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.
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