Words that start with U
There are 9,115 words that start with U in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is UNSYMPATHIZING at 34 points. They run from 2 to 15 letters, 9-letter words are the biggest group with 1,417, and the average one scores 14.6 points.
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U is the quiet vowel that Q depends on, and words that begin with it are fewer than the other vowels. U starts 3.4% of the 269,870 words in the dictionary, the 14th largest share of the 26 letters. The longest run to 15 letters (295 words), UNCEREMONIOUSLY among them. Two-letter words starting with U: UG, UH, UM, UN, UP, UR, US and UT.
Words that start with U in numbers
- Words
- 9,115
- Highest scoring
- UNSYMPATHIZING 34 pts
- Average score
- 14.6 pts
- Longest
- UNCEREMONIOUSLY 15 letters
- 28
- 328
- 464
- 5183
- 6570
- 7863
- 81,258
- 91,417
- 101,417
- 111,085
- 12875
- 13642
- 14410
- 15295
Highest-scoring words that start with u
| Word | Score | Length |
|---|---|---|
| unsympathizing | 34 | 14 |
| underemphasized | 33 | 15 |
| underemphasizes | 32 | 15 |
| underpublicized | 32 | 15 |
| unequivocably | 32 | 13 |
| unhouzzled | 32 | 10 |
| unhydrolyzed | 32 | 12 |
| unmuzzlings | 32 | 11 |
| unsynchronized | 32 | 14 |
| unappetizingly | 31 | 14 |
Words that start with U (9,115)
These 300 of the 9,115 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every length (2 to 15 letters); within each, words with a dictionary definition come first. The solver above searches all of them for your tiles, and the full list is in the free JSON API.
15-letter words 24
14-letter words 24
13-letter words 24
12-letter words 24
11-letter words 24
10-letter words 24
9-letter words 24
8-letter words 24
7-letter words 24
6-letter words 24
5-letter words 25
4-letter words 20
Frequently asked questions
How many words start with U?
9,115 words in Unscrambly's list start with U. 183 of them have five letters, 863 have seven and 8 have two.
What is the best U word for Scrabble?
UNSYMPATHIZING scores 34 points before bonus squares. Next come UNDEREMPHASIZED (33), UNDEREMPHASIZES (32) and UNDERPUBLICIZED (32). Across all 9,115, the average is 14.6 points.
What two-letter words start with U?
UG, UH, UM, UN, UP, UR, US and UT: 8 in total. Two-letter words are the easiest way to score on a crowded board.
How many 5 letter words start with U?
183. Five letters is the Wordle length, and every one of them is on the 5 letter words starting with U list, where UMIAQ scores highest at 16 points.