8-Letter Words Ending in U
There are 19 eight-letter words ending in U in our dictionary; 2 of them are common words.
Type your own letters to find only the 8-letter words you can make, or leave it empty to open this list in the word finder.
All 19 words
- froufrou14 points
- tiramisu10 points
- kinkajou23 points
- carcajou19 points
- zaibatsu19 points
- flambeau15 points
- hausfrau14 points
- jiujitsu22 points
- jiujutsu22 points
- kabeljou21 points
- nunchaku17 points
- williwau14 points
- vermoulu13 points
- coumarou12 points
- pirarucu12 points
- aboideau11 points
- priedieu11 points
- aboiteau10 points
- rousseau8 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 19
- By usage: 0 very common, 2 common, 17 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- kinkajou 23
- jiujitsu 22
- jiujutsu 22
- kabeljou 21
- carcajou 19
- zaibatsu 19
- nunchaku 17
- flambeau 15
- froufrou 14
- hausfrau 14
Most common
- froufrou
- tiramisu
- kinkajou
- carcajou
- zaibatsu
- flambeau
- hausfrau
- jiujitsu
- jiujutsu
- kabeljou
Definitions
- tiramisu (noun)
- An Italian dessert consisting of layers of sponge cake soaked with coffee and brandy or liqueur layered with mascarpone cheese and topped with grated chocolate.
- kinkajou (noun)
- Arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail.
- carcajou (noun)
- Stocky shaggy-coated North American carnivorous mammal.
- flambeau (noun)
- A flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night).
This page lists every one of the 19 eight-letter words ending in 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 FROUFROU, TIRAMISU and KINKAJOU 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
Hooks are single letters added to the front or back of an existing word to make a new one, and they are the cheapest way to score in a crowded game. Look through the words on this page for ones that become a different valid word with one more letter, or that can be formed by extending a shorter word already on the board. Suffixes such as S, ED, ER and ING, and prefixes such as RE and UN, do most of the work. A hook lets you play a second word in parallel and collect both scores.
Questions
How many eight-letter words ending in U are there?
Our dictionary has 19 eight-letter words ending in U, of which 2 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 eight-letter words ending in U?
KINKAJOU scores 23 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.