5-Letter Words With A and U
There are 382 five-letter words with A and U in them. The list below ranks them by real-world frequency, so everyday words like ABOUT, VALUE, HUMAN appear before the obscurities.
Every entry comes from the tournament word lists, the kind of list used in Wordle, Scrabble, and Words With Friends, so each one is a genuine dictionary word.
Most common
- about7
- value8
- human10
- audio6
- adult6
- album9
- cause7
- urban7
- abuse7
- equal14
- rural5
- usage6
- sugar6
- ultra5
- guard7
- audit6
- usual5
- fraud9
- laura5
- fault8
All 382 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- acute 7
- sauce 7
- gauge 7
- laugh 9
- autos 5
- squad 15
- argue 6
- scuba 9
- vault 8
- awful 11
- pause 7
- quake 18
- supra 7
- sauna 5
- aloud 6
- lunar 5
- quota 14
- quasi 14
- vague 9
- fauna 8
- quark 18
- datum 8
- argus 6
- quart 14
- haute 8
- layup 10
- sutra 5
- haiku 12
- bayou 10
- mural 7
- amour 7
- quail 14
- quads 15
- judas 13
- bubba 11
- azure 14
- haunt 8
- squat 14
- sault 5
- waugh 12
- dumas 8
- yucca 12
- gauss 6
- aural 5
- auger 6
- taupe 7
- junta 12
- aunts 5
- mauve 10
- tubal 7
- gauze 15
- amuse 7
- gamut 8
- saute 5
- summa 9
- quant 14
- quack 20
- saucy 10
- squaw 17
- beaux 14
- rumba 9
- bursa 7
- gaunt 6
- suave 8
- surah 8
- umbra 9
- unary 8
- taunt 5
- magus 8
- culpa 9
- adieu 6
- alums 7
- gulag 7
- guava 9
- duals 6
- kraut 9
- quays 17
- gaudy 10
- caulk 11
- aunty 8
- snafu 8
- shaul 8
- doula 6
- gault 6
- aught 9
- unban 7
- quash 17
- curia 7
- manus 7
- guano 6
- sunna 5
- lauds 6
- sumac 9
- jaunt 12
- fubar 10
- kurta 9
- dural 6
- beaut 7
- afoul 8
- cuppa 11
- talus 5
- auxin 12
- hauls 8
- lunas 5
- pumas 9
- annul 5
- aurum 7
- ducal 8
- ulnar 5
- vagus 9
- auras 5
- kauri 9
- sutta 5
- arcus 7
- tunas 5
- augur 6
- bulla 7
- stupa 7
- pupae 9
- thuja 15
- quale 14
- abuts 7
- caput 9
- abuzz 25
- duras 6
- nubia 7
- furan 8
- lutea 5
- tubas 7
- taxus 12
- pukka 15
- scaup 9
- ramus 7
- varus 8
- sadhu 9
- ulama 7
- sulfa 8
- auric 7
- burka 11
- gutta 6
- fauns 8
- kaput 11
- amuck 13
- quate 14
- mudra 8
- mulla 7
- haugh 12
- pupal 9
- tabus 7
- quare 14
- burqa 16
- vacua 10
- ulema 7
- bunya 10
- buras 7
- casus 7
- taluk 9
- umami 9
- buran 7
- sauls 5
- pucka 13
- squab 16
- uvula 8
- urate 5
- nairu 5
- mauls 7
- gauzy 18
- luaus 5
- ducat 8
- tsuba 7
- daunt 6
- aquae 14
- uveal 8
- ascus 7
- gular 6
- douma 8
- qualm 16
- auris 5
- musca 9
- kulak 13
- sural 5
- wauls 8
- maund 8
- quais 14
- ajuga 13
- baulk 11
- fugal 9
- usnea 5
- pujas 14
- genua 6
- quaff 20
- suras 5
- skuas 9
- ulpan 7
- jurat 12
- fauve 11
- tabun 7
- lehua 8
- gumma 10
- babul 9
- beaus 7
- murra 7
- algum 8
- jugal 13
- luffa 11
- yulan 8
- ursae 5
- daube 8
- thuya 11
- vaunt 8
- pilau 7
- dumka 12
- ghaut 9
- alula 5
- azuki 18
- adunc 8
- adust 6
- agues 6
- ahull 8
- almud 8
- almug 8
- ampul 9
- ankus 9
- aquas 14
- arums 7
- audad 7
- aulic 7
- aurae 5
- aurar 5
- aurei 5
- aures 5
- babus 9
- battu 7
- bauds 8
- bubal 9
- bunas 7
- cauld 8
- cauls 7
- chufa 13
- crura 7
- daubs 8
- dauby 11
- dauts 6
- doura 6
- duads 7
- dulia 6
- dunam 8
- durra 6
- fanum 10
- faugh 12
- fauld 9
- favus 11
- feuar 8
- gauds 7
- gaums 8
- gaurs 6
- guaco 8
- guans 6
- guars 6
- habus 10
- hakus 12
- haulm 10
- hulas 8
- huzza 26
- imaum 9
- jauks 16
- jaups 14
- joual 12
- jubas 14
- jural 12
- kagus 10
- kanzu 18
- kaury 12
- knaur 9
- larum 7
- lauan 5
- louma 7
- lumas 7
- maqui 16
- mauds 8
- mauts 7
- miaou 7
- miaul 7
- muras 7
- nucha 10
- oakum 11
- pareu 7
- prahu 10
- praus 7
- pruta 7
- pujah 17
- punas 7
- punka 11
- pupas 9
- purda 8
- quags 15
- quaky 21
- quass 14
- quean 14
- rakus 9
- ruana 5
- rugae 6
- rugal 6
- sagum 8
- sajou 12
- sauch 10
- saugh 9
- saury 8
- scaur 7
- scuta 7
- sputa 7
- subah 10
- subas 7
- surra 5
- tauon 5
- tauts 5
- tegua 6
- tubae 7
- tufas 8
- uhlan 8
- ukase 9
- ulans 5
- ulnad 6
- ulnae 5
- ulnas 5
- ulvas 8
- umiac 9
- umiak 11
- umiaq 16
- unais 5
- unapt 7
- unarm 7
- unaus 5
- unbar 7
- uncap 9
- uncia 7
- unhat 8
- unjam 14
- unlay 8
- unman 7
- unsay 8
- uraei 5
- urare 5
- urari 5
- urase 5
- urbia 7
- ureal 5
- ureas 5
- urial 5
- uveas 8
- vatus 8
- wamus 10
- wauks 12
- whaup 13
- yamun 10
- yauds 9
- yauld 9
- yaups 10
- yuans 8
- yucas 10
- yugas 9
- yurta 8
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many five-letter words are there with A and U in them?
There are 382 five-letter words with A and U in them in the tournament word lists. The most common are ABOUT, VALUE, HUMAN.
What are common five-letter words with A and U in them?
ABOUT, VALUE, HUMAN, AUDIO, ADULT are the most frequently used. The full list of 382 words on this page is sorted by everyday frequency, so the common ones come first.
Can I play these words in Scrabble?
Yes. The list combines ENABLE and the North American tournament list (TWL), so these words are playable in Scrabble-style games, including Words With Friends.