Word List

3 letter words with U in the middle

139 words found — showing page 1 of 1.

About this list

Our dictionary holds 139 3 letter words with u in the middle, all exactly 3 letters long. The highest-scoring of them is ZUZ, worth 21 points in Scrabble.

More of these words begin with S than any other letter — 12 of them, about 9% of the list.

62 appear in the 20,000 most common English words (45%), including but, our, out, buy, sun; the remaining 77 are rarer finds that still count as valid plays.

Unscramble thesebutouroutbuysun

3 letter words with U in the middle

Sorted by everyday frequency — the most common words first.

3 letter words(139)

  • but5
  • our3
  • out3
  • buy8
  • sun3
  • run3
  • put5
  • fun6
  • due4
  • jun10
  • cut5
  • sub5
  • guy7
  • cup7
  • cum7
  • bus5
  • bug6
  • pub7
  • gun4
  • sum5
  • sur3
  • hub8
  • sue3
  • tub5
  • duo4
  • fur6
  • rug4
  • nut3
  • mud6
  • dui4
  • mug6
  • bud6
  • auf6
  • gum6
  • huh9
  • sup5
  • rue3
  • dub6
  • cue5
  • mum7
  • cur5
  • hut6
  • rub5
  • mus5
  • hum8
  • gut4
  • bur5
  • hug7
  • cuz14
  • sus3
  • yum8
  • luv6
  • rum5
  • cub7
  • lug4
  • lux10
  • dug5
  • nur3
  • gus4
  • hun6
  • dun4
  • yup8
  • aua3
  • aue3
  • auk7
  • bub7
  • bum7
  • bun5
  • cud6
  • dud5
  • duh7
  • dup6
  • dux11
  • euk7
  • fub8
  • fud7
  • fug7
  • fum8
  • gub6
  • gue4
  • gul4
  • gup6
  • gur4
  • guv7
  • hue6
  • hui6
  • hup8
  • jud11
  • jug11
  • jus10
  • jut10
  • kue7
  • lud4
  • lum5
  • lur3
  • luz12
  • mun5
  • mut5
  • mux12
  • nub5
  • nun3
  • nus3
  • oud4
  • ouk7
  • oup5
  • ous3
  • pud6
  • pug6
  • puh8
  • pul5
  • pun5
  • pup7
  • pur5
  • pus5
  • puy8
  • qua12
  • ruc5
  • rud4
  • rut3
  • sud4
  • sug4
  • sui3
  • suk7
  • suq12
  • tug4
  • tui3
  • tum5
  • tun3
  • tup5
  • tut3
  • tux10
  • vug7
  • vum8
  • wud7
  • wus6
  • yug7
  • yuk10
  • yus6
  • zuz21