5-Letter Words Starting With LU
There are 64 five-letter words starting with LU, including 10 common puzzle answers. A handy list for Wordle and other five-letter word games.
Popular 5-Letter Puzzle Words Starting With LU
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.
- LUCKY Having or bringing good fortune
- LUNCH A midday meal
- LUNAR Relating to the moon
- LUCID Clear and easy to understand
- LUMEN A unit measuring the amount of light emitted
- LUNGE A sudden forward movement or thrust of the body
- LUMPY Having an uneven texture with bumps or masses
- LUSTY Having or showing vigorous health and energy
- LURCH A sudden unsteady movement or stagger
- LURID Shocking or sensational in a vivid, often gruesome way
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Useful Pattern Information
- Most common last letter: S (39%), Y (12%), D (11%)
- Most common additional vowel: E, in 41% of these words
- Letters that most often appear alongside: S, E, R, N, D
- Most have 2 vowels (66%)
- 22% contain a repeated letter
- 10 of the 64 are common puzzle answers (16%)
Other Valid Words
54 additional dictionary words start with LU — valid guesses, though rarely answers. Most common first.
- LUNGS
- LURED
- LUPUS
- LUMPS
- LURES
- LUPIN
- LURKS
- LUGER
- LUSTS
- LULLS
- LUBED
- LUTEA
- LUCRE
- LUTES
- LUBES
- LUCKS
- LUNAS
- LUNGI
- LUNES
- LUREX
- LUDIC
- LURVE
- LUDES
- LULUS
- LUCES
- LUFFA
- LURGY
- LUSUS
- LUNTS
- LUAUS
Show all 54 words All 54 words
- LUMME
- LUMAS
- LUTER
- LUTED
- LURER
- LUGES
- LUGED
- LUSER
- LUNKS
- LUSHY
- LUNET
- LUSKS
- LURRY
- LUDOS
- LUMMY
- LUXES
- LUXED
- LUACH
- LUBRA
- LUXER
- LUFFS
- LUMBI
- LURGI
- LUVVY
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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.