5-Letter Words With O and U
Looking for five-letter words with O and U in them? There are 293 of them in the tournament word lists, and every one is on this page. The most common, like ABOUT, WOULD, GROUP, 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
- about7
- would9
- group8
- could8
- forum10
- south8
- found9
- house8
- hours8
- quote14
- young9
- court7
- audio6
- sound6
- union5
- focus10
- round6
- youth11
- count7
- louis5
All 293 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- tours 5
- touch 10
- mount 7
- mouse 7
- route 5
- bonus 7
- occur 9
- mouth 10
- bound 8
- yours 8
- doubt 8
- humor 10
- proud 8
- pound 8
- tough 9
- rough 9
- cloud 8
- outer 5
- turbo 7
- autos 5
- lotus 5
- ought 9
- tumor 7
- euros 5
- scout 7
- rouge 6
- wound 9
- souls 5
- trout 5
- flour 8
- coupe 9
- tutor 5
- couch 12
- rogue 6
- pouch 12
- shout 8
- aloud 6
- cough 11
- ounce 7
- quota 14
- jumbo 16
- dough 10
- locus 7
- rumor 7
- mound 8
- hound 9
- vogue 9
- soups 7
- stout 5
- bogus 8
- kudos 10
- mould 8
- bayou 10
- amour 7
- opium 9
- futon 8
- louie 5
- lousy 8
- punto 7
- nouns 5
- spout 7
- mucho 12
- juror 12
- donut 6
- fouls 8
- rouse 5
- mourn 7
- mogul 8
- pious 7
- odour 6
- clout 7
- grout 6
- modus 8
- fours 8
- pours 7
- buoys 10
- bough 11
- gusto 6
- torus 5
- curio 7
- gourd 7
- vrouw 11
- touts 5
- gumbo 10
- bouts 7
- rouen 5
- scour 7
- conus 7
- gluon 6
- lough 9
- vouch 13
- soyuz 17
- dumbo 10
- bijou 14
- fluor 8
- duomo 8
- roque 14
- quoth 17
- bolus 7
- locum 9
- snout 5
- ghoul 9
- joule 12
- gouge 7
- buxom 16
- coups 9
- doula 6
- bourg 8
- muons 7
- mungo 8
- guano 6
- solus 5
- louse 5
- burro 7
- furor 8
- loupe 7
- hocus 10
- joust 12
- afoul 8
- toque 14
- outed 6
- douce 8
- stour 5
- croup 9
- outdo 6
- fount 8
- junto 12
- outre 5
- bunko 11
- boule 7
- junco 14
- routh 8
- youse 8
- soupy 10
- buteo 7
- guyot 9
- updos 8
- solum 7
- douse 6
- bouse 7
- thous 8
- sours 5
- bosun 7
- hullo 8
- ousts 5
- moult 7
- bourn 7
- flout 8
- pouty 10
- quoin 14
- oleum 7
- routs 5
- gouty 9
- momus 9
- hokum 14
- bunco 9
- touse 5
- odium 8
- bucko 13
- mousy 10
- cornu 7
- ovule 8
- fondu 9
- fungo 9
- pouts 7
- vodou 9
- unbox 14
- louts 5
- duros 6
- souks 9
- douma 8
- oculi 7
- outgo 6
- tonus 5
- notum 7
- quoit 14
- poilu 7
- poult 7
- shoyu 11
- guiro 6
- duroc 8
- loups 7
- coude 8
- roups 7
- quoll 14
- roues 5
- mucor 9
- loury 8
- kombu 13
- sumos 7
- sulfo 8
- scudo 8
- sough 9
- ouzel 14
- buffo 13
- vodun 9
- bousy 10
- clour 7
- couth 10
- coypu 12
- cruor 7
- cusso 7
- doums 8
- doura 6
- drouk 10
- duomi 8
- erugo 6
- fugio 9
- glout 6
- gouts 6
- guaco 8
- hokku 16
- houri 8
- jorum 14
- joual 12
- jouks 16
- jucos 14
- judos 13
- jupon 14
- khoum 14
- knout 9
- korun 9
- kusso 9
- louma 7
- lours 5
- meous 7
- miaou 7
- mohur 10
- mouch 12
- moues 7
- mucro 9
- muton 7
- nodus 6
- oakum 11
- odeum 8
- onium 7
- ouphe 10
- ouphs 10
- ourie 5
- ousel 5
- outby 10
- ouzos 14
- pouff 13
- poufs 10
- poyou 10
- puton 7
- putto 7
- quods 15
- roupy 10
- roust 5
- sajou 12
- sorus 5
- souse 5
- stoup 7
- sudor 6
- swoun 8
- tauon 5
- tofus 8
- togue 6
- tolus 5
- udons 6
- umbos 9
- uncos 7
- uncoy 10
- ungot 6
- unwon 8
- upbow 12
- uredo 6
- vulgo 9
- woful 11
- yourn 8
- yupon 10
- zouks 18
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many five-letter words are there with O and U in them?
There are 293 five-letter words with O and U in them in the tournament word lists. The most common are ABOUT, WOULD, GROUP.
What are common five-letter words with O and U in them?
ABOUT, WOULD, GROUP, COULD, FORUM are the most frequently used. The full list of 293 words on this page is sorted by everyday frequency, so the common ones come first.
Are these valid Wordle words?
Nearly all of them. Wordle draws its answers from a curated list of common five-letter words, but it accepts almost any dictionary word as a guess, including the words on this page.