“U” is one of the 5 vowels in the English alphabet and is probably the least utilized one of the bunch. Especially when you are to consider it being used at the end of words. It can be quite difficult to come by words in English that end in the letter “u”. Where some letters have thousands or options when they are used as a word ender, “u” only has about 200 words total and most of them have probably never been heard of before!
The following lesson provides what are words that end in U and the full list of words that end in U with ESL infographic.
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Words That End In U
What Are Words That End In U?
Words that end in “u” are any words that use the last vowel in the English alphabet to end the word. There aren’t that many to list but we’ll include all the ones that we know below and you can try and use them in a sentence when you get the chance. You might have heard of a few of them before or you might not have heard of any. Some of them are more outlandish than the others and you’d be forgiven for not knowing what they meant.
A word that ends in “u” could range from as small as three letters in length, to a larger word that is over ten letters. There are so many variations in length that there isn’t one single syllable structure that can set these words apart. However, they are impressive if you’re able to use them in a sentence and we’d really encourage you to try!
The most common word in the English language that ends in “u” is the word “you” which is very convenient. However, you’ll be lucky if you can even think of a single word that ends in “u” without looking at the list below first. There are enough to choose from, but they’re hard to think about and are even harder to come across in daily life.
List Of Words That End In U
- Aboideau
- Aboiteau
- Acajou
- Adieu
- Amadou
- Amu
- Antiflu
- Apercu
- Babassu
- Babu
- Bandeau
- Bateau
- Batteau
- Battu
- Bayou
- Beau
- Bebeeru
- Bedu
- Berimbau
- Bigarreau
- Bijou
- Bordereau
- Boubou
- Bubu
- Bunraku
- Bureau
- Cachou
- Carcajou
- Caribou
- Catechu
- Centu
- Chalumeau
- Chanoyu
- Chapeau
- Chateau
- Chiru
- Cointreau
- Congou
- Cornu
- Coteau
- Coumarou
- Couteau
- Coypou
- Coypu
- Cru
- Didjeridu
- Eau
- Ecru
- Ecu
- Eisteddfodau
- Emeu
- Emu
- Fabliau
- Feu
- Fichu
- Flambeau
- Flu
- Fondu
- Fou
- Fricandeau
- Froufrou
- Fugu
- Gagaku
- Gaspereau
- Gateau
- Genu
- Gnu
- Grugru
- Guru
- Habu
- Haiku
- Haku
- Haleru
- Hausfrau
- Hokku
- Iglu
- Impromptu
- Inconnu
- Jabiru
- Jambeau
- Jehu
- Jeu
- Jiujitsu
- Jiujutsu
- Jujitsu
- Juju
- Jujutsu
- Juku
- Kabeljou
- Kagu
- Kanzu
- Keiretsu
- Kinkajou
- Kombu
- Kudu
- Kudzu
- Kuru
- Landau
- Latu
- Leku
- Leu
- Lieu
- Litu
- Luau
- Lulu
- Manitou
- Manitu
- Manteau
- Marabou
- Menu
- Meou
- Miaou
- Milieu
- Morceau
- Mu
- Mumu
- Muumuu
- Nairu
- Nilgau
- Nilghau
- Nouveau
- Nu
- Nunchaku
- Nylghau
- Ormolu
- Pareu
- Parvenu
- Perdu
- Pilau
- Pirarucu
- Pistou
- Piu
- Plateau
- Poilu
- Portmanteau
- Poyou
- Prahu
- Prau
- Priedieu
- Pupu
- Purlieu
- Quippu
- Quipu
- Raku
- Reseau
- Rondeau
- Rouleau
- Rousseau
- Saddhu
- Sadhu
- Sajou
- Samshu
- Santimu
- Sapajou
- Sau
- Senryu
- Seppuku
- Shiatsu
- Shiatzu
- Shoyu
- Snafu
- Sou
- Subbureau
- Submenu
- Sulu
- Tableau
- Tabu
- Tamandu
- Tamarau
- Tau
- Teledu
- Tendu
- Thou
- Thru
- Timarau
- Tinamou
- Tiramisu
- Tofu
- Tolu
- Tonneau
- Trousseau
- Trumeau
- Turacou
- Tutu
- Ulu
- Unau
- Vatu
- Vau
- Vermoulu
- Vertu
- Virtu
- Vodou
- Wamefou
- Williwau
- Wushu
- Xu
- You
- Zaibatsu
- Zebu
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