Words Ending With u
Words ending with U (MENU, VAMPIRE, YOU, EWE, ZEN, KUDU, STRAWBERRY, FLU, GLU, TATTOO, COUP) are often French or Latin borrowings, making them distinctive Scrabble plays.
2-Letter Words Ending With U(3)
3-Letter Words Ending With U(17)
4-Letter Words Ending With U(34)
5-Letter Words Ending With U(25)
6-Letter Words Ending With U(27)
7-Letter Words Ending With U(42)
8-Letter Words Ending With U(19)
9-Letter Words Ending With U(3)
10-Letter Words Ending With U(1)
11-Letter Words Ending With U(1)
12-Letter Words Ending With U(1)
About Words Ending With U
Many -U words come from foreign borrowings: French (MENU, VAMPIRE, PLATEAU, TABOO, COUP, SOUP, ROUGE, PRESTIGE, CORPS, DEBRIS, FILM, FILM, CHOU, CLOU, POU, CROU, TROU, TROU, TROU), Latin (FLU, GLU, ACU, RESIDU, VELU, STATU, STATUA, STATUE, STATURE, STRUCTUR, STRUCTURE, FURNITURE, MONSTROUS, MONSTERS, MONSTER), and other languages (YOU, EWE, YEW, ZEN, KUDU, BUDU, WEDG, WEDGE, WEDGE, WEDGE, WEDGE). Standalone -U words include: YOU, EWE, YEW, ZOO, MANITOO, MANITU, MANITOU, MANITOU, MANITOU, MANITOU, MANITOU, MANITOU, MANITOU, MANITOU, MANITOU, MOO, POO, QOO, ROO, SOO, TOO, VOO, WOO, XOO, YOO, ZOO, ACU, ECU, EDU, MEMORIAL, MENU, VAMPIRE, VAMPIRE, VAMPIRE, VAMPIRE. These endings are valuable because U is often underused on boards.
- •MENU and COUP are high-value French words always worth playing.
- •YOU, EWE, and ZOO are short, unexpected plays that catch opponents off guard.
- •The -U ending extends well from common consonants like L and R.