5-Letter Words Starting With U and Ending in E

The five-letter words that start with U and end in E number 16 in our dictionary. About 8 of them are common, which is the group most players will recognise on sight, and the remainder are rarer words that still count in the majority of games. The list is complete, computed from the full word list rather than typed by hand, so you can trust that nothing is missing. The best scorer is USQUE, at 14 points.

How to use this page

The quickest route to an answer is the search box: enter your letters, use a question mark for a blank, and the list shrinks to the playable words. If you would rather browse, the chips below are sorted with common words first, and the related links lead to neighbouring lists for other letters and lengths.

Tips

The list puts common words first for a reason: they are the ones an opponent is least likely to challenge and the ones you will remember next time. When two plays score about the same, prefer the common word. Save the rare entries for situations where they are clearly better, such as a triple-word square that only an obscure word can reach. If you are learning vocabulary or solving a puzzle for a newspaper, stick to the very common words marked with a dot; they are the ones the setter almost certainly had in mind.

Questions

How many five-letter words starting with U and ending in E are there?

Our dictionary has 16 five-letter words starting with U and ending in E, of which 8 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 five-letter words starting with U and ending in E?

USQUE scores 14 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.