.