173 words

Words ending with U

173 words end in U, and 31 of those are everyday words. Endings matter more than beginnings in both crosswords and word games, because the last letter is usually the one a crossing answer confirms first.

173
Words ending in U
31
Everyday words among them
0.1%
Share of the whole dictionary
23 pts
Best score, from KINKAJOU

Why the last letter is the useful one

In a crossword, the final square is very often the first one a crossing answer fills in. In Scrabble, the last letter is what lets you hook onto something already on the board. Either way you tend to know how a word ends before you know how it starts, which makes this list more practically useful than the equivalent list of beginnings.

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The list

12 letter words

1

11 letter words

1

10 letter words

1

9 letter words

3

8 letter words

19

7 letter words

42

6 letter words

27

5 letter words

25

4 letter words

34

3 letter words

17

2 letter words

3

Every other letter

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