5-Letter Words Starting With NU

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NURSE​5
NUDES​6
NUDGE​7
NUKES​9
NUTTY​8
NULLA​5
NULLS​5
NUDIE​6
NUKED​10
NUBIA​7
NUBBY​12
NUMBS​9
NUMEN​7
NUTSO​5
NUDDY​10
NUCHA​10
NUDER​6
NUDZH​18
NUFFS​11
NUGAE​6


There are 27 words with 5 letters that start with NU in the English language. If you’re here to solve your daily Wordle puzzle, the fastest way is with our Wordle Solver, especially if you’ve already guessed some of the letters or you can even get a Wordle hint.

You should also know that, among the words on this list, 3 of them could be accepted as Wordle solutions, according to the list of 2,309 words from the NYT. For more options, look at 5-letter words ending in NU or 5-letter words that contain NU in any position.

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For people looking at 5-letter words starting with NU for Scrabble, we prepared a few insights into this group:

– The average word from this group is worth 8 in Scrabble.
– Most points you can score by playing a word from this group is 47 by playing the word CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSES.

For other NU starting words, we have a list of all words containing NU on this page.

If you’re only interested in Wordle-eligible words, we have a full Wordle words list ready for you.