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5 Letter Words With L and U

The full 890 5 letter words with l and u, with the 114 that can be the solution grouped at the top.

5 Letter Words With L and U for Wordle, among them ADULT, AFOUL, ALBUM

Sound is a poor guide to 5 letter words with L and U, because spelling and pronunciation part company in some of the commonest.

The gap is plainest in BUILD and BUILT, where the U is written but never pronounced.

Better, then, to learn such words by sight rather than by ear, whether a vocabulary list or a crossword clue asks for them.

List of 5 Letter Words With L and U

  • ADULT
  • AFOUL
  • ALBUM
  • ALOUD
  • ANNUL
  • AWFUL
  • BLUER
  • BLUFF
  • BLUNT
  • BLURB
  • BLURT
  • BLUSH
  • BOULE
  • BUGLE
  • BUILD
  • BUILT
  • BULGE
  • BULKY
  • BULLY
  • BURLY
  • CAULK
  • CLOUD
  • CLOUT
  • CLUCK
  • CLUED
  • CLUMP
  • CLUNG
  • COULD
  • CRUEL
  • CURLY
  • DULLY
  • ELUDE
  • EQUAL
  • EXULT
  • FAULT
  • FLOUR
  • FLOUT
  • FLUFF
  • FLUID
  • FLUKE
  • FLUME
  • FLUNG
  • FLUNK
  • FLUSH
  • FLUTE
  • FULLY
  • GHOUL
  • GRUEL
  • GUILD
  • GUILE
  • GUILT
  • GULCH
  • GULLY
  • LAUGH
  • LEMUR
  • LOCUS
  • LOUSE
  • LOUSY
  • LUCID
  • LUCKY
  • LUMEN
  • LUMPY
  • LUNAR
  • LUNCH
  • LUNGE
  • LUPUS
  • LURCH
  • LURID
  • LUSTY
  • MOGUL
  • MOULT
  • MULCH
  • MURAL
  • PLUCK
  • PLUMB
  • PLUME
  • PLUMP
  • PLUNK
  • PLUSH
  • PULPY
  • PULSE
  • PUPAL
  • PUPIL
  • QUAIL
  • QUALM
  • QUELL
  • QUILL
  • QUILT
  • RULER
  • RURAL
  • SKULK
  • SKULL
  • SLUMP
  • SLUNG
  • SLUNK
  • SLURP
  • SLUSH
  • SULKY
  • SULLY
  • SURLY
  • TRULY
  • TUBAL
  • TULIP
  • TULLE
  • ULCER
  • ULTRA
  • UNCLE
  • UNLIT
  • UNTIL
  • USUAL
  • UTILE
  • VALUE
  • VAULT
  • WOULD
  • BLUES
  • CLUBS
  • JULIA
  • LAURA
  • LINUX
  • LOTUS
  • LOUIS
  • RULED
  • RULES
  • SOULS
  • AGLUS
  • AHULL
  • AKULE
  • ALBUS
  • ALDUS
  • ALENU
  • ALEUT
  • ALFUR
  • ALGUM
  • ALLUS
  • ALMUD
  • ALMUG
  • ALNUS
  • ALOUT
  • ALTUN
  • ALTUS
  • ALUCO
  • ALULA
  • ALUMS
  • ALUMY
  • ALURE
  • ALURK
  • ALUTA
  • ALVUS
  • AMELU
  • AMPUL

Common 5 Letter Words With L and U

  • WOULD
  • COULD
  • UNTIL
  • VALUE
  • BUILT
  • BUILD
  • ALBUM
  • FULLY
  • TRULY
  • ADULT
  • LUCKY
  • LAUGH
  • LUNCH
  • EQUAL
  • FAULT
  • USUAL
  • RURAL
  • AWFUL
  • CLOUD
  • UNCLE
  • ULTRA
  • FLUID
  • PULSE
  • FLOUR
  • GUILD
  • VAULT
  • FLUSH
  • QUILT
  • RULES
  • LOUIS
  • CLUBS
  • BLUES
  • RULED
  • LAURA
  • SOULS
  • JULIA
  • LINUX
  • LOTUS

5 Letter Words With L and U for Wordle

  • PULSE
  • RULES
  • ADULT
  • WOULD
  • COULD
  • UNTIL
  • VALUE
  • BUILT
  • BUILD
  • ALBUM
  • FULLY
  • TRULY
  • LUCKY
  • LAUGH
  • LUNCH
  • EQUAL
  • FAULT
  • USUAL
  • RURAL
  • AWFUL
  • CLOUD
  • UNCLE
  • ULTRA
  • FLUID
  • FLOUR
  • GUILD
  • VAULT
  • FLUSH
  • QUILT
  • GUILT
  • CRUEL
  • SKULL
  • BLUNT
  • BULLY
  • RULER
  • PUPIL
  • LUNAR
  • CURLY
  • BLUFF
  • BLUSH
  • FLUTE
  • ALOUD
  • MURAL
  • SLUMP
  • FLUNG
  • PLUSH
  • LOUSY
  • BULKY
  • LUCID
  • BULGE
  • CLOUT
  • FLUFF
  • LUPUS
  • PLUME
  • PLUMP
  • LOCUS
  • TULIP
  • FLUKE
  • PLUCK
  • QUAIL

5 Letter Words With L and U by Position

5 Letter Words Starting With U and Ending in L

  • UNTIL
  • USUAL
  • URIEL
  • UDELL
  • UMBEL
  • UVEAL
  • UINAL
  • UNOIL
  • UPFUL
  • UREAL
  • URIAL
  • URNAL

5 Letter Words With L and U Together

  • WOULD
  • COULD
  • VALUE
  • FULLY
  • TRULY
  • ADULT
  • LUCKY
  • LUNCH
  • FAULT
  • AWFUL
  • ULTRA
  • FLUID

5 Letter Words With L U and Another Letter

5 Letter Words With C L and U

  • COULD
  • LUCKY
  • LUNCH
  • CLOUD
  • UNCLE
  • CRUEL
  • CURLY
  • LUCID
  • CLOUT
  • LOCUS
  • PLUCK
  • ULCER

5 Letter Words With I L and U

  • UNTIL
  • BUILT
  • BUILD
  • FLUID
  • GUILD
  • QUILT
  • GUILT
  • PUPIL
  • LUCID
  • TULIP
  • QUAIL
  • QUILL

5 Letter Words With A L and U

  • VALUE
  • ALBUM
  • ADULT
  • LAUGH
  • EQUAL
  • FAULT
  • USUAL
  • RURAL
  • AWFUL
  • ULTRA
  • VAULT
  • LUNAR

5 Letter Words With L P and U

  • PULSE
  • PUPIL
  • SLUMP
  • PLUSH
  • LUPUS
  • PLUME
  • PLUMP
  • TULIP
  • PLUCK
  • CLUMP
  • PLUMB
  • LUMPY

Meanings of 5 Letter Words With L and U

  • FILUM: A threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells).
  • POILU: A French soldier (especially in World War I).
  • GLUME: Small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae.
  • ALULA: Tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing.
  • DULSE: Coarse edible red seaweed.
  • ELUTE: Wash out with a solvent, as in chromatography.
  • OUZEL: Common black European thrush.
  • PILUS: Hairlike structure especially on the surface of a cell or microorganism.
  • LETUP: A pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished.
  • CHURL: A bad-tempered person.
  • BULGY: Curving outward.
  • FUSIL: A light flintlock musket.
  • FLUKY: Subject to accident or chance or change.
  • FUGAL: Of or relating to or in the style of a musical fugue.
  • HILUM: The scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle.
  • VELUM: A muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking.
  • UVEAL: Of or relating to the uvea of the eye.
  • DUPLE: Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs.

FAQs

What are 5 letter words with L and U?

There are 890 of them. The everyday ones include WOULD, COULD, UNTIL, VALUE and BUILT.

How many 5 letter words have L and U in them?

890 in total, and 114 of them are on the Wordle answer list.

Which 5 letter words with L and U are Wordle answers?

114 of them have been answers, among them BUILD, ALBUM, FULLY, TRULY and ADULT.

What 5 letter words have L and U in any order?

890 of them, including WOULD, COULD, UNTIL, VALUE and BUILT.

Can a Wordle answer contain L and U?

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

Is AMPUL really a word?

Yes. A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle). It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.

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

WOULD. 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. YULES and YOKUL 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, BLUER and BLURT. 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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