5-letter words containing U
Embark on an exploration of 5-letter words that contain the letter U. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate U within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| about | 7 | used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction | wandering about with no place to go |
| would | 9 | - | - |
| could | 8 | - | - |
| house | 8 | provide housing for | The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town |
| found | 9 | use as a basis for; found on | - |
| guess | 6 | an estimate based on little or no information | - |
| young | 9 | (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity | young corn |
| cause | 7 | any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | - |
| until | 5 | As far as; to the place or degree that; especially, up to the time that; till. | - |
| stuff | 11 | informal terms for personal possessions | - |
| music | 9 | punishment for one's actions | you have to face the music |
| under | 6 | further down | see under for further discussion |
| hurry | 11 | the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner | - |
| yours | 8 | - | - |
| truth | 8 | the quality of being near to the true value | the lawyer questioned the truth of my account |
| hours | 8 | an indefinite period of time | they talked for hours |
| quite | 14 | of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative) | her victory was quite something |
| funny | 11 | an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line) | she told a funny story |
| jesus | 12 | a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29) | - |
| trust | 5 | complete confidence in a person or plan etc | the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust |
| uncle | 7 | a source of help and advice and encouragement | he played uncle to lonely students |
| touch | 10 | a distinguishing style | this room needs a woman's touch |
| human | 10 | any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage | - |
| lucky | 14 | presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome | lucky stars |
| quiet | 14 | (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves | the quiet waters of a lagoon |
| sound | 6 | (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language | - |
| fault | 8 | a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention | I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults |
| mouth | 10 | express in speech | - |
| quick | 20 | apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity | a quick mind |
| buddy | 12 | a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities | - |
| group | 8 | a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse | - |
| round | 6 | a regular route for a sentry or policeman | - |
| drunk | 10 | a chronic drinker | - |
| court | 7 | Australian woman tennis player who won many major championships (born in 1947) | - |
| count | 7 | put into a group | The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members |
| lunch | 10 | a midday meal | - |
| laugh | 9 | produce laughter | - |
| tough | 9 | making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe | - |
| proud | 8 | having or displaying great dignity or nobility | proud alpine peaks |
| rules | 5 | - | - |
| using | 6 | an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly) | - |
| study | 9 | a branch of knowledge | anthropology is the study of human beings |
| stuck | 11 | baffled | this problem has me completely stuck |
| truck | 11 | an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling | - |
| south | 8 | the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees | - |
| upset | 7 | having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom | the upset pitcher of milk |
| judge | 14 | judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) | - |
| queen | 14 | a female sovereign ruler | - |
| doubt | 8 | uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something | - |
| guard | 7 | a device designed to prevent injury or accidents | - |
| built | 7 | (used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness | the built liquid detergents |
| build | 8 | make by combining materials and parts | - |
| bunch | 12 | an informal body of friends | - |
| super | 7 | a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector | - |
| awful | 11 | offensive or even (of persons) malicious | - |
| truly | 8 | with sincerity; without pretense | we are truly sorry for the inconvenience |
| usual | 5 | commonly encountered | the usual greeting |
| guest | 6 | a visitor to whom hospitality is extended | - |
| sugar | 6 | an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain | - |
| issue | 5 | a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon | - |
| bucks | 13 | - | - |
| pussy | 10 | containing pus | - |
| nurse | 5 | a woman who is the custodian of children | - |
| focus | 10 | become focussed or come into focus | The light focused |
| ought | 9 | - | - |
| rough | 9 | unpleasantly stern | the nomad life is rough and hazardous |
| mummy | 14 | informal terms for a mother | - |
| youth | 11 | an early period of development | during the youth of the project |
| sucks | 11 | - | - |
| union | 5 | healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones | - |
| juice | 14 | any of several liquids of the body | digestive juices |
| punch | 12 | a tool for making holes or indentations | - |
| value | 8 | regard highly; think much of | - |
| curse | 7 | profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger | - |
| fruit | 8 | an amount of a product | - |
| wound | 9 | a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat | - |
| laura | 5 | - | - |
| chuck | 16 | informal terms for a meal | - |
| shout | 8 | utter a sudden loud cry | - |
| guide | 7 | use as a guide | They had the lights to guide on |
| louis | 5 | United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion for 12 years (1914-1981) | - |
| fully | 11 | to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full' in this sense is used as a combining form) | fully grown |
| route | 5 | an established line of travel or access | - |
| mouse | 7 | to go stealthily or furtively | - |
| cruel | 7 | (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering | cruel tortures |
| virus | 8 | a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer | a true virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance |
| argue | 6 | present reasons and arguments | - |
| adult | 6 | designed to arouse lust | adult movies |
| bound | 8 | form the boundary of; be contiguous to | - |
| album | 9 | one or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audiotape and compact disc | - |
| sauce | 7 | add zest or flavor to, make more interesting | sauce the roast |
| equal | 14 | a person who is of equal standing with another in a group | - |
| crush | 10 | temporary love of an adolescent | - |
| couch | 12 | formulate in a particular style or language | - |
| squad | 15 | a cooperative unit (especially in sports) | - |
| sunny | 8 | bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer | a gay sunny room |
| lousy | 8 | vile; despicable | a dirty (or lousy) trick |
| cloud | 8 | make overcast or cloudy | - |
| trunk | 9 | a long flexible snout as of an elephant | - |
| begun | 8 | - | - |
| purse | 7 | gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker | purse ones's lips |
| dunno | 6 | - | - |
| skull | 9 | the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates | - |
| burnt | 7 | ruined by overcooking | she served us underdone bacon and burnt biscuits |
| guilt | 6 | remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense | - |
| burns | 7 | celebrated Scottish poet (1759-1796) | - |
| pound | 8 | move heavily or clumsily | - |
| upper | 9 | a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression | - |
| brush | 10 | the act of brushing your teeth | the dentist recommended two brushes a day |
| pulse | 7 | the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart | - |
| bunny | 10 | a young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit | - |
| mount | 7 | a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill | - |
| abuse | 7 | cruel or inhumane treatment | the child showed signs of physical abuse |
| puppy | 14 | an inexperienced young person | - |
| fraud | 9 | something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage | - |
| dough | 10 | informal terms for money | - |
| humor | 10 | the quality of being funny | I fail to see the humor in it |
| burst | 7 | force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up | - |
| dutch | 11 | the people of the Netherlands | - |
| thumb | 12 | look through a book or other written material | He thumbed through the report |
| cured | 8 | (used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity) | - |
| rumor | 7 | tell or spread rumors | It was rumored that the next president would be a woman |
| scout | 7 | a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event | - |
| minus | 7 | an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated | four minus three equals one |
| dummy | 13 | make a dummy of | dummy up the books that are to be published |
| bonus | 7 | an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output | - |
| suite | 5 | apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel) | - |
| aunty | 8 | the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle | - |
| rusty | 8 | impaired in skill by neglect | - |
| vault | 8 | jump across or leap over (an obstacle) | - |
| quote | 14 | refer to for illustration or proof | He said he could quote several instances of this behavior |
| funds | 9 | assets in the form of money | - |
| outer | 5 | being on or toward the outside of the body | the outer ear |
| flush | 11 | turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame | - |
| bully | 10 | discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate | - |
| cough | 11 | a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis | - |
| occur | 9 | come to pass | Nothing occurred that seemed important |
| stunt | 5 | a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth | - |
| queer | 14 | beyond or deviating from the usual or expected | something definitely queer about this town |
| blues | 7 | a state of depression | he had a bad case of the blues |
| ruled | 6 | subject to a ruling authority | the ruled mass |
| unite | 5 | have or possess in combination | she unites charm with a good business sense |
| quest | 14 | the act of searching for something | a quest for diamonds |
| untie | 5 | cause to become loose | untie the knot |
| yummy | 15 | extremely pleasing to the sense of taste | - |
| sushi | 8 | rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed | - |
| tumor | 7 | an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose | - |
| punks | 11 | a youth subculture closely associated with punk rock music in the late 1970s; in part a reaction to the hippy subculture; dress was optional but intended to shock (plastic garbage bags or old school uniforms) and hair was dyed in bright colors (in Mohican haircuts or sometimes spiked in bright plumes) | - |
| curry | 10 | give a neat appearance to | - |
| fluid | 9 | affording change (especially in social status) | Britain is not a truly fluid society |
| judas | 13 | (New Testament) the Apostle who betrayed Jesus to his enemies for 30 pieces of silver | - |
| urban | 7 | located in or characteristic of a city or city life | urban property owners |
| venus | 8 | type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells | - |
| rogue | 6 | a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel | - |
| tummy | 12 | slang for a paunch | - |
| urine | 5 | liquid excretory product | there was blood in his urine |
| ducks | 12 | - | - |
| squid | 15 | (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food | - |
| dusty | 9 | covered with a layer of dust | a dusty pile of books |
| buses | 7 | - | - |
| louie | 5 | - | - |
| buyer | 10 | a person who buys | - |
| curly | 10 | (of hair) having curls or waves | they envied her naturally curly hair |
| audio | 6 | an audible acoustic wave frequency | - |
| sauna | 5 | a Finnish steam bath; steam is produced by pouring water over heated rocks | - |
| butch | 12 | (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine | - |
| curve | 10 | the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes | - |
| hunch | 13 | an impression that something might be the case | - |
| burke | 11 | United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903) | - |
| setup | 7 | equipment designed to serve a specific function | - |
| unity | 8 | an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting | he took measures to insure the territorial unity of Croatia |
| utter | 5 | without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | utter nonsense |
| flour | 8 | convert grain into flour | - |
| funky | 15 | (of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues | - |
| pause | 7 | interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing | The speaker paused |
| queue | 14 | a line of people or vehicles waiting for something | - |
| ruler | 5 | measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths | - |
| vague | 9 | not clearly expressed or understood | their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear |
| hubby | 15 | a married man; a woman's partner in marriage | - |
| tutor | 5 | a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.) | - |
| fuzzy | 29 | covering with fine light hairs | - |
| scrub | 9 | dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes | - |
| brute | 7 | a cruelly rapacious person | - |
| flute | 8 | a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column) | - |
| blunt | 7 | make numb or insensitive | - |
| crust | 7 | the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties | - |
| juicy | 17 | lucrative | a juicy contract |
| syrup | 10 | a thick sweet sticky liquid | - |
| tubes | 7 | - | - |
| cutie | 7 | - | - |
| ultra | 5 | (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm | an ultra conservative |
| squat | 14 | having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground | - |
| haunt | 8 | haunt like a ghost; pursue | Fear of illness haunts her |
| pupil | 9 | a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution | - |
| pluto | 7 | (Roman mythology) god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Hades | - |
| mourn | 7 | feel sadness | She is mourning her dead child |
| bluff | 13 | deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand | - |
| lotus | 5 | native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers | - |
| debut | 8 | the act of beginning something new | they looked forward to the debut of their new product line |
| lunar | 5 | of or relating to or associated with the moon | lunar surface |
| snuck | 11 | - | - |
| opium | 9 | an addictive narcotic extracted from seed capsules of the opium poppy | - |
| hound | 9 | any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears | - |
| crude | 8 | a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons | - |
| cuffs | 13 | - | - |
| serum | 7 | an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates | - |
| ounce | 7 | a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams | - |
| rugby | 11 | a form of football played with an oval ball | - |
| suing | 6 | - | - |
| pluck | 13 | strip of feathers | pluck the capon |
| muddy | 12 | dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck | muddy boots |
| skunk | 13 | American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae | - |
| jumbo | 16 | of great mass; huge and bulky | a jumbo jet |
| acute | 7 | extremely sharp or severe | acute pain |
| quota | 14 | a limitation on imports | the quota for Japanese imports was negotiated |
| shush | 11 | silence (someone) by uttering `shush!' | - |
| truce | 7 | a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms | - |
| trout | 5 | any of various game and food fishes of cool fresh waters mostly smaller than typical salmons | - |
| amuse | 7 | occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion | The play amused the ladies |
| glued | 7 | affixed or as if affixed with glue or paste | he stayed glued to one spot |
| grunt | 6 | the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs | - |
| tours | 5 | an industrial city in western France on the Loire River | - |
| venue | 8 | the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting) | - |
| youse | 8 | - | - |
| chunk | 14 | group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side | - |
| aloud | 6 | with relatively high volume | cried aloud for help |
| quits | 14 | on equal terms by payment or requital | we're now quits |
| chump | 14 | a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of | - |
| trump | 9 | a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps | the ace of trumps is a sure winner |
| furry | 11 | covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs | a furry teddy bear |
| input | 7 | signal going into an electronic system | - |
| blush | 10 | turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame | The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by |
| budge | 9 | United States tennis player who in 1938 was the first to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles championship in the same year (1915-2000) | - |
| quack | 20 | act as a medical quack or a charlatan | - |
| gauge | 7 | judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) | - |
| hutch | 13 | small crude shelter used as a dwelling | - |
| fudge | 10 | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | - |
| rural | 5 | living in or characteristic of farming or country life | rural people |
| stung | 6 | aroused to impatience or anger | - |
| surge | 6 | rise rapidly | - |
| forum | 10 | a public facility to meet for open discussion | - |
| rouge | 6 | makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks | - |
| thump | 12 | hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument | a bible-thumping Southern Baptist |
| nutty | 8 | informal or slang terms for mentally irregular | - |
| dumps | 10 | an informal expression for a mildly depressed state | in the dumps |
| donut | 6 | a small ring-shaped friedcake | - |
| bogus | 8 | fraudulent; having a misleading appearance | - |
| bubba | 11 | - | - |
| jumpy | 19 | being in a tense state | - |
| sully | 8 | United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872) | - |
| ulcer | 7 | a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue | - |
| lumpy | 12 | like or containing small sticky lumps | - |
| deuce | 8 | one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots | - |
| cupid | 10 | (Roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of Greek Eros | - |
| amour | 7 | a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship | - |
| chute | 10 | rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall | - |
| pubic | 11 | relating or near the pubis | pubic bones |
| unfit | 8 | physically unsound or diseased | - |
| vouch | 13 | give surety or assume responsibility | I vouch for the quality of my products |
| guild | 7 | a formal association of people with similar interests | - |
| mound | 8 | the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit | they have a southpaw on the mound |
| cures | 7 | - | - |
| adieu | 6 | a farewell remark | - |
| ducky | 15 | a special loved one | - |
| fleur | 8 | - | - |
| bumpy | 14 | causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements | - |
| buggy | 12 | informal or slang terms for mentally irregular | - |
| swung | 9 | - | - |
| fumes | 10 | gases ejected from an engine as waste products | - |
| rupee | 7 | the basic unit of money in Nepal; equal to 100 paisa | - |
| stump | 9 | the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled | - |
| snuff | 11 | sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose | - |
| pushy | 13 | marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative | - |
| linux | 12 | an open-source version of the UNIX operating system | - |
| audit | 6 | examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification | audit accounts and tax returns |
| cuter | 7 | - | - |
| plump | 11 | make fat or plump | We will plump out that poor starving child |
| pouch | 12 | swell or protrude outwards | - |
| fetus | 8 | an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal | - |
| juror | 12 | someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury | - |
| tulip | 7 | any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower | - |
| lucid | 8 | (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable | lucid directions |
| dumbo | 10 | - | - |
| puffy | 16 | abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas | eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids |
| quake | 18 | shake with seismic vibrations | - |
| scuba | 9 | a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus | - |
| gourd | 7 | any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds | - |
| quail | 14 | draw back, as with fear or pain | - |
| snout | 5 | beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils | - |
| turbo | 7 | - | - |
| fluke | 12 | a stroke of luck | - |
| bijou | 14 | a small and delicately worked piece | - |
| pious | 7 | having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity | pious readings |
| prune | 7 | weed out unwanted or unnecessary things | - |
| hunts | 8 | - | - |
| munch | 12 | chew noisily | - |
| strut | 5 | a proud stiff pompous gait | - |
| vogue | 9 | the popular taste at a given time | leather is the latest vogue |
| fussy | 11 | exacting especially about details | fussy about clothes |
| mushy | 13 | effusively or insincerely emotional | mushy effusiveness |
| dukes | 10 | - | - |
| quilt | 14 | bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together | - |
| cubic | 11 | having the shape of a cube; having three dimensions | - |
| purge | 8 | an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements | - |
| kraut | 9 | offensive term for a person of German descent | - |
| bugle | 8 | any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover | - |
| usher | 8 | someone employed to conduct others | - |
| erupt | 7 | erupt or intensify suddenly | Unrest erupted in the country |
| gauze | 15 | a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave | - |
| humid | 11 | containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor | humid air |
| quill | 14 | the hollow spine of a feather | - |
| pubes | 9 | the lower part of the abdomen just above the external genital organs | - |
| slump | 9 | fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly | - |
| sutra | 5 | a rule or aphorism in Sanskrit literature or a group of aphoristic doctrinal summaries prepared for memorization | - |
| joust | 12 | a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances | - |
| lupus | 7 | a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Centaurus | - |
| nandu | 6 | smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan | - |
| spunk | 11 | the courage to carry on | he kept fighting on pure spunk |
| tubby | 12 | short and plump | - |
| flunk | 12 | failure to reach a minimum required performance | he got two flunks on his report |
| guile | 6 | the quality of being crafty | - |
| runny | 8 | characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape | - |
| mould | 8 | a distinctive nature, character, or type | - |
| bough | 11 | any of the larger branches of a tree | - |
| gutsy | 9 | marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited | you have to admire her; it was a gutsy thing to do |
| fused | 9 | joined together into a whole | - |
| louse | 5 | wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals | - |
| prude | 8 | a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum | - |
| fluff | 14 | something of little value or significance | - |
| flung | 9 | - | - |
| klutz | 18 | (Yiddish) a clumsy dolt | - |
| odour | 6 | any property detected by the olfactory system | - |
| ouija | 12 | a board with the alphabet on it; used with a planchette to spell out supernatural messages | - |
| guise | 6 | an artful or simulated semblance | under the guise of friendship he betrayed them |
| crumb | 11 | a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible | - |
| bayou | 10 | a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana) | - |
| slush | 8 | make a splashing sound | - |
| femur | 10 | the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee | - |
| hussy | 11 | a woman adulterer | - |
| muted | 8 | being or made softer or less loud or clear | muted trumpets |
| usage | 6 | accepted or habitual practice | - |
| kaput | 11 | destroyed or killed | - |
| bulge | 8 | swell or protrude outwards | His stomach bulged after the huge meal |
| azure | 14 | a light shade of blue | - |
| spout | 7 | talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner | - |
| nudge | 7 | to push against gently | She nudged my elbow when she saw her friend enter the restaurant |
| lurch | 10 | loiter about, with no apparent aim | - |
| druid | 7 | a pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland | - |
| roque | 14 | - | - |
| husky | 15 | deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion | makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky |
| murky | 14 | dark or gloomy | a murky dungeon |
| camus | 9 | French writer who portrayed the human condition as isolated in an absurd world (1913-1960) | - |
| taunt | 5 | aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing | - |
| dunce | 8 | a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence | - |
| stout | 5 | having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships | stout seamen |
| equip | 16 | provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose | The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities |
| hocus | 10 | - | - |
| plume | 9 | clean with one's bill | - |
| putty | 10 | a dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil; used especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass | - |
| quasi | 14 | having some resemblance | a quasi success |
| rumba | 9 | a ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance | - |
| suave | 8 | having a sophisticated charm | - |
| surly | 8 | inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace | a surly waiter |
| unify | 11 | become one | - |
| yucky | 17 | highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust | - |
| mucus | 9 | protective secretion of the mucous membranes; in the gut it lubricates the passage of food and protects the epithelial cells; in the nose and throat and lungs it can make it difficult for bacteria to penetrate the body through the epithelium | - |
| cluck | 13 | the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks) | - |
| clout | 7 | a short nail with a flat head; used to attach sheet metal to wood | - |
| getup | 8 | a set of clothing (with accessories) | his getup was exceedingly elegant |
| guava | 9 | small tropical American shrubby tree; widely cultivated in warm regions for its sweet globular yellow fruit | - |
| mogul | 8 | a member of the Muslim dynasty that ruled India until 1857 | - |
| mural | 7 | a painting that is applied to a wall surface | - |
| duper | 8 | - | - |
| douse | 6 | slacken | douse a rope |
| coupe | 9 | a car with two doors and front seats and a luggage compartment | - |
| rouse | 5 | cause to be agitated, excited, or roused | - |
| gouge | 7 | make a groove in | - |
| gully | 9 | deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour) | - |
| stunk | 9 | - | - |
| nexus | 12 | the means of connection between things linked in series | - |
| gumbo | 10 | any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water | - |
| kudos | 10 | an expression of approval and commendation | - |
| mumps | 11 | an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands | - |
| cajun | 14 | a Louisianian descended from Acadian immigrants from Nova Scotia (`Cajun' comes from `Acadian') | - |
| plush | 10 | characterized by extravagance and profusion | - |
| scull | 7 | a long oar that is mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward | - |
| tutti | 5 | - | - |
| hunky | 15 | - | - |
| incur | 7 | receive a specified treatment (abstract) | - |
| cuddy | 12 | the galley or pantry of a small ship | - |
| beaut | 7 | an outstanding example of its kind | his roses were beauties |
| saucy | 10 | improperly forward or bold | - |
| futon | 8 | mattress consisting of a pad of cotton batting that is used for sleeping on the floor or on a raised frame | - |
| rummy | 12 | beyond or deviating from the usual or expected | - |
| suede | 6 | leather with a napped surface | - |
| tunic | 7 | an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue | - |
| aught | 9 | a quantity of no importance | it was all for naught |
| spurt | 7 | the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid) | - |
| blurt | 7 | utter impulsively | He blurted out the secret |
| clung | 8 | - | - |
| cuppa | 11 | a cup of tea | - |
| quart | 14 | a United States dry unit equal to 2 pints or 67.2 cubic inches | - |
| haiku | 12 | an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines | - |
| revue | 8 | a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians | - |
| sinus | 5 | a wide channel containing blood; does not have the coating of an ordinary blood vessel | - |
| bluey | 10 | - | - |
| bushy | 13 | used of hair; thick and poorly groomed | bushy locks |
| scour | 7 | rub hard or scrub | scour the counter tops |
| cushy | 13 | not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship | what a cushy job! |
| huffy | 17 | roused to anger | stayed huffy a good while |
| bulky | 14 | of large size for its weight | - |
| query | 17 | an instance of questioning | - |
| tuner | 5 | an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals | - |
| unzip | 16 | open the zipper of | unzip the bag |
| argus | 6 | large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasant | - |
| fouls | 8 | - | - |
| gusto | 6 | vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment | - |
| humph | 15 | - | - |
| hurst | 8 | - | - |
| squaw | 17 | derogatory terms for an American Indian woman | - |
| outdo | 6 | be or do something to a greater degree | She outdoes all other athletes |
| junky | 19 | someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction | - |
| kurta | 9 | a loose collarless shirt worn by many people on the Indian subcontinent (usually with a salwar or churidars or pyjama) | - |
| locus | 7 | the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting) | - |
| churn | 10 | be agitated | the sea was churning in the storm |
| sadhu | 9 | (Hinduism) an ascetic holy man | - |
| cubby | 14 | a small secluded room | - |
| rerun | 5 | broadcast again, as of a film | - |
| shrug | 9 | a gesture involving the shoulders | - |
| undue | 6 | beyond normal limits | his dress stops just short of undue elegance |
| curvy | 13 | having curves | a settee with only one curvy end |
| ruddy | 10 | of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies | - |
| elude | 6 | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | - |
| gummy | 13 | having the sticky properties of an adhesive | - |
| mauve | 10 | a moderate purple | - |
| duvet | 9 | a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider | - |
| brunt | 7 | main force of a blow etc | bore the brunt of the attack |
| clunk | 11 | make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground | - |
| quint | 14 | one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy | - |
| sucre | 7 | the basic unit of money in Ecuador; equal to 100 centavos | - |
| thunk | 12 | a dull hollow sound | the basketball made a thunk as it hit the rim |
| truer | 5 | - | - |
| lunge | 6 | make a thrusting forward movement | - |
| plumb | 11 | exactly | fell plumb in the middle of the puddle |
| fauna | 8 | a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | - |
| gulag | 7 | a Russian prison camp for political prisoners | - |
| purim | 9 | (Judaism) a Jewish holy day commemorating their deliverance from massacre by Haman | - |
| quell | 14 | suppress or crush completely | - |
| quirk | 18 | a strange attitude or habit | - |
| rouen | 5 | - | - |
| gruff | 12 | deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion | gruff voices |
| gunny | 9 | coarse jute fabric | - |
| luger | 6 | someone who races the luge | - |
| auras | 5 | - | - |
| sunup | 7 | the first light of day | - |
| uncut | 7 | complete | - |
| ghoul | 9 | someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection | - |
| musty | 10 | stale and unclean smelling | - |
| culpa | 9 | - | - |
| gaudy | 10 | (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display | - |
| gruel | 6 | a thin porridge (usually oatmeal or cornmeal) | - |
| junta | 12 | a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power | - |
| manus | 7 | the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb | - |
| mousy | 10 | of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse | a mousy brownish-grey color |
| clump | 11 | walk clumsily | - |
| puree | 7 | rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender | puree the vegetables for the baby |
| strum | 7 | sound the strings of (a stringed instrument) | strum a guitar |
| nudie | 6 | - | - |
| genus | 6 | a general kind of something | ignore the genus communism |
| hunks | 12 | - | - |
| mucky | 16 | dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck | a mucky stable |
| burly | 10 | muscular and heavily built | had a tall burly frame |
| cumin | 9 | aromatic seeds of the cumin herb of the carrot family | - |
| pudgy | 12 | short and plump | - |
| ruble | 7 | the basic unit of money in Russia | - |
| fungi | 9 | the taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants | - |
| fugue | 9 | dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are and leaves home to create a new life; during the fugue there is no memory of the former life; after recovering there is no memory for events during the dissociative state | - |
| burry | 10 | having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | - |
| burro | 7 | small donkey used as a pack animal | - |
| usurp | 7 | seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession | he usurped my rights |
| lemur | 7 | large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails | - |
| dumas | 8 | French writer remembered for his swashbuckling historical tales (1802-1870) | - |
| purer | 7 | - | - |
| sulky | 12 | depressingly dark | - |
| vulva | 11 | external parts of the female genitalia | - |
| lupin | 7 | any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers | - |
| mungo | 8 | - | - |
| dumpy | 13 | short and plump | - |
| curia | 7 | (Roman Catholic Church) the central administration governing the Roman Catholic Church | - |
| reuse | 5 | use again after processing | - |
| spurn | 7 | reject with contempt | She spurned his advances |
| magus | 8 | a magician or sorcerer of ancient times | - |
| lusty | 8 | endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health | - |
| curie | 7 | a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second | - |
| guppy | 13 | small freshwater fish of South America and the West Indies; often kept in aquariums | - |
| slurp | 7 | eat noisily | He slurped his soup |
| usury | 8 | an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest | - |
| mutch | 12 | - | - |
| dusky | 13 | lighted by or as if by twilight | The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn |
| butte | 7 | a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides | - |
