5 Letter Words With A and U

1,269 5 letter words with a and u, taken in any order and any position. Sorted so the strongest guesses land first.

1,269 words carry A and U somewhere. ABOUT, ABUSE, ACUTE are the strongest of them, and 76 sit on the answer list.

Everyday English accounts for 32 of these 1,269 words. The rest are worth reading before you need them.

Best First Guesses

With 1,269 words to get through, the first guess decides most of the round. Each one below is on this list, so it could be the answer outright, and the number beside it is how many words would still be left in the worst case.

LAURA: takes 1,269 down to 278 at worst.
SUGAR: down to 298. It is on the answer list.
SCUBA: down to 332. It is on the answer list.

What These Words Have in Common

A is the ending to expect here, closing 310 of these words. The letters that turn up alongside most often are S (402), R (294) and L (285). Only 32 of the 1,269 are everyday words. The rest belong to crosswords more than to conversation, so lean on the letters above rather than on the tail of the list.

Best 5 Letter Words With A and U

The strongest picks, with answer-list words first.

ABOUT
ABUSE
ACUTE
ADULT
AFOUL
ALBUM
ALOUD
AMUSE
ANNUL
ARGUE
AUDIO
AUDIT
AUGUR
AUNTY
AWFUL
AZURE
BAYOU
CAPUT
CAULK
CAUSE
DATUM
DAUNT
EQUAL
FAULT
FAUNA
FRAUD
GAMUT
GAUDY
GAUGE
GAUNT
GAUZE
GUARD
GUAVA
HAUNT
HAUTE
HUMAN
JAUNT
JUNTA
LAUGH
LUNAR
MAUVE
MURAL
PAUSE
PUPAL
QUACK
QUAIL
QUAKE
QUALM
QUARK
QUART
QUASH
QUASI
QUOTA
RUMBA
RURAL
SAUCE
SAUCY
SAUNA
SAUTE
SCUBA
SQUAD
SQUAT
SUAVE
SUGAR
SUMAC
TAUNT
TUBAL
ULTRA
UMBRA
URBAN
USAGE
USUAL
VAGUE
VALUE
VAULT
VAUNT
AUTOS
JULIA
LAURA
SUDAN

5 Letter Words With A and U Starting With A

ABOUT
ABUSE
ACUTE
ADULT
AFOUL
ALBUM
ALOUD
AMUSE
ANNUL
ARGUE
AUDIO
AUDIT
AUGUR
AUNTY
AWFUL
AZURE
AUTOS
ABAUE
ABIUS
ABJUD
ABRUS
ABUNA
ABUNE
ABURA
ABURN
ABUSH
ABUTA
ABUTS
ABUZZ
ACAPU
ACCUM
ACCUR
ACCUS
ACOUP
ACRUX
ACTUS
ACUAN
ADIEU
ADRUE
ADSUM
ADUKI
ADUNC
ADURE
ADUSK
ADUST
AEQUI
AEVUM
AGGUR
AGLUS
AGNUS
AGRUM
AGUED
AGUES
AGUEY
AGUNA
AGURA
AGUSH
AGUST
AGUTI
AHULL
AHUNT
AHURA
AHURU
AHUSH
AINUS
AITUS
AJUGA
AJUPA
AKULE
AKUND
ALBUS
ALDUS
ALENU
ALEUT
ALFUR
ALGUM
ALLUS
ALMUD
ALMUG
ALNUS
ALOUT
ALTUN
ALTUS
ALUCO
ALULA
ALUMS
ALUMY
ALURE
ALURK
ALUTA
ALVUS
AMAUT
AMELU
AMOUR
AMPUL
AMUCK
AMULA
AMUZE
ANGUS
ANJOU
ANKOU
ANKUS
ANNUM
ANNUS
ANOUR
ANOUS
ANTUM
ANURA
ANURY
AOTUS
AOUAD
APERU
APIUM
APOUT
APPUI
APPUY
AQUAE
AQUAS
ARAMU
ARARU
ARAUA
ARCUS
ARGUS
ARIUS
ARJUN
ARNUT
ARRAU
ARTOU
ARTUS
ARUAC
ARUHE
ARUKE
ARULO
ARUMS
ARUPA
ARUSA
ARZUN
ASCUS
ASHUR
ASTUN
ASTUR
ASURA
ASURI
ATOUR
ATUAS
ATULE
ATUNE
AUBIN
AUCAN
AUCHT

5 Letter Words With A and U Starting With B

BAYOU
BABUA
BABUL
BABUS
BADJU
BAGUA
BAHUR
BAHUS
BAHUT
BAJAU
BAJUS
BALAU
BALUN
BALUS
BALUT
BANTU
BANUS
BAPPU
BAPUS
BARBU
BATTU
BAUBO
BAUCH
BAUDS
BAUGE
BAUKS
BAULD
BAULK
BAUME
BAUNO
BAURE
BAURS
BAUTA
BEAUS
BEAUT
BEAUX
BHALU
BHUNA
BLAUD
BOYAU
BRUJA
BRUTA
BUATS
BUAZE
BUBAL
BUBAS
BUBBA
BUCCA
BUDAS
BUENA
BUFFA
BUGAN
BUKAT
BULAK
BULLA
BUNAS
BUNDA
BUNGA
BUNIA
BUNYA
BURAN
BURAO
BURAS
BURGA
BURKA
BURMA
BURQA
BURRA
BURSA
BUTAT
BUTEA

5 Letter Words With A and U Starting With C

CAPUT
CAULK
CAUSE
CACUR
CADUA
CADUS
CAGUI
CAHUY
CAJOU
CAJUN
CAMUS
CANUN
CAPUL
CAQUE
CARUA
CARUM
CARUS
CASUS
CATUR
CAUCH
CAUDA
CAUKS
CAULD
CAULI
CAULS
CAUMA
CAUMS
CAUPO
CAUPS
CAURI
CAUSA
CAVUM
CAVUS
CHAUI
CHAUK
CHAUM
CHAUS
CHUFA
CIGUA
CITUA
CLAUS
CLAUT
COUAC
COUMA
COUTA
COYAU
CRURA
CUBAN
CUBAS
CUBLA
CUDDA
CUECA
CUEVA
CUJAM
CULLA
CULPA
CUMAL
CUMAR
CUMAY
CUNAN
CUNAS
CUNEA
CUNZA
CUPAY
CUPPA
CURAT
CURIA
CURSA
CURUA
CUYAS

5 Letter Words With A and U Starting With D

DATUM
DAUNT
DABUH
DACUS
DAUBE
DAUBS
DAUBY
DAUDS
DAUKE
DAULT
DAURI
DAURS
DAUTS
DAWUT
DJUKA
DOUAR
DOULA
DOUMA
DOURA
DRUPA
DUADS
DUALA
DUALI
DUALS
DUANE
DUANS
DUANT
DUARS
DUBBA
DUCAL
DUCAT
DUGAL
DUHAT
DUJAN
DUKAS
DUKKA
DULAT
DULIA
DUMAS
DUMBA
DUMKA
DUNAL
DUNAM
DUPLA
DUPPA
DURAL
DURAS
DURAX
DURRA
DUTRA
DWAUM
DYAUS

5 Letter Words With A and U Starting With F

FAULT
FAUNA
FRAUD
FAGUS
FALUN
FALUS
FANUM
FAUCH
FAUGH
FAULD
FAULX
FAUNS
FAURD
FAUSE
FAUST
FAUTE
FAUTS
FAUVE
FAVUS
FEUAR
FOUAT
FRAUS
FUAGE
FUBAR
FUGAL
FULAH
FULLA
FULWA
FUNDA
FURAL
FURAN
FURCA
FUTWA

5 Letter Words With A and U Starting With G

GAMUT
GAUDY
GAUGE
GAUNT
GAUZE
GUARD
GUAVA
GADUS
GAIUS
GALUT
GARAU
GARUA
GARUM
GAUBY
GAUCH
GAUCY
GAUDS
GAUJE
GAULS
GAULT
GAUMS
GAUMY
GAUPS
GAURA
GAURE
GAURS
GAUSS
GAUZY
GENUA
GHAUT
GLAUM
GLAUR
GLAUX
GLUMA
GOUDA
GOURA
GTEAU
GUABA
GUACO
GUAKA
GUAMA
GUANA
GUANO
GUANS
GUARA
GUARS
GUARY
GUASA
GUATO
GUAZA
GUBAT
GUBBA
GUGAL
GUGAS
GUIAC
GUIBA
GUJAR
GULAB
GULAE
GULAG
GULAR
GULAS
GUMMA
GUNAS
GUNDA
GUNJA
GURAN
GUSLA
GUTTA

5 Letter Words With A and U Starting With H

HAUNT
HAUTE
HUMAN
HABUB
HABUS
HAGUE
HAIKU
HAKUS
HALDU
HAMUS
HAPUS
HAUDS
HAUFS
HAUGH
HAUGO
HAULD
HAULM
HAULS
HAULT
HAUNS
HAUSA
HAUSE
HAUST
HEIAU
HEUAU
HINAU
HSUAN
HUACA
HUACO
HUARI
HUAVE
HUBBA
HUDNA
HUIAS
HULAS
HUMAS
HURRA
HUTIA
HUZZA

5 Letter Words With A and U Starting With J

JAUNT
JUNTA
JULIA
JABUL
JAGUA
JAKUN
JALUR
JAMBU
JAMUN
JANTU
JANUA
JANUS
JARUL
JAUKS
JAUNE
JAUPS
JOUAL
JUANG
JUANS
JUBAS
JUDAH
JUDAS
JUGAL
JUMAR
JUMBA
JUMMA
JURAL
JURAT
JUTKA
JUVIA
JUXTA
JUYAS

5 Letter Words With A and U Starting With K

KAGUS
KAHAU
KALUA
KANNU
KANZU
KAPUR
KAPUS
KAPUT
KAROU
KASSU
KATUN
KAUCH
KAUGH
KAURI
KAURU
KAURY
KAWAU
KEHUA
KHUAI
KHULA
KIASU
KLAUS
KNAUR
KOHUA
KOURA
KOUZA
KRAUT
KUBBA
KUIAS
KULAH
KULAK
KULAN
KULAS
KUMAN
KUNAI
KUNAS
KURTA
KUSAM
KUSAN
KUSHA
KUTAI
KUTAS
KUTTA
KUYAS

5 Letter Words With A and U Starting With L

LAUGH
LUNAR
LAURA
LADDU
LAIUS
LAMUS
LAMUT
LANUM
LARUM
LARUS
LASSU
LATUS
LAUAN
LAUCH
LAUDE
LAUDS
LAUFS
LAUIA
LAUND
LAURE
LAURY
LAUTU
LAYUP
LEGUA
LEHUA
LEUMA
LOUMA
LUACH
LUAUS
LUBRA
LUCAN
LUCIA
LUFFA
LUIAN
LUKAN
LUKAS
LULAB
LULAV
LUMAS
LUNAS
LUNDA
LUNKA
LURAL
LUTAO
LUTEA
LUTRA

5 Letter Words With A and U Starting With M

MAUVE
MURAL
MAGUS
MAHUA
MAIDU
MAIUS
MAKUA
MAKUK
MALUM
MALUS
MAMBU
MANIU
MANQU
MANUF
MANUL
MANUS
MAPAU
MAPOU
MAQUI
MARTU
MARUA
MASUR
MASUS
MASUT
MATSU
MAUBY
MAUDS
MAUGH
MAUKA
MAULA
MAULS
MAUMS
MAUMY
MAUND
MAUNT
MAURI
MAUSY
MAUTS
MAUVY
MAUZY
MAZUR
MAZUT
MBUBA
MBUGA
MEAUL
MESUA
MIAOU
MIAUL
MIAUW
MITUA
MOHUA
MUANG
MUDAR
MUDRA
MUGGA
MULAI
MULGA
MULLA
MUNDA
MUNGA
MUNIA
MUNJA
MURAN
MURAS
MURAT
MURGA
MURRA
MURVA
MURZA
MUSAL
MUSAR
MUSCA
MUSHA
MUSTA
MUTAS
MUTHA
MUVVA
MUZAK
MVULA

5 Letter Words With A and U Starting With N

NAHUA
NAHUM
NAIRU
NAMUS
NANDU
NANMU
NANUA
NARDU
NASUA
NASUS
NATUS
NAUCH
NAUMK
NAUNT
NDUJA
NEUMA
NIGUA
NIKAU
NIUAN
NOUJA
NOYAU
NUADU
NUBIA
NUCAL
NUCHA
NUGAE
NULLA
NUMAC
NUMDA

5 Letter Words With A and U Starting With O

OAKUM
OTAKU
OUABE
OUIJA
OUKIA
OULAP
OUMAS
OUPAS
OUSIA
OUTAS
OUTTA
OVULA

5 Letter Words With A and U Starting With P

PAUSE
PUPAL
PAAUW
PADOU
PADUS
PAGUS
PAHUS
PAKUA
PAKUL
PALAU
PALLU
PALUS
PANUS
PAPUA
PAQUE
PAREU
PARUS
PASSU
PASUL
PATTU
PATUS
PAUAS
PAUKY
PAULA
PAULS
PAUXI
PEKAU
PELAU
PERAU
PIKAU
PILAU
PITAU
PIUMA
PLAUD
PLAUR
PLUMA
PRAHU
PRAUS
PRUTA
PUBAL
PUCAN
PUCKA
PUDDA
PUFFA
PUHAS
PUJAH
PUJAS
PUKAS
PUKKA
PULAO
PULAS
PULKA
PUMAS
PUNAN
PUNAS
PUNGA
PUNKA
PUNTA
PUPAE
PUPAS
PUPPA
PURAO
PURAU
PURDA
PURGA
PUTAS
PUTZA
PUYAS
PUZTA

5 Letter Words With A and U Starting With Q

QUACK
QUAIL
QUAKE
QUALM
QUARK
QUART
QUASH
QUASI
QUOTA
QUABS
QUADI
QUADS
QUAFF
QUAGS
QUAIR
QUAIS
QUAKY
QUALE
QUALY
QUANK
QUANT
QUARE
QUARL
QUASS
QUATA
QUATE
QUATS
QUAUK
QUAVE
QUAWK
QUAWS
QUAYD
QUAYS
QUBBA
QUEAK
QUEAL
QUEAN
QUENA
QUICA
QUILA
QUINA
QUIRA
QUOAD
QURAN

5 Letter Words With A and U Starting With R

RUMBA
RURAL
RAGHU
RAGUS
RAHUI
RAHUL
RAKUS
RAMUS
RATUS
RAULI
RAUNS
RAUPO
RUACH
RUANA
RUBAI
RUBAN
RUBIA
RUDAS
RUEDA
RUGAE
RUGAL
RUGAS
RUMAL
RUMAN
RUPIA
RUSAS
RUSMA

5 Letter Words With A and U Starting With S

SAUCE
SAUCY
SAUNA
SAUTE
SCUBA
SQUAD
SQUAT
SUAVE
SUGAR
SUMAC
SUDAN
SADHU
SAGUM
SAJOU
SALUD
SALUE
SALUS
SALUT
SAMFU
SANGU
SARUK
SARUM
SARUS
SAUBA
SAUCH
SAUDI
SAUGH
SAULD
SAULS
SAULT
SAUNF
SAUNT
SAURA
SAURY
SAUTS
SAUTY
SAUVE
SCAUD
SCAUL
SCAUM
SCAUP
SCAUR
SCAUT
SCUTA
SEQUA
SERAU
SHAKU
SHAUL
SHAUP
SHUBA
SHURA
SIAFU
SKUAS
SLAUM
SNAFU
SPAUL
SPUTA
SQUAB
SQUAM
SQUAW
STATU
STAUK
STAUN
STAUP
STUPA
SUADE
SUANT
SUBAH
SUBAK
SUBAS
SUBHA
SUBRA
SUDRA
SUGAN
SUGAT
SUINA
SULEA
SULFA
SULKA
SULLA
SUMAK
SUMMA
SUNNA
SUONA
SUPAI
SUPRA
SURAH
SURAL
SURAS
SURAT
SURMA
SURRA
SURYA
SUSAN
SUTRA
SUTTA
SUZAN

5 Letter Words With A and U Starting With T

TAUNT
TUBAL
TABUN
TABUS
TABUT
TAGUA
TAGUS
TAHOU
TAHUA
TALUK
TALUS
TAMUL
TAMUS
TANSU
TAPUL
TAPUS
TAQUA
TARAU
TATOU
TATUS
TAUBE
TAULA
TAULD
TAULI
TAUON
TAUPE
TAUPO
TAURI
TAUTS
TAUTY
TAXUS
TEGUA
THUAN
THUJA
THUYA
TIGUA
TOPAU
TRABU
TRAGU
TSUBA
TSUGA
TSUMA
TUANS
TUANT
TUARN
TUART
TUATH
TUBAE
TUBAR
TUBAS
TUBBA
TUFAN
TUFAS
TUGRA
TUINA
TUKRA
TULPA
TULSA
TUNAL
TUNAS
TUNCA
TUNGA
TUNKA
TUNNA
TURMA
TUZLA

5 Letter Words With A and U Starting With U

ULTRA
UMBRA
URBAN
USAGE
USUAL
UALIS
UAUPE
UAYEB
UBACS
UCKIA
UDALS
UDASI
UGALI
UHLAN
UINAL
UINTA
UKASE
ULAMA
ULANS
ULEMA
ULNAD
ULNAE
ULNAR
ULNAS
ULPAN
ULVAN
ULVAS
UMAMI
UMAUA
UMIAC
UMIAK
UMIAQ
UMMAH
UMMAS
UMRAH
UMRAS
UNACT
UNADD
UNAGI
UNAIS
UNAMI
UNAMO
UNAPT
UNARK
UNARM
UNARY
UNAUS
UNBAG
UNBAN
UNBAR
UNBAY
UNCAP
UNCIA
UNDAM
UNFAR
UNGAG
UNGKA
UNHAD
UNHAP
UNHAT
UNIAT
UNICA
UNJAM
UNLAP
UNLAW
UNLAX
UNLAY
UNMAD
UNMAN
UNONA
UNPAY
UNRAM
UNRAY
UNRRA
UNSAD
UNSAW
UNSAY
UNTAG
UNTAP
UNTAR
UNTAX
UNWAN
UNWAX
UPARM
UPAYA
UPBAR
UPBAY
UPEAT
UPLAY
UPRAN
UPTAK
UPUPA
UPWAX
UPWAY
URAEI
URALI
URAOS
URARE
URARI
URASE
URATE
URBIA
UREAL
UREAS
URENA
URIAH
URIAL
URIAN
URLAR
URMAN
URNAE
URNAL
URSAE
URSAL
URUPA
URVAS
USANT
USARA
USETA
USHAK
USHAS
USNEA
USTAD
UVALA
UVATE
UVEAL
UVEAS
UVULA
UZARA
UZBAK

5 Letter Words With A and U Starting With V

VAGUE
VALUE
VAULT
VAUNT
VACUA
VACUI
VACUO
VAGUS
VARUS
VATUS
VAUCH
VAUDY
VAUTE
VAUTS
VICUA
VIDUA
VIUVA
VULVA

5 Letter Words With A and U Starting With W

WAEFU
WAGYU
WAMUS
WARUA
WAUCH
WAUFF
WAUGH
WAUKS
WAULK
WAULS
WAUNS
WAURA
WAURS
WAUVE
WEKAU
WHAUK
WHAUP
WHAUR
WUNGA
WUNNA
WUXIA

5 Letter Words With A and U Starting With Y

YAGUA
YAKUT
YAMUN
YAQUI
YAUDS
YAULD
YAUPS
YUANS
YUCAS
YUCCA
YUGAS
YULAN
YUMAN
YUNCA
YURAK
YURTA

5 Letter Words With A and U Starting With E, I or Z

EQUAL
ERUCA
EUPAD
EXAUN
IANUS
ILIAU
IMAUM
INULA
ZAPUS
ZAQUE
ZUDDA
ZUPAN
ZUPAS
ZUPPA

Less Familiar Words Here

This page carries a lot of words most players would not define. Reading them once is quicker than meeting them cold in a puzzle.

DOURA: Sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa.
GUMMA: A small rubbery granuloma that is characteristic of an advanced stage of syphilis.
VAUNT: Show off. It is on the answer list.
UKASE: An edict of the Russian tsar.
ALULA: Tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing.
ASCUS: Saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes.
SAURY: Slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters.
UNSAY: Take back what one has said.
SUDRA: The lowest of the four varnas: the servants and workers of low status.
BARBU: Found along western Atlantic coast.
MAUND: A unit of weight used in Asia; has different values in different countries.
FUGAL: Of or relating to or in the style of a musical fugue.
UVEAL: Of or relating to the uvea of the eye.
SCAUP: Diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill.
FURAN: A colorless toxic flammable liquid used in the synthesis of nylon.
URATE: A salt of uric acid.
QUAFF: A hearty draft.
ARCUS: A whitish deposit in the shape of an arc that is sometimes seen in the cornea.

FAQs

Can a Wordle answer contain A and U?

Yes. ABOUT, CAUSE and HUMAN all sit on the Wordle answer list, so the pattern is worth playing for rather than ruling out.

Do any of these use the same letter twice?

Yes. USUAL and RURAL are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.

Is ADUST really a word?

Yes. Burned brown by the sun; – Sir Walter Scott. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.

Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?

ABOUT. It is the most ordinary word here that the answer list carries, so it is the guess to make when you want to win the round rather than learn from it.

Are all of these accepted as guesses?

Yes. Every word on this list is a legal guess, including the ones that look wrong. ZUPAS and ZUDDA are among them. Only a smaller set sits on the answer list, and those are the ones marked in green.

Which of these would most players overlook?

ANNUL, AUGUR and CAPUT. All three are on the answer list, and none is a word you would reach for early, so they are worth remembering once the obvious guesses run out.