5-Letter Words Starting With AU
There are 29 five-letter words starting with AU, including 5 common puzzle answers. A handy list for Wordle and other five-letter word games.
Popular 5-Letter Puzzle Words Starting With AU
Common puzzle answers are everyday words of the kind word puzzles choose as solutions, most common first. Plurals and rare words are valid guesses but rarely answers, so they're listed separately below.
- AUDIO The sound part of a recording or broadcast
- AUDIT An official inspection of an organization's accounts
- AUNTY An informal term for aunt, a parent's sister or uncle's wife
- AUGER A hand tool for boring holes
- AUGUR To predict or indicate a future outcome, especially from signs or omens
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Useful Pattern Information
- Most common last letter: S (31%), T (10%), R (10%)
- Most common additional vowel: I, in 31% of these words
- Letters that most often appear alongside: R, I, S, E, T
- Most have 3 vowels (72%)
- 31% contain a repeated letter
- 5 of the 29 are common puzzle answers (17%)
Other Valid Words
24 additional dictionary words start with AU — valid guesses, though rarely answers. Most common first.
- AUNTS
- AUTOS
- AURAL
- AUGHT
- AURAS
- AURUM
- AUXIN
- AURIC
- AUGEN
- AURIS
- AUDAX
- AULAS
- AURES
- AULIC
- AULOS
- AUNES
- AURAR
- AUGES
- AUMIL
- AUCHT
- AUDAD
- AURAE
- AUREI
- AULOI
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Generated from the TurnWord word database, the dictionary behind the Word Solver and Word Bot. Common puzzle answers are our curated answer list, the everyday words word puzzles tend to use as answers — not the official answer list of any game; every other word is a valid guess. Counts and statistics are computed from this list. Word database updated September 19, 2026.