Five-letter words starting with U

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UDDER Very unlikely used ULCER Very unlikely used ULTRA Very unlikely used UMBRA Very unlikely used UNCAP Very unlikely used UNCLE Very unlikely used UNCUT Very unlikely used UNDER Very unlikely used UNDID Very unlikely used UNDUE Very unlikely used UNFED Possible used UNFIT Very unlikely used UNIFY Possible used UNION Very unlikely used UNITE Very unlikely used UNITY Very unlikely used UNLIT Very unlikely used UNMET Possible used UNSET Likely UNTIE Very unlikely used UNTIL Very unlikely used UNWED Likely UNZIP Very unlikely used UPPER Very unlikely used UPSET Very unlikely used URBAN Very unlikely used URINE Likely USAGE Very unlikely used USHER Possible used USING Possible used USUAL Very unlikely used USURP Very unlikely used USURY Very unlikely used UTILE Likely UTTER Very unlikely used UVULA Very unlikely used UNITS Very unlikely UPPED Possible URGED Possible URGES Very unlikely USERS Very unlikely UBACS Very unlikely UBITY Very unlikely UDALS Very unlikely UDONS Very unlikely UDYOG Very unlikely UGALI Very unlikely UGGED Very unlikely UHLAN Very unlikely UHURU Very unlikely UKASE Very unlikely ULAMA Very unlikely ULANS Very unlikely ULEMA Very unlikely ULMIN Very unlikely ULMOS Very unlikely ULNAD Very unlikely ULNAE Very unlikely ULNAR Possible ULNAS Very unlikely ULPAN Very unlikely ULVAS Very unlikely ULYIE Very unlikely ULZIE Very unlikely UMAMI Very unlikely UMBEL Very unlikely UMBER Possible UMBLE Very unlikely UMBOS Very unlikely UMBRE Very unlikely UMIAC Very unlikely UMIAK Very unlikely UMIAQ Very unlikely UMMAH Very unlikely UMMAS Very unlikely UMMED Very unlikely UMPED Very unlikely UMPHS Very unlikely UMPIE Very unlikely UMPTY Very unlikely UMRAH Very unlikely UMRAS Very unlikely UNAGI Very unlikely UNAIS Very unlikely UNAPT Very unlikely UNARM Possible UNARY Very unlikely UNAUS Very unlikely UNBAG Possible UNBAN Very unlikely UNBAR Very unlikely UNBED Very unlikely UNBID Very unlikely UNBOX Possible UNCES Very unlikely UNCIA Very unlikely UNCOS Very unlikely UNCOY Very unlikely UNCUS Very unlikely UNDAM Very unlikely UNDEE Very unlikely UNDOS Very unlikely UNDUG Very unlikely UNETH Very unlikely UNFIX Very unlikely UNGAG Very unlikely UNGET Very unlikely UNGOD Very unlikely UNGOT Very unlikely UNGUM Very unlikely UNHAT Very unlikely UNHIP Possible UNICA Very unlikely UNIOS Very unlikely UNJAM Possible UNKED Very unlikely UNKET Very unlikely UNKEY Very unlikely UNKID Very unlikely UNKUT Very unlikely UNLAP Very unlikely UNLAW Very unlikely UNLAY Very unlikely UNLED Very unlikely UNLEG Very unlikely UNLET Very unlikely UNLID Very unlikely UNMAD Very unlikely UNMAN Very unlikely UNMEW Very unlikely UNMIX Very unlikely UNODE Very unlikely UNOLD Very unlikely UNOWN Very unlikely UNPAY Very unlikely UNPEG Very unlikely UNPEN Very unlikely UNPIN Possible UNPLY Very unlikely UNPOT Very unlikely UNPUT Very unlikely UNRED Very unlikely UNRID Very unlikely UNRIG Very unlikely UNRIP Very unlikely UNSAW Very unlikely UNSAY Possible UNSEE Possible UNSEW Very unlikely UNSEX Very unlikely UNSOD Very unlikely UNSUB Very unlikely UNTAG Possible UNTAX Very unlikely UNTIN Very unlikely UNWET Very unlikely UNWIT Very unlikely UNWON Very unlikely UPBOW Very unlikely UPBYE Very unlikely UPDOS Very unlikely UPDRY Very unlikely UPEND Possible UPFUL Very unlikely UPJET Very unlikely UPLAY Very unlikely UPLED Very unlikely UPLIT Very unlikely UPRAN Very unlikely UPRUN Very unlikely UPSEE Very unlikely UPSEY Very unlikely UPTAK Very unlikely UPTER Very unlikely UPTIE Very unlikely URAEI Very unlikely URALI Very unlikely URAOS Very unlikely URARE Very unlikely URARI Very unlikely URASE Very unlikely URATE Very unlikely URBEX Very unlikely URBIA Very unlikely URDEE Very unlikely UREAL Very unlikely UREAS Very unlikely UREDO Very unlikely UREIC Very unlikely UREID Very unlikely URENA Very unlikely URENT Very unlikely URGER Very unlikely URIAL Very unlikely URITE Very unlikely URMAN Very unlikely URNAL Very unlikely URNED Very unlikely URPED Very unlikely URSAE Very unlikely

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ANIME leaves 11.1766 matching words on average, weighted by the answer model through 2026-11-05. This is the recommended move among a fixed panel of 64 evaluated guesses. All 217 matching words count, including words outside the working answer pool.

This move is an information probe: it does not fit this list and cannot solve this illustrated position immediately. It tests letters in Normal Mode; a Hard Mode move must also keep your revealed hints.

To attempt the most likely matching answer now, UNSET has a 11.1% modelled immediate solve chance and leaves 13.2977 words on average. This compares an immediate answer attempt with the information gained by the recommended move.

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How many five-letter words start with U?
There are 217 five-letter words that start with U in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 36 words are possible answers.