Browse 6-Letter Words by Starting Letter

Most Common 6-Letter Words Starting With U

The most frequently used words in everyday English, most common first.

All 348 6-Letter Words Starting With U (A–Z)

The words come from the ENABLE word list (15,232 six-letter words), the open dictionary that many word games, including Words With Friends, are based on. Official Scrabble dictionaries accept nearly all of them but can differ slightly.

Starting with UB (2)

Starting with UD (1)

Starting with UG (5)

Starting with UH (1)

Starting with UK (1)

Starting with UL (8)

Starting with UM (13)

Starting with UN (197)

Starting with UP (70)

Starting with UR (31)

Starting with US (11)

Starting with UT (4)

Starting with UV (4)

About 6-Letter Words Starting With U

348
Total words
200
No repeated letters
1 pt
Scrabble value of U

There are 348 six-letter words that start with U. The words come from the ENABLE word list (15,232 six-letter words), the open dictionary that many word games, including Words With Friends, are based on. Official Scrabble dictionaries accept nearly all of them but can differ slightly.

The letters that most often follow U are N (197), P (70), R (31), M (13) and S (11). The biggest groups are words beginning with UN-, UP- and UR-, so if you know the second letter you can jump straight to that group in the list above.

Highest-Scoring Words for Scrabble and Words With Friends

Using standard Scrabble tile values (before bonus squares), the highest-scoring well-known words here are UNIQUE (15 points), UPKEEP (14 points), UNPACK (14 points), UNJUST (13 points), UNISEX (13 points). U itself is worth 1 point. To search by the exact tiles on your rack, use the word finder or the anagram solver.

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There are 348 six-letter words that start with U in our list (based on the ENABLE word list). The most common are UNITED, UNLESS, UNIQUE, USEFUL, UPDATE, UNABLE, UNLIKE, UNIONS.
With standard Scrabble tile values: UNIQUE (15), UPKEEP (14), UNPACK (14), UNJUST (13), UNISEX (13). Bonus squares on the board can increase these scores.
200 of the 348 words use 6 different letters.