5-Letter Words Starting With OU
There are 32 five-letter words starting with OU, including 6 common puzzle answers. A handy list for Wordle and other five-letter word games.
Popular 5-Letter Puzzle Words Starting With OU
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.
- OUGHT Used to indicate duty, obligation, or what is advisable
- OUTER Being on the outside or further from a center
- OUNCE A unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 28.349 grams
- OUIJA A board with the alphabet used to spell out supernatural messages
- OUTDO To be or do something to a greater degree than another
- OUTGO Money paid out; an amount spent
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Useful Pattern Information
- Most common last letter: S (25%), E (19%), T (9%)
- Most common additional vowel: E, in 47% of these words
- Letters that most often appear alongside: E, T, S, H, R
- Most have 3 vowels (66%)
- 19% contain a repeated letter
- 6 of the 32 are common puzzle answers (19%)
Other Valid Words
26 additional dictionary words start with OU — valid guesses, though rarely answers. Most common first.
- OUTTA
- OUTED
- OUTRO
- OUTRE
- OUTEN
- OUTIE
- OUSTS
- OUZEL
- OUSIA
- OUMAS
- OUPED
- OUCHE
- OUREY
- OURIE
- OUPAS
- OUEDS
- OUNDY
- OUENS
- OUSEL
- OUPHE
- OUBIT
- OUCHT
- OULKS
- OUZOS
- OUPHS
- OUTBY
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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.