5-letter words with U as the fourth letter
There are 390 five-letter words with U as the fourth letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is JUJUS at 19 points. S is the most common first letter among them (58), and the average score is 8.5 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green U in the fourth position leaves these 390 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with U in slot 4, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include JUJUS, KUZUS, ZEBUB, CHOUX and FIQUE. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with a U in slot 4 further.
For Wordle, RAMUS is a strong guess from this list: of the familiar words with five different letters, it uses the letters found in the most of these 390 words.
5-letter words with U as the fourth letter in numbers
- Words
- 390
- Highest scoring
- JUJUS 19 pts
- Average score
- 8.5 pts
- With a definition
- 202 (52%)
- A26
- B23
- C20
- D14
- E7
- F16
- G19
- H10
- I14
- J8
- K16
- L17
- M21
- N10
- O12
- P18
- Q1
- R23
- S58
- T22
- U8
- V14
- W5
- X1
- Y3
- Z4
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with u as the fourth letter
5-letter words with U as the fourth letter (390)
These 300 of the 390 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every first letter; within each, words with a dictionary definition come first. The solver above searches all of them for your tiles, and the free JSON API has the full word lists.
Frequently asked questions
How many 5 letter words have U as the fourth letter?
Unscrambly's list has 390 five-letter words with U in the fourth position, 3.1% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your fourth tile turned green as U, these 390 words are your candidates. Cross off any word that uses a letter you have already ruled out, and prefer a guess that tests new letters, such as RAMUS.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with U as the fourth letter?
JUJUS scores 19 points in Scrabble. Next come KUZUS (18), ZEBUB (18) and CHOUX (17). The average is 8.5 points.