5-Letter Words Ending in UR
There are 17 five-letter words ending in UR in our dictionary; 11 of them are common words.
Type your own letters to find only the 5-letter words you can make, or leave it empty to open this list in the word finder.
All 17 words
- occur9 points
- flour8 points
- incur7 points
- recur7 points
- scour7 points
- odour6 points
- femur10 points
- demur8 points
- amour7 points
- lemur7 points
- augur6 points
- mohur10 points
- stour5 points
- knaur9 points
- clour7 points
- scaur7 points
- sieur5 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 17
- By usage: 6 very common, 5 common, 6 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- femur 10
- mohur 10
- knaur 9
- occur 9
- demur 8
- flour 8
- amour 7
- clour 7
- incur 7
- lemur 7
Most common
- occur
- flour
- incur
- recur
- scour
- odour
- femur
- demur
- amour
- lemur
Definitions
- occur (verb)
- Come to pass.
- flour (noun)
- Fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain.
- incur (verb)
- Make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to.
- recur (verb)
- Happen or occur again.
There are 17 five-letter words ending in UR, and 11 of them are words you would expect to see in everyday writing. The rest are technical terms, plurals, variant spellings and the odd loanword, all of which are legal in most tile games. The highest-scoring entry is FEMUR at 10 points. Scan the common words first, then dip into the rare ones when the board leaves you no other option.
How to use this page
Type your letters into the box at the top, including a question mark for any blank, and press search to filter this list to the words you can spell. Or read the list as it is: common words come first, scores are shown on each chip, and any word with a link has its own page of sub-words and anagrams.
Tips
Most of the time you are not building a word in empty space but playing through a letter already on the board. That is where a list like this one earns its keep. Find the letter you need to play through, then filter these words with the contains box so only the ones with that letter remain. The best plays are usually the ones where the board letter sits in the middle of your word, because that leaves both ends free for future hooks and keeps the premium squares within reach.
Questions
What is the highest-scoring word among the five-letter words ending in UR?
FEMUR scores 10 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.
Why are some of these words unfamiliar?
6 of the 17 words on this page are tagged rare, meaning they fall outside the usual spell-check vocabulary. They are still real words, and many are legal plays, but you should expect a challenge if someone asks you to define them.