4-Letter Words Ending in U
There are 34 four-letter words ending in U in our dictionary; 12 of them are common words.
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All 34 words
- thou7 points
- menu6 points
- guru5 points
- lieu4 points
- tofu7 points
- zebu15 points
- thru7 points
- beau6 points
- ecru6 points
- luau4 points
- tutu4 points
- lulu4 points
- juju18 points
- jehu14 points
- kagu9 points
- kudu9 points
- vatu7 points
- prau6 points
- genu5 points
- tolu4 points
- habu9 points
- babu8 points
- fugu8 points
- kuru8 points
- leku8 points
- mumu8 points
- bedu7 points
- emeu6 points
- meou6 points
- tabu6 points
- iglu5 points
- litu4 points
- sulu4 points
- unau4 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 34
- By usage: 4 very common, 8 common, 22 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- juju 18
- zebu 15
- jehu 14
- habu 9
- kagu 9
- kudu 9
- babu 8
- fugu 8
- kuru 8
- leku 8
Most common
- thou
- menu
- guru
- lieu
- tofu
- zebu
- thru
- beau
- ecru
- luau
Definitions
- thou (noun)
- The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100.
- menu (noun)
- A list of dishes available at a restaurant.
- guru (noun)
- A Hindu or Buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher.
- lieu (noun)
- The post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
Below you will find all 34 four-letter words ending in U from our dictionary, grouped in one list with the common words first. Each chip shows the word and its classic tile score, and a small dot marks the words that appear in everyday English. THOU, MENU and GURU are typical of the familiar entries. To check which of these you can spell right now, enter your letters in the box above and press search.
How to use this page
Start by scanning the common words at the top; they are the ones most likely to be accepted and remembered. Then check the quick facts for the highest-scoring options. If you have a rack in front of you, the search box applies this page's constraint to your letters and returns only what you can play.
Tips
If you know some letters of a word and their positions, a pattern search finds it faster than scanning a list. Open the word finder, type the word with question marks for the unknown letters, and every match appears immediately. You can combine a pattern with the starts-with and ends-with filters to narrow the set further. This works for crosswords, for daily five-letter puzzles and for any tile game where a board word gives you two or three fixed letters.
Questions
How many four-letter words ending in U are there?
Our dictionary has 34 four-letter words ending in U, of which 12 are common English words. The count comes from the public-domain ENABLE list, so it can differ slightly from the dictionary a particular game uses.
What is the highest-scoring word among the four-letter words ending in U?
JUJU scores 18 points with classic tile values, ignoring board multipliers. The full top ten is in the quick facts above; switch the tile set on the search tool if you play with different letter values.