5-Letter Words With O and U
There are 282 five-letter words containing both O and U in our dictionary; 156 of them are common words.
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All 282 words
- quote14 points
- mouth10 points
- touch10 points
- found9 points
- occur9 points
- ought9 points
- rough9 points
- would9 points
- young9 points
- bound8 points
- could8 points
- doubt8 points
- group8 points
- hours8 points
- house8 points
- pound8 points
- south8 points
- yours8 points
- about7 points
- count7 points
- court7 points
- rumor7 points
- round6 points
- sound6 points
- outer5 points
- route5 points
- quota14 points
- vouch13 points
- cough11 points
- youth11 points
- focus10 points
- forum10 points
- humor10 points
- tough9 points
- wound9 points
- bogus8 points
- cloud8 points
- flour8 points
- lousy8 points
- mould8 points
- proud8 points
- shout8 points
- thous8 points
- bonus7 points
- mount7 points
- mouse7 points
- pours7 points
- spout7 points
- aloud6 points
- audio6 points
- nouns5 points
- routs5 points
- souls5 points
- tutor5 points
- union5 points
- buxom16 points
- jumbo16 points
- couch12 points
- juror12 points
- pouch12 points
- bough11 points
- bayou10 points
- buoys10 points
- dough10 points
- kudos10 points
- mousy10 points
- coups9 points
- ghoul9 points
- hound9 points
- opium9 points
- vogue9 points
- flout8 points
- fouls8 points
- fount8 points
- fours8 points
- furor8 points
- mound8 points
- bouts7 points
- burro7 points
- clout7 points
- curio7 points
- gouge7 points
- gourd7 points
- moult7 points
- mourn7 points
- ounce7 points
- pious7 points
- pouts7 points
- scour7 points
- scout7 points
- soups7 points
- tumor7 points
- douse6 points
- odour6 points
- outdo6 points
- outed6 points
- rogue6 points
- rouge6 points
- autos5 points
- lotus5 points
- louse5 points
- ousts5 points
- rouse5 points
- snout5 points
- sours5 points
- stout5 points
- tours5 points
- touts5 points
- trout5 points
- gumbo10 points
- gusto6 points
- quoth17 points
- hokum14 points
- junco14 points
- quoit14 points
- toque14 points
- joule12 points
- joust12 points
- oakum11 points
- soupy10 points
- coupe9 points
- croup9 points
- gouty9 points
- sough9 points
- afoul8 points
- futon8 points
- mogul8 points
- odium8 points
- ovule8 points
- amour7 points
- locus7 points
- grout6 points
- guano6 points
- outgo6 points
- euros5 points
- louts5 points
- souse5 points
- torus5 points
- bijou14 points
- ouzos14 points
- coypu12 points
- poufs10 points
- locum9 points
- lough9 points
- souks9 points
- stoup7 points
- turbo7 points
- lours5 points
- roust5 points
- quoin14 points
- unbox14 points
- bunco9 points
- houri8 points
- bolus7 points
- moues7 points
- gluon6 points
- hokku16 points
- jorum14 points
- jupon14 points
- khoum14 points
- ouzel14 points
- roque14 points
- bucko13 points
- buffo13 points
- couth10 points
- hocus10 points
- mohur10 points
- ouphe10 points
- pouty10 points
- fungo9 points
- guyot9 points
- knout9 points
- mucor9 points
- mucro9 points
- bourg8 points
- douce8 points
- douma8 points
- duomo8 points
- fluor8 points
- guaco8 points
- loury8 points
- odeum8 points
- scudo8 points
- unwon8 points
- boule7 points
- bouse7 points
- buteo7 points
- cornu7 points
- loupe7 points
- muons7 points
- notum7 points
- oculi7 points
- oleum7 points
- poilu7 points
- poult7 points
- putto7 points
- doura6 points
- erugo6 points
- nodus6 points
- sudor6 points
- uredo6 points
- louis5 points
- ousel5 points
- solus5 points
- sorus5 points
- stour5 points
- tolus5 points
- tonus5 points
- soyuz17 points
- jouks16 points
- quods15 points
- judos13 points
- pouff13 points
- joual12 points
- junto12 points
- mouch12 points
- sajou12 points
- upbow12 points
- bunko11 points
- shoyu11 points
- vrouw11 points
- woful11 points
- bousy10 points
- drouk10 points
- ouphs10 points
- outby10 points
- poyou10 points
- roupy10 points
- uncoy10 points
- yupon10 points
- fondu9 points
- fugio9 points
- korun9 points
- kusso9 points
- momus9 points
- umbos9 points
- vodun9 points
- vulgo9 points
- coude8 points
- doums8 points
- duomi8 points
- duroc8 points
- hullo8 points
- modus8 points
- mungo8 points
- routh8 points
- sulfo8 points
- swoun8 points
- tofus8 points
- updos8 points
- yourn8 points
- youse8 points
- bosun7 points
- bourn7 points
- clour7 points
- conus7 points
- cruor7 points
- cusso7 points
- loups7 points
- meous7 points
- miaou7 points
- muton7 points
- onium7 points
- punto7 points
- puton7 points
- roups7 points
- solum7 points
- sumos7 points
- uncos7 points
- donut6 points
- duros6 points
- glout6 points
- gouts6 points
- guiro6 points
- togue6 points
- ungot6 points
- louie5 points
- ourie5 points
- outre5 points
- rouen5 points
- roues5 points
- touse5 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 282
- By usage: 109 very common, 47 common, 126 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- quoth 17
- soyuz 17
- buxom 16
- hokku 16
- jouks 16
- jumbo 16
- quods 15
- bijou 14
- hokum 14
- jorum 14
Most common
- quote
- mouth
- touch
- found
- occur
- ought
- rough
- would
- young
- bound
Definitions
- quote (noun)
- A punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else.
- mouth (noun)
- The opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge.
- touch (noun)
- The event of something coming in contact with the body.
- found (adjective)
- Come upon unexpectedly or after searching.
This page lists every one of the 282 five-letter words containing both O and U in our dictionary. Each word links to its own unscramble page when one exists, and the score badge shows its value with classic tiles. Common words come first, so QUOTE, MOUTH and TOUCH sit near the top while the rare entries wait further down. If you are holding a specific rack, type it into the search box and the list narrows to the words you can actually play.
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
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 five-letter words containing both O and U are there?
Our dictionary has 282 five-letter words containing both O and U, of which 156 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 containing both O and U?
QUOTH scores 17 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.