5-Letter Words With G and U
Looking for five-letter words with G and U in them? There are 223 of them in the tournament word lists, and every one is on this page. The most common, like GROUP, USING, GUIDE, sit right at the top.
Unlike alphabetical lists that bury likely answers in the middle, this list is sorted by how often each word appears in everyday English. Scan the first rows for probable answers; dig deeper for rare, high-scoring plays.
Most common
- group8
- using6
- guide7
- young9
- guest6
- drugs7
- judge14
- guess6
- usage6
- sugar6
- guard7
- tough9
- rugby11
- rough9
- gauge7
- laugh9
- debug9
- begun8
- argue6
- guild7
All 223 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- ought 9
- rouge 6
- surge 6
- urged 7
- rogue 6
- plugs 8
- genus 6
- guilt 6
- cough 11
- urges 6
- dough 10
- lungs 6
- vague 9
- argus 6
- vogue 9
- fungi 9
- fudge 10
- buggy 12
- bogus 8
- purge 8
- thugs 9
- gurus 6
- gusts 6
- guile 6
- glued 7
- nudge 7
- waugh 12
- bulge 8
- swung 9
- flung 9
- suing 6
- gully 9
- gauss 6
- guise 6
- mogul 8
- shrug 9
- auger 6
- gulch 11
- grout 6
- grunt 6
- bugle 8
- gauze 15
- gamut 8
- bough 11
- gusto 6
- gourd 7
- gulls 6
- gumbo 10
- slugs 6
- glues 6
- budge 9
- stung 6
- fugue 9
- burgh 11
- gluon 6
- lough 9
- clung 8
- gaunt 6
- magus 8
- gummy 13
- gulag 7
- guava 9
- slung 6
- gaudy 10
- ghoul 9
- gouge 7
- gyrus 9
- gruff 12
- segue 6
- guppy 13
- luger 6
- bourg 8
- gault 6
- gutsy 9
- aught 9
- gules 6
- gusty 9
- lunge 6
- mungo 8
- guano 6
- rungs 6
- dungy 10
- grubs 8
- gunny 9
- vagus 9
- begum 10
- kluge 10
- wrung 9
- augur 6
- negus 6
- kugel 10
- guyot 9
- pudgy 12
- gruel 6
- muggy 12
- muggs 9
- gutta 6
- grump 10
- haugh 12
- guids 7
- gouty 9
- huger 9
- glume 8
- gulps 8
- gulfs 9
- bungs 8
- gauzy 18
- fungo 9
- gigue 7
- gular 6
- outgo 6
- gunks 10
- chugs 11
- ajuga 13
- guyed 10
- guiro 6
- fugal 9
- genua 6
- brung 8
- cuing 8
- gushy 12
- getup 8
- puggy 12
- gumma 10
- algum 8
- jugal 13
- glute 6
- lungi 6
- gurry 9
- frugs 9
- sough 9
- ghaut 9
- brugh 11
- gluey 9
- agues 6
- almug 8
- bulgy 11
- burgs 8
- degum 9
- dungs 7
- erugo 6
- faugh 12
- fuggy 13
- fugio 9
- fugle 9
- fugus 9
- gauds 7
- gaums 8
- gaurs 6
- geums 8
- glout 6
- gluer 6
- glugs 7
- glums 8
- gluts 6
- gouts 6
- grues 6
- grume 8
- guaco 8
- guans 6
- guars 6
- gucks 12
- gudes 7
- guffs 12
- gulfy 12
- gulpy 11
- gunky 13
- gurge 7
- gursh 9
- gussy 9
- gutty 9
- heugh 12
- iglus 6
- jugum 15
- kagus 10
- luged 7
- luges 6
- pungs 8
- quags 15
- rugae 6
- rugal 6
- ruing 6
- sagum 8
- saugh 9
- snugs 6
- sprug 8
- squeg 15
- sughs 9
- surgy 9
- tegua 6
- teugh 9
- togue 6
- trugs 6
- tungs 6
- ungot 6
- unpeg 8
- unrig 6
- urger 6
- vuggs 10
- vuggy 13
- vughs 12
- vulgo 9
- yugas 9
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many five-letter words are there with G and U in them?
There are 223 five-letter words with G and U in them in the tournament word lists. The most common are GROUP, USING, GUIDE.
What are common five-letter words with G and U in them?
GROUP, USING, GUIDE, YOUNG, GUEST are the most frequently used. The full list of 223 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.