Words Containing HU
Explore a range of words that include the letter HU, showcasing the diversity and richness of the English language. Enhance your vocabulary with interesting and unique terms featuring HU.
3 letter words
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| huh | 9 | - | - |
| hug | 7 | a tight or amorous embrace | come here and give me a big hug |
| hut | 6 | temporary military shelter | - |
| hum | 8 | an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan | - |
| hub | 8 | a center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve | the playground is the hub of parental supervision |
| hun | 6 | offensive term for a person of German descent | - |
| hue | 6 | the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength | - |
| hup | 8 | - | - |
| hui | 6 | - | - |
4 letter words
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| shut | 7 | move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut | shut the window |
| hurt | 7 | the act of damaging something or someone | - |
| huge | 8 | unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope | huge government spending |
| hung | 8 | - | - |
| thus | 7 | an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation | - |
| hunt | 7 | an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport | - |
| hush | 10 | cause to be quiet or not talk | - |
| thud | 8 | make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants | - |
| thug | 8 | an aggressive and violent young criminal | - |
| hump | 11 | have sexual intercourse with | - |
| hull | 7 | United States diplomat who did the groundwork for creating the United Nations (1871-1955) | - |
| hunk | 11 | a large piece of something without definite shape | a hunk of bread |
| hulk | 11 | appear very large or occupy a commanding position | - |
| hums | 9 | - | - |
| chug | 10 | make a dull, explosive sound | the engine chugged down the street |
| chum | 11 | a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities | - |
| hurl | 7 | make a thrusting forward movement | - |
| shun | 7 | avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of | - |
| hula | 7 | a Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman | - |
| huff | 13 | inhale recreational drugs | the kids were huffing glue |
| huck | 13 | toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric | - |
| husk | 11 | remove the husks from | husk corn |
| huss | 7 | Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation; he questioned the infallibility of the Catholic Church was excommunicated (1409) for attacking the corruption of the clergy; he was burned at the stake (1372-1415) | - |
| shul | 7 | - | - |
| chub | 11 | European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body | - |
| chut | 9 | - | - |
| hued | 8 | - | - |
| phut | 9 | - | - |
| chur | 9 | - | - |
| rhus | 7 | deciduous or evergreen shrubs and shrubby trees of temperate and subtropical North America, South Africa, eastern Asia and northeastern Australia; usually limited to nonpoisonous sumacs (see genus Toxicodendron) | - |
| whup | 12 | - | - |
| bhut | 9 | - | - |
| jehu | 14 | - | - |
| khud | 12 | - | - |
| hugy | 11 | - | - |
| hugs | 8 | - | - |
| hues | 7 | - | - |
| huer | 7 | - | - |
| hubs | 9 | - | - |
| huhu | 10 | - | - |
| huts | 7 | - | - |
| huso | 7 | - | - |
| humf | 12 | - | - |
| huma | 9 | - | - |
| hule | 7 | - | - |
| huis | 7 | - | - |
| huic | 9 | - | - |
| hups | 9 | - | - |
| huns | 7 | - | - |
| hunh | 10 | - | - |
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5 letter words
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| hurry | 11 | the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner | - |
| human | 10 | any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage | - |
| chuck | 16 | informal terms for a meal | - |
| humor | 10 | the quality of being funny | I fail to see the humor in it |
| thumb | 12 | look through a book or other written material | He thumbed through the report |
| hunch | 13 | an impression that something might be the case | - |
| hubby | 15 | a married man; a woman's partner in marriage | - |
| shush | 11 | silence (someone) by uttering `shush!' | - |
| chunk | 14 | group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side | - |
| chump | 14 | a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of | - |
| hutch | 13 | small crude shelter used as a dwelling | - |
| thump | 12 | hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument | a bible-thumping Southern Baptist |
| chute | 10 | rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall | - |
| hunts | 8 | - | - |
| humid | 11 | containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor | humid air |
| hussy | 11 | a woman adulterer | - |
| husky | 15 | deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion | makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky |
| hunky | 15 | - | - |
| huffy | 17 | roused to anger | stayed huffy a good while |
| hurst | 8 | - | - |
| humph | 15 | - | - |
| sadhu | 9 | (Hinduism) an ascetic holy man | - |
| churn | 10 | be agitated | the sea was churning in the storm |
| thunk | 12 | a dull hollow sound | the basketball made a thunk as it hit the rim |
| hunks | 12 | - | - |
| hullo | 8 | an expression of greeting | - |
| shunt | 8 | a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current | - |
| shuck | 14 | material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds | - |
| humpy | 15 | - | - |
| bahut | 10 | - | - |
| hurly | 11 | - | - |
| humus | 10 | a thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic; used especially as a dip for pita; originated in the Middle East | - |
| chuff | 16 | blow hard and loudly | - |
| huger | 9 | - | - |
| churl | 10 | a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement | - |
| sohur | 8 | - | - |
| suhur | 8 | - | - |
| erhus | 8 | - | - |
| bahus | 10 | - | - |
| chuts | 10 | - | - |
| wushu | 11 | - | - |
| whups | 13 | - | - |
| whump | 15 | - | - |
| uhuru | 8 | - | - |
| thuya | 11 | - | - |
| thurl | 8 | - | - |
| thuja | 15 | red cedar | - |
| thugs | 9 | - | - |
| thuds | 9 | - | - |
| shuts | 8 | - | - |
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6 letter words
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| hungry | 13 | (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous | hungry for recognition |
| church | 16 | a service conducted in a house of worship | don't be late for church |
| humans | 11 | all of the living human inhabitants of the earth | - |
| hunter | 9 | a constellation on the equator to the east of Taurus; contains Betelgeuse and Rigel | - |
| hunger | 10 | a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation | - |
| humble | 13 | of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense) | of humble (or lowly) birth |
| humour | 11 | the quality of being funny | - |
| hustle | 9 | a rapid active commotion | - |
| hunted | 10 | reflecting the fear or terror of one who is hunted | the hopeless hunted look on the prisoner's face |
| chubby | 18 | sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure | a chubby child |
| hurray | 12 | - | - |
| hurrah | 12 | a victory cheer | let's give the team a big hurrah |
| huddle | 11 | crouch or curl up | They huddled outside in the rain |
| hurley | 12 | - | - |
| humane | 11 | pertaining to or concerned with the humanities | a humane education |
| humbly | 16 | in a miserly manner | - |
| kahuna | 13 | - | - |
| chucky | 20 | - | - |
| chunky | 18 | like or containing small sticky lumps | the dumplings were chunky pieces of uncooked dough |
| hummer | 13 | (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity | - |
| hugely | 13 | extremely | - |
| hurdle | 10 | the act of jumping over an obstacle | - |
| humvee | 14 | a high mobility, multipurpose, military vehicle with four-wheel drive | - |
| shucks | 15 | something of little value | not worth shucks |
| humpty | 16 | - | - |
| hushed | 13 | in a softened tone | hushed voices |
| chummy | 18 | (used informally) associated on close terms | the bartender was chummy with the regular customers |
| huzzah | 30 | - | - |
| typhus | 14 | rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever | - |
| hummus | 13 | a thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic; used especially as a dip for pita; originated in the Middle East | - |
| humbug | 14 | something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage | - |
| hubbub | 15 | loud confused noise from many sources | - |
| hugger | 11 | a person who hugs | - |
| humped | 14 | characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column | - |
| husker | 13 | - | - |
| hubris | 11 | overbearing pride or presumption | - |
| exhume | 18 | dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies | - |
| hugest | 10 | - | - |
| hunker | 13 | sit on one's heels | The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm |
| hurtle | 9 | make a thrusting forward movement | - |
| hussar | 9 | a member of a European light cavalry unit; renowned for elegant dress | - |
| unhurt | 9 | free from danger or injury | - |
| thusly | 12 | in the way indicated | - |
| hubcap | 15 | cap that fits over the hub of a wheel | - |
| bohunk | 15 | - | - |
| hummel | 13 | - | - |
| hutted | 10 | - | - |
| humous | 11 | a thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic; used especially as a dip for pita; originated in the Middle East | - |
| hurler | 9 | (baseball) the person who does the pitching | - |
| shufty | 15 | - | - |
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7 letter words
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| husband | 13 | a married man; a woman's partner in marriage | - |
| hundred | 12 | ten 10s | - |
| hunting | 11 | the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone | - |
| hurting | 11 | a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder | - |
| thunder | 11 | utter words loudly and forcefully | - |
| humming | 15 | a humming noise | - |
| shuttle | 10 | badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers | - |
| ketchup | 18 | thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes | - |
| chuckle | 18 | laugh quietly or with restraint | - |
| hugging | 13 | affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | - |
| shutter | 10 | a hinged blind for a window | - |
| shuffle | 16 | mix so as to make a random order or arrangement | shuffle the cards |
| hustler | 10 | a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets | - |
| hurried | 11 | moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste | a hurried trip to the store |
| inhuman | 12 | without compunction or human feeling | - |
| yoghurt | 14 | a custard-like food made from curdled milk | - |
| hurtful | 13 | harmful to living things | - |
| shudder | 12 | shake, as from cold | - |
| manhunt | 12 | an organized search (by police) for a person (charged with a crime) | - |
| sulphur | 12 | an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions) | - |
| humbled | 15 | subdued or brought low in condition or status | - |
| hurdles | 11 | a footrace in which contestants must negotiate a series of hurdles | - |
| huddled | 13 | crowded or massed together | give me...your huddled masses |
| humanly | 15 | in the manner of human beings | humanly possible |
| chutney | 15 | a spicy condiment made of chopped fruits or vegetables cooked in vinegar and sugar with ginger and spices | - |
| hurling | 11 | a traditional Irish game resembling hockey; played by two teams of 15 players each | - |
| rhubarb | 14 | long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened | - |
| huffing | 17 | an act of forcible exhalation | - |
| hunched | 16 | having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect | - |
| humdrum | 15 | not challenging; dull and lacking excitement | - |
| huskies | 14 | - | - |
| chuffed | 19 | very pleased | I'm chuffed to have won |
| exhumed | 20 | - | - |
| chumash | 17 | - | - |
| humerus | 12 | bone extending from the shoulder to the elbow | - |
| shuteye | 13 | informal term for sleep | - |
| matchup | 16 | the pairing of people or things as for comparison or competition | we need a matchup of the best teachers with the neediest schools |
| thumbed | 15 | (of pages) worn or soiled by thumb and fingers by frequent handling or turning | well-thumbed pages of the dictionary |
| churchy | 20 | - | - |
| humored | 13 | - | - |
| upchuck | 20 | eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth | - |
| catchup | 16 | - | - |
| shutout | 10 | a defeat in a game where one side fails to score | - |
| chunder | 13 | - | - |
| hushing | 14 | a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval) | - |
| shutoff | 16 | - | - |
| hulking | 15 | of great size and bulk | a hulking figure of a man |
| unhuman | 12 | divested of human qualities or attributes | - |
| sorghum | 13 | made from juice of sweet sorghum | - |
| chumley | 17 | - | - |
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8 letter words
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| humanity | 16 | the quality of being human | - |
| shutting | 12 | the act of closing something | - |
| brochure | 15 | a small book usually having a paper cover | - |
| humility | 16 | a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride | not everyone regards humility as a virtue |
| thumping | 16 | (used informally) very large | a thumping loss |
| humidity | 17 | wetness in the atmosphere | - |
| hurrying | 15 | changing location rapidly | - |
| thudding | 14 | not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft | thudding bullets |
| humorous | 13 | full of or characterized by humor | humorous stories |
| shutdown | 15 | termination of operations | - |
| inhumane | 13 | lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion | humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world |
| churning | 14 | moving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitation | winds whipped the piled leaves into churning masses |
| chugging | 16 | - | - |
| humanoid | 14 | an automaton that resembles a human being | - |
| hurtling | 12 | - | - |
| humanist | 13 | of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism | the humanistic revival of learning |
| humanely | 16 | in a humane manner | let's treat the prisoners of war humanely |
| huntsman | 13 | someone who hunts game | - |
| huntress | 11 | a woman hunter | - |
| humpback | 23 | an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column | - |
| humanism | 15 | the doctrine that people's duty is to promote human welfare | - |
| humbling | 16 | causing awareness of your shortcomings | golf is a humbling game |
| chutzpah | 27 | (Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity | - |
| hungrier | 12 | - | - |
| humoring | 14 | the act of indulging or gratifying a desire | - |
| subhuman | 15 | less than human or not worthy of a human being | treated natives as subhuman |
| humanize | 22 | make more humane | The mayor tried to humanize life in the big city |
| hurdling | 13 | a footrace in which contestants must negotiate a series of hurdles | - |
| nonhuman | 13 | not human; not belonging to or produced by or appropriate to human beings | nonhuman primates such as chimpanzees |
| enthused | 12 | - | - |
| churlish | 16 | having a bad disposition; surly | churlish as a bear |
| shunning | 12 | deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening | - |
| huckster | 17 | sell or offer for sale from place to place | - |
| thuggery | 16 | violent or brutal acts as of thugs | - |
| chubbier | 17 | - | - |
| huggable | 15 | - | - |
| hungrily | 15 | in the manner of someone who is very hungry | he pounced on the food hungrily |
| exhuming | 21 | - | - |
| chuckled | 20 | - | - |
| chumming | 18 | - | - |
| hustings | 12 | the activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making) | - |
| thuggish | 16 | - | - |
| hugeness | 12 | - | - |
| headhunt | 15 | - | - |
| chunking | 18 | (psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units | - |
| meshugge | 15 | senseless; crazy | - |
| humorist | 13 | someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way | - |
| arahuana | 11 | - | - |
| bowhunts | 16 | - | - |
| shuriken | 15 | - | - |
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9 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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| chuckling | 21 | - | - |
| hurricane | 14 | a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale) | - |
| humiliate | 14 | cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of | He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss |
| parachute | 16 | rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall | - |
| chihuahua | 20 | a city in northern Mexico in the state of Chihuahua; commercial center of northern Mexico | - |
| humankind | 19 | all of the living human inhabitants of the earth | she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women |
| hunchback | 25 | an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column | - |
| shuffling | 19 | the act of mixing cards haphazardly | - |
| hundredth | 17 | one part in a hundred equal parts | - |
| hurriedly | 16 | in a hurried or hasty manner | the way they buried him so hurriedly was disgraceful |
| dachshund | 19 | small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows | - |
| humongous | 15 | (used informally) very large | - |
| humorless | 14 | lacking humor | it was a humorless wink; a wink of warning |
| reshuffle | 18 | shuffling again | the gambler demanded a reshuffle |
| humanness | 14 | the quality of being human | - |
| ayahuasca | 17 | - | - |
| thumbnail | 16 | the nail of the thumb | - |
| husbandry | 18 | the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock | - |
| marihuana | 14 | the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect | - |
| humdinger | 16 | someone of remarkable excellence | a humdinger of a secretary |
| shuttered | 13 | provided with shutters or shutters as specified; often used in combination | a church with a shuttered belfry and spire |
| woodchuck | 24 | reddish brown North American marmot | - |
| sulphuric | 16 | of or relating to or containing sulfur | sulphuric esters |
| humanlike | 18 | suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things | - |
| inhumanly | 17 | - | - |
| churchman | 21 | a clergyman or other person in religious orders | - |
| husbandly | 18 | related to or suited to a husband | assumed husbandly duties like mowing the lawn |
| humanized | 24 | - | - |
| unhurried | 13 | capable of accepting delay with equanimity | was unhurried with the small children |
| thumbtack | 22 | a tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board | - |
| meshugaas | 15 | (Yiddish) craziness; senseless behavior or activity | - |
| arahuanas | 12 | - | - |
| happoshus | 19 | - | - |
| gochujang | 23 | - | - |
| chumashim | 21 | - | - |
| chuggings | 17 | - | - |
| bowhunted | 18 | - | - |
| thuddings | 15 | - | - |
| whuppings | 20 | - | - |
| sidhuisms | 15 | - | - |
| shurikens | 16 | - | - |
| outhumour | 14 | - | - |
| nunchucks | 20 | - | - |
| kachumber | 22 | - | - |
| humusiest | 14 | - | - |
| hubbliest | 16 | - | - |
| inhumaner | 14 | - | - |
| amianthus | 14 | - | - |
| anhungred | 14 | - | - |
| anchusins | 14 | - | - |
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10 letter words
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| humiliated | 16 | made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride | humiliated that his wife had to go out to work |
| enthusiasm | 15 | overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval | - |
| superhuman | 17 | above or beyond the human or demanding more than human power or endurance | superhuman beings |
| shuddering | 16 | shaking convulsively or violently | - |
| thundering | 15 | extraordinarily big or impressive | a thundering success |
| thunderous | 14 | loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss | - |
| enthusiast | 13 | a person having a strong liking for something | - |
| thumbprint | 19 | fingerprint made by the thumb (especially by the pad of the thumb) | - |
| churchyard | 24 | the yard associated with a church | - |
| posthumous | 17 | occurring or coming into existence after a person's death | a posthumous award |
| inhumanity | 18 | the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others | - |
| exhumation | 22 | the act of digging something up out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried | - |
| headhunter | 17 | a savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies | - |
| humanistic | 17 | of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism | the humanistic revival of learning |
| hullabaloo | 15 | disturbance usually in protest | - |
| humanities | 15 | studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills) | - |
| humbleness | 17 | the state of being humble and unimportant | - |
| parachuted | 18 | - | - |
| methuselah | 18 | a man who is very old | - |
| humoristic | 17 | - | - |
| churchgoer | 21 | a religious person who goes to church regularly | - |
| sulphurous | 15 | characterized by oppressive heat and humidity | - |
| embouchure | 19 | the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly | - |
| dehumanize | 25 | deprive of human qualities | Life in poverty has dehumanized them |
| humpbacked | 26 | characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column | - |
| humidifier | 19 | an appliance designed to add moisture to the air in a building | The humidifier assures the appropriate moisture level for our paintings |
| humourless | 15 | lacking humor | - |
| shutterbug | 16 | a photography enthusiast | - |
| humaneness | 15 | the quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals) | - |
| humidified | 20 | - | - |
| churchward | 24 | - | - |
| dischuffed | 23 | - | - |
| desulphurs | 16 | - | - |
| dianthuses | 14 | - | - |
| gamahuches | 21 | - | - |
| gamahuched | 22 | - | - |
| foxhunting | 24 | - | - |
| foxhunters | 23 | - | - |
| euphuizing | 25 | - | - |
| euphuistic | 17 | - | - |
| euphuising | 16 | - | - |
| exhumating | 23 | - | - |
| epicanthus | 17 | a vertical fold of skin over the nasal canthus; typical for many east Asian peoples; sometimes occurs in Down's syndrome | - |
| enhungered | 15 | - | - |
| dolichurus | 16 | - | - |
| disinhumes | 16 | - | - |
| disinhumed | 17 | - | - |
| dishumours | 16 | - | - |
| manhunters | 15 | - | - |
| marihuanas | 15 | - | - |
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