Endings come first with 5 letter words with H and U, because the H pairs with another consonant at the end of so many.
The pairing is TH, GH or CH after a U, as in TRUTH, TOUGH and TOUCH.
If the U turns green in the middle, test which of those pairs follows it in the last squares.
List of 5 Letter Words With H and U
- BLUSH
- BOUGH
- BRUSH
- BUNCH
- BUSHY
- BUTCH
- CHUCK
- CHUMP
- CHUNK
- CHURN
- CHUTE
- COUCH
- COUGH
- CRUSH
- DOUGH
- DUCHY
- DUTCH
- FLUSH
- GHOUL
- GULCH
- HAUNT
- HAUTE
- HOUND
- HOUSE
- HUMAN
- HUMID
- HUMOR
- HUMPH
- HUMUS
- HUNCH
- HUNKY
- HURRY
- HUSKY
- HUSSY
- HUTCH
- LAUGH
- LUNCH
- LURCH
- MOUTH
- MULCH
- MUNCH
- MUSHY
- OUGHT
- PLUSH
- POUCH
- PUNCH
- PUSHY
- QUASH
- QUOTH
- ROUGH
- SHOUT
- SHRUB
- SHRUG
- SHUCK
- SHUNT
- SHUSH
- SLUSH
- SOUTH
- SUSHI
- THRUM
- THUMB
- THUMP
- TOUCH
- TOUGH
- TRUTH
- USHER
- VOUCH
- YOUTH
- HOURS
- ABUSH
- AGUSH
- AHULL
- AHUNT
- AHURA
- AHURU
- AHUSH
- ARUHE
- ASHUR
- AUCHT
- AUGHT
- BAHUR
- BAHUS
- BAHUT
- BAUCH
- BHALU
- BHUNA
- BHUTS
- BOUCH
- BRUGH
- BRUHS
- BUCHU
- BUDDH
- BUGHT
- BUHLS
- BUHRS
- BUMPH
- BUNDH
- BURGH
- BUSHI
- BUTOH
- CAHUY
- CAUCH
- CHAUI
- CHAUK
- CHAUM
- CHAUS
- CHIMU
- CHIRU
- CHOUP
- CHOUS
- CHOUT
- CHOUX
- CHUBB
- CHUBS
- CHUDE
- CHUET
- CHUFA
- CHUFF
- CHUGS
- CHUJE
- CHUMS
- CHUNG
- CHURL
- CHURM
- CHURR
- CHUSE
- CHUTS
- COHUE
- COUTH
- CRUTH
- CUISH
- CULCH
- CURCH
- CUSHY
- CUTCH
- DABUH
- DHOUL
- DHUTI
- DUBHE
- DUHAT
- DUKHN
- DUNCH
- DUNSH
- ELIHU
- ERHUS
- EUGHS
- FAUCH
- FAUGH
- FICHU
- FOUTH
- FRUSH
- FUCHI
- FULAH
- FULTH
- FURTH
- FUSHT
- GAUCH
- GHAUT
- GHUSL
- GOUCH
- GRUSH
- GULPH
- GURSH
- GUSHY
- HABUB
- HABUS
- HAGUE
- HAIKU
- HAKUS
- HALDU
- HAMUS
- HAPUS
- HAUDS
- HAUFS
- HAUGH
- HAUGO
- HAULD
- HAULM
- HAULS
- HAULT
- HAUNS
- HAUSA
- HAUSE
- HAUST
- HEIAU
- HEUAU
- HEUCH
- HEUGH
- HICHU
- HILUM
- HILUS
- HINAU
- HINDU
- HOCUS
- HOKKU
- HOKUM
- HOUFF
- HOUFS
- HOUGH
- HOULT
- HOURI
- HOUSS
- HOUSY
- HOUTS
- HOUVE
- HSUAN
- HUACA
- HUACO
- HUARI
- HUAVE
- HUBBA
- HUBBY
- HUCHO
- HUCKS
- HUDNA
- HUDUD
- HUERS
- HUFFS
- HUFFY
- HUGER
- HUGGY
- HUHUS
- HUIAS
- HUIES
- HUILE
- HUKOU
- HULAS
- HULCH
- HULES
- HULKS
- HULKY
- HULLO
- HULLS
- HULLY
- HUMAS
- HUMBO
- HUMET
- HUMFS
- HUMIC
- HUMIN
- HUMIT
- HUMPS
- HUMPY
- HUNDI
- HUNDO
- HUNKS
- HUNTS
- HURDS
- HURLS
- HURLY
- HURON
- HURRA
- HURRI
- HURST
- HURTS
- HURTY
- HUSHO
- HUSHT
- HUSHY
- HUSKS
- HUSOS
- HUTIA
- HUTRE
- HUZZA
- HUZZY
- JEHUP
- JEHUS
- JOUGH
- JUDAH
- KAHAU
- KAUCH
- KAUGH
- KEHUA
- KHOUM
- KHUAI
- KHUDS
- KHULA
- KHUZI
- KNUTH
- KOHUA
- KULAH
- KUSHA
- KUTCH
- LAUCH
- LEHUA
- LEUCH
- LEUGH
- LOUCH
- LOUGH
- LUACH
- LUSHY
- MAHUA
- MAUGH
- MOHUA
- MOHUR
- MOUCH
- MUCHO
- MUGHO
- MUHLY
- MULSH
- MUMPH
- MURGH
- MURPH
- MURTH
- MUSHA
- MUSTH
- MUTCH
- MUTHA
- NAHUA
- NAHUM
- NAUCH
- NEHRU
- NUCHA
- NUDZH
- NUNCH
- OGHUZ
- OUCHE
- OUCHT
- OUPHE
- OUPHS
- PAHUS
- PEUHL
- PHUBS
- PHUTS
- PHUTU
- PISHU
- PRAHU
- PSHUT
- PUHAS
- PUJAH
- QUEGH
- QUICH
- QURSH
- RAGHU
- RAHUI
- RAHUL
- RHEUM
- RHUMB
- ROHUN
- ROHUS
- ROUTH
- RUACH
- RUCHE
- RUCHY
- RUKHS
- RUNCH
- RUSHY
- RUTCH
- RUTHS
- SADHU
- SAUCH
- SAUGH
- SCHUH
- SCHUL
- SEUGH
- SHAKU
- SHAUL
- SHAUP
- SHEDU
- SHEMU
- SHIUR
- SHLUB
- SHLUH
- SHOUD
- SHOYU
- SHTUM
- SHTUP
- SHUBA
- SHUFF
- SHULE
- SHULN
- SHULS
- SHUNE
- SHUNS
- SHURA
- SHURE
- SHURF
- SHUTE
- SHUTS
- SMUSH
- SNUSH
- SOHUR
- SOUGH
- STUSH
- SUBAH
- SUBCH
- SUBHA
- SUGHS
- SUGIH
- SUHUR
- SUKHS
- SULPH
- SUMPH
- SURAH
- TAHOU
- TAHUA
- TEUCH
- TEUGH
- THOUS
- THROU
- THRUV
- THUAN
- THUDS
- THUGS
- THUJA
- THULE
- THULR
- THUND
- THUNG
- THUNK
- THUOC
- THURL
- THURM
- THURT
- THUYA
- TRUSH
- TUATH
- TUSHS
- TUSHY
- UCHEE
- UDISH
- UHLAN
- UHLLO
- UHURU
- ULUHI
- UMMAH
- UMPHS
- UMRAH
- UNETH
- UNHAD
- UNHAP
- UNHAT
- UNHEX
- UNHID
- UNHIP
- UNHIT
- UNHOT
- UNSHY
- UPHER
- URIAH
- USHAK
- USHAS
- UTCHY
- UTHER
- VAUCH
- VUGHS
- VUGHY
- WAUCH
- WAUGH
- WHAUK
- WHAUP
- WHAUR
- WHUFF
- WHULK
- WHUMP
- WHUPS
- WHUSH
- WHUTE
- WOUCH
- WOUGH
- WUSHU
- YEUCH
- YUCCH
- YUCHI
- ZHMUD
- ZHUSH
- ZHUZH
Common 5 Letter Words With H and U
- HOUSE
- SOUTH
- HUMAN
- TRUTH
- TOUCH
- MOUTH
- TOUGH
- YOUTH
- LAUGH
- LUNCH
- BUNCH
- ROUGH
- DUTCH
- OUGHT
- PUNCH
- BRUSH
- HUMOR
- CHUCK
- THUMB
- FLUSH
- HOURS
5 Letter Words With H and U for Wordle
- HOURS
- SOUTH
- HOUSE
- HUMAN
- TRUTH
- TOUCH
- MOUTH
- TOUGH
- YOUTH
- LAUGH
- LUNCH
- BUNCH
- ROUGH
- DUTCH
- OUGHT
- PUNCH
- BRUSH
- HUMOR
- CHUCK
- THUMB
- FLUSH
- COUCH
- CRUSH
- HURRY
- SHOUT
- COUGH
- DOUGH
- SUSHI
- CHUNK
- BLUSH
- HAUNT
- USHER
- HUMID
- HOUND
- POUCH
- BUTCH
- PLUSH
- SHRUG
- HUSKY
- HAUTE
- CHUTE
- SHRUB
- VOUCH
- MUNCH
- CHURN
- HUNCH
- HUTCH
- DUCHY
- PUSHY
- SLUSH
- BUSHY
- THUMP
- MUSHY
- CHUMP
- MULCH
- GHOUL
- SHUNT
- LURCH
- GULCH
- QUASH
Meanings of 5 Letter Words With H and U
- HOURI: A voluptuously beautiful young woman.
- HUMIN: A black humic substance that is not soluble in water.
- RUSHY: Abounding in rushes.
- CHURL: A bad-tempered person.
- SOUGH: Make a murmuring sound.
- HILUM: The scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle.
- CHUFF: Blow hard and loudly.
- RHEUM: A watery discharge from the mucous membranes (especially from the eyes or nose).
- GUSHY: Extravagantly demonstrative.
- THRUM: A thrumming sound. It is on the answer list.
- HOKUM: A message that seems to convey no meaning.
- HULLO: An expression of greeting.
- CUTCH: Tannin extract derived from any of several mangrove barks of Pacific areas.
- HUSSY: A woman adulterer. It is on the answer list.
FAQs
What are 5 letter words with H and U?
There are 467 of them. The everyday ones include HOUSE, SOUTH, HUMAN, TRUTH and TOUCH.
How many 5 letter words have H and U in them?
467 in total, and 68 of them are on the Wordle answer list.
Which 5 letter words with H and U are Wordle answers?
68 of them have been answers, among them MOUTH, TOUGH, YOUTH, LAUGH and LUNCH.
What 5 letter words have H and U in any order?
467 of them, including HOUSE, SOUTH, HUMAN, TRUTH and TOUCH.
Can a Wordle answer contain H and U?
Yes. HOUSE, SOUTH 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. TRUTH and CHUCK are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.
Is CHUFA really a word?
Yes. European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.
Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?
HOUSE. 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. ZHUZH and ZHUSH 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?
HUMPH, HUMUS and HUSSY. 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.
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