5-Letter Words Starting With UL
There are 11 five-letter words starting with UL in our dictionary; 4 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 11 words
- ulcer7 points
- ultra5 points
- ulnae5 points
- ulnar5 points
- ulema7 points
- ulvas8 points
- ulama7 points
- ulpan7 points
- ulnad6 points
- ulans5 points
- ulnas5 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 11
- By usage: 2 very common, 2 common, 7 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- ulvas 8
- ulama 7
- ulcer 7
- ulema 7
- ulpan 7
- ulnad 6
- ulans 5
- ulnae 5
- ulnar 5
- ulnas 5
Most common
- ulcer
- ultra
- ulnae
- ulnar
- ulema
- ulvas
- ulama
- ulpan
- ulnad
- ulans
Definitions
- ulcer (noun)
- A circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue.
- ultra (adjective)
- (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm.
- ulnar (adjective)
- Relating to or near the ulna.
- ulema (noun)
- The body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community.
The five-letter words that start with the letters UL number 11 in our dictionary. About 4 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 ULVAS, at 8 points.
How to use this page
To use this page, start with the search box. Type the letters on your rack, add a question mark for each blank, and press search. The tool keeps this page's constraint and returns only the words you can spell. Below the box, the full list is arranged with common words first, followed by the quick facts, definitions and related lists.
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
Which five-letter words starting with UL are the most common?
ULCER, ULTRA and ULNAE are among the most familiar. The list is sorted with everyday words first, and the very common ones carry a small dot, so you can read the top of the page and skip the obscure entries at the bottom.
Can I search this list with my own letters?
Yes. Type your letters into the search box at the top of the page, using a question mark for a blank, and the tool will show only the five-letter words starting with UL you can actually spell from that rack, with scores.