5 Letter Words With OU
Here are all 114 5 letter words with OU, from a standard word-game dictionary, with everyday words first. 44 of them are common words; the rest are rarer but still valid in most word games. Use the Wordle helper to add the letters you know.
Most of these words start with S, C, R. Good picks with five different letters include about, would, could, house.
- Words found
- 114
- Most used
- about
- Most common first letter
- S
Wordle helper: 5 letter words with OU
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Common 5 letter words with OU
| # | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | about | (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct |
| 2 | house | a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families |
| 3 | found | set up or found |
| 4 | group | any number of entities (members) considered as a unit |
| 5 | young | (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth |
| 6 | court | an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business |
| 7 | hours | a period of time assigned for work |
| 8 | south | the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line |
| 9 | sound | the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause |
| 10 | round | having a circular shape |
| 11 | touch | make physical contact with, come in contact with |
| 12 | doubt | the state of being unsure of something |
| 13 | count | determine the number or amount of |
| 14 | mouth | the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge |
| 15 | louis | United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion for 12 years (1914-1981) |
| 16 | proud | feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth |
| 17 | tough | not given to gentleness or sentimentality |
| 18 | youth | a young person (especially a young man or boy) |
| 19 | route | an established line of travel or access |
| 20 | rough | having or caused by an irregular surface |
| 21 | mount | attach to a support |
| 22 | bound | confined by bonds |
| 23 | cloud | any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible |
| 24 | pound | 16 ounces avoirdupois |
| 25 | mouse | any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on... |
| 26 | outer | being on the outside or further from a center |
| 27 | wound | an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin) |
| 28 | souls | the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life |
| 29 | couch | an upholstered seat for more than one person |
| 30 | tours | an industrial city in western France on the Loire River |
| 31 | shout | utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking) |
| 32 | flour | fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain |
| 33 | scout | explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody |
| 34 | cough | exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion |
| 35 | dough | a flour mixture stiff enough to knead or roll |
| 36 | ounce | a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound |
| 37 | trout | flesh of any of several primarily freshwater game and food fishes |
| 38 | rouge | makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks |
| 39 | mound | (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands |
| 40 | aloud | using the voice; not silently |
5 letter words with ou, by first letter
A (4)
- about
- aloud
- amour
- afoul
B (8)
- bound
- bouts
- bayou
- bough
- bijou
- bourg
- bourn
- boule
C (10)
- could
- court
- count
- cloud
- couch
- cough
- coupe
- clout
- coups
- croup
D (5)
- doubt
- dough
- douse
- douma
- douce
F (6)
- found
- flour
- fours
- fouls
- fount
- flout
G (6)
- group
- ghoul
- grout
- gourd
- gouge
- gouty
H (3)
- house
- hours
- hound
J (2)
- joust
- joule
L (7)
- louis
- louie
- lousy
- lough
- louse
- louts
- loupe
M (8)
- mouth
- mount
- mouse
- mound
- mould
- mourn
- moult
- mousy
N (1)
- nouns
O (8)
- ought
- outer
- ounce
- odour
- outed
- outdo
- outre
- ousts
P (7)
- proud
- pound
- pouch
- pious
- pours
- pouty
- pouts
R (9)
- round
- route
- rough
- rouge
- rouse
- rouen
- routh
- routs
- roust
S (17)
- south
- sound
- souls
- shout
- scout
- stout
- spout
- soups
- snout
- scour
- sours
- soupy
- stour
- souks
- souse
- sough
- stoup
T (6)
- touch
- tough
- tours
- trout
- touts
- thous
V (1)
- vouch
W (2)
- would
- wound
Y (4)
- young
- yours
- youth
- youse
More 5 letter word lists
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Questions people ask
How many 5 letter words with OU are there?
This list has 114, taken from a standard word-game dictionary and limited to words seen in real English text.
What are common 5 letter words with OU?
about, would, could, house, found, group, young, court.
Which 5 letter words with OU are good Wordle guesses?
about, would, could, house, found, group use five different letters, so each guess tests more of the alphabet.
Source: the ENABLE word list (a public-domain dictionary used for word games), ranked by how often each word appears in English text (the open wordfreq project), with short meanings from Princeton WordNet. Offensive words are left out.