5-letter words with AU in the middle
Delve into the fascinating world of words where the letter AU is nestled in the middle. This section highlights the unique placement of AU in various words, illustrating how it contributes to their sound and meaning. From everyday language to more unusual terms, discover how AU in the middle shapes the essence of these words.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| cause | 7 | any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | - |
| fault | 8 | a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention | I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults |
| laugh | 9 | produce laughter | - |
| laura | 5 | - | - |
| sauce | 7 | add zest or flavor to, make more interesting | sauce the roast |
| fraud | 9 | something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage | - |
| vault | 8 | jump across or leap over (an obstacle) | - |
| sauna | 5 | a Finnish steam bath; steam is produced by pouring water over heated rocks | - |
| pause | 7 | interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing | The speaker paused |
| haunt | 8 | haunt like a ghost; pursue | Fear of illness haunts her |
| gauge | 7 | judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) | - |
| kraut | 9 | offensive term for a person of German descent | - |
| gauze | 15 | a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave | - |
| taunt | 5 | aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing | - |
| beaut | 7 | an outstanding example of its kind | his roses were beauties |
| saucy | 10 | improperly forward or bold | - |
| mauve | 10 | a moderate purple | - |
| fauna | 8 | a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | - |
| gaudy | 10 | (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display | - |
| beaux | 14 | - | - |
| saute | 5 | fried quickly in a little fat | - |
| waugh | 12 | English author of satirical novels (1903-1966) | - |
| jaunt | 12 | a journey taken for pleasure | - |
| taupe | 7 | of something having a dusky brownish grey color | - |
| gaunt | 6 | very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold | a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys |
| caulk | 11 | a waterproof filler and sealant that is used in building and repair to make watertight | - |
| saury | 8 | slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters | - |
| lauds | 6 | - | - |
| beaus | 7 | - | - |
| causa | 7 | a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy | - |
| gauss | 6 | German mathematician who developed the theory of numbers and who applied mathematics to electricity and magnetism and astronomy and geodesy (1777-1855) | - |
| kauri | 9 | tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood | - |
| faugh | 12 | - | - |
| fauld | 9 | a piece of armor plate below the breastplate | - |
| fauns | 8 | - | - |
| faurd | 9 | - | - |
| fauts | 8 | - | - |
| fauve | 11 | a member of a group of French painters who followed fauvism | - |
| gaups | 8 | - | - |
| gaurs | 6 | - | - |
| gauzy | 18 | so thin as to transmit light | gauzy clouds of dandelion down |
| gaucy | 11 | - | - |
| gauds | 7 | - | - |
| gauje | 13 | - | - |
| gault | 6 | - | - |
| gaums | 8 | - | - |
| gaumy | 11 | - | - |
| fraus | 8 | - | - |
| ghaut | 9 | - | - |
| glaum | 8 | - | - |
| glaur | 6 | - | - |
| haute | 8 | - | - |
| hause | 8 | - | - |
| hauds | 9 | - | - |
| haufs | 11 | - | - |
| haugh | 12 | - | - |
| hauld | 9 | - | - |
| haulm | 10 | stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding | - |
| hauls | 8 | - | - |
| hault | 8 | - | - |
| imaum | 9 | (Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque; for Shiites an imam is a recognized authority on Islamic theology and law and a spiritual guide | - |
| jaups | 14 | - | - |
| jauks | 16 | - | - |
| knaur | 9 | - | - |
| kaugh | 13 | - | - |
| kauru | 9 | - | - |
| kaury | 12 | tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood | - |
| laund | 6 | - | - |
| lauan | 5 | - | - |
| lauch | 10 | - | - |
| laufs | 8 | - | - |
| luaus | 5 | - | - |
| miaul | 7 | the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this) | - |
| mauri | 7 | - | - |
| mauts | 7 | - | - |
| maund | 8 | a unit of weight used in Asia; has different values in different countries | the official maund in India is 82.6 pounds avoirdupois |
| mauls | 7 | - | - |
| mauby | 12 | - | - |
| mauds | 8 | - | - |
| nauch | 10 | an intricate traditional dance in India performed by professional dancing girls | - |
| naunt | 5 | - | - |
| dauts | 6 | - | - |
| daube | 8 | - | - |
| daubs | 8 | - | - |
| dauby | 11 | - | - |
| dauds | 7 | - | - |
| dault | 6 | - | - |
| daunt | 6 | cause to lose courage | - |
| daurs | 6 | - | - |
| dwaum | 11 | - | - |
| caups | 9 | - | - |
| caums | 9 | - | - |
| cauda | 8 | any taillike structure | - |
| cauks | 11 | - | - |
| cauld | 8 | - | - |
| cauls | 7 | - | - |
| claut | 7 | - | - |
| blaud | 8 | - | - |
| bauds | 8 | - | - |
| bauks | 11 | - | - |
| baulk | 11 | the area on a billiard table behind the balkline | - |
| baurs | 7 | - | - |
| amaut | 7 | - | - |
| praus | 7 | - | - |
| rauns | 5 | - | - |
| raupo | 7 | - | - |
| scaud | 8 | - | - |
| scaup | 9 | diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill | - |
| scaur | 7 | - | - |
| sauts | 5 | - | - |
| saunt | 5 | - | - |
| sauba | 7 | - | - |
| sauch | 10 | - | - |
| saugh | 9 | - | - |
| sauls | 5 | - | - |
| sault | 5 | - | - |
| shaul | 8 | - | - |
| spaul | 7 | - | - |
| staun | 5 | - | - |
| tauts | 5 | - | - |
| taube | 7 | - | - |
| tauld | 6 | - | - |
| tauon | 5 | a lepton of very great mass | - |
| unaus | 5 | - | - |
| vaunt | 8 | show off | - |
| vaute | 8 | - | - |
| vauts | 8 | - | - |
| vauch | 13 | - | - |
| pauas | 7 | - | - |
| pauls | 7 | - | - |
| whaup | 13 | - | - |
| whaur | 11 | - | - |
| wauff | 14 | - | - |
| wauks | 12 | - | - |
| waulk | 12 | - | - |
| wauls | 8 | - | - |
| waurs | 8 | - | - |
| yauds | 9 | - | - |
| yauld | 9 | - | - |
| yaups | 10 | - | - |
| cauri | 7 | - | - |
| mausy | 10 | - | - |
| mauzy | 19 | - | - |
| gauch | 11 | - | - |
| hauns | 8 | - | - |
