5 Letter Words Starting with OU

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  • OUGHT
  • OUIJA
  • OUNCE
  • OUNDY
  • OUPHE
  • OUPHS
  • OURIE
  • OUSEL
  • OUSTS
  • OUTBY
  • OUTDO
  • OUTED
  • OUTER
  • OUTGO
  • OUTRE
  • OUZEL
  • OUZOS
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Only seventeen words start with OU, and T takes the third box in a third of them.

T Dominates the OU Third Box

T takes it in six of the seventeen, thirty five percent, with N, P, S and Z on two each. Eight letters appear there in total.

The OU Words in General Use

OUGHT, OUNCE and OUTER are the entries most people would produce. OUTDO and OUSTS follow and both are reachable.

OUIJA, OUNDY, OUPHE, OUPHS, OURIE, OUSEL, OUTBY, OUTGO, OUTRE, OUZEL and OUZOS make up the rest, and few of those would occur to you mid puzzle.

  • OUGHT
  • OUNCE
  • OUTER
  • OUTDO
  • OUSTS

Reading an OU Page

E fills the fourth box in four of the seventeen and H in three. E also closes four words with S on three.

Nothing here repeats a letter, so a visible double rules the page out in one step. Past that, confirm a single box and read what remains.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is OUGHT or OUNCE the likelier answer

Both are ordinary words and they differ in every box after the OU. OUNCE is the more common of the two as a noun.

Are OUSEL and OUZEL the same bird

They are variant spellings of the same thing and both appear on this list. They differ only in the third box.

What is OUTBY

A dialect word meaning outside or a short way off. It is one of the entries that fills the count without being guessable.

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