5-Letter Words Containing OU
Looking for five-letter words that contain OU? This page lists all 156 of them, from ABOUT to YOUTH. The most common are GROUP, YOUTH and HOUSE.
JOUKS scores the most in Scrabble, at 16 points. More of them start with S than any other letter (19 words). For Wordle, GROUP is a strong guess here because it tests five different letters.
- Words
- 156
- Top score
- JOUKS · 16
- Groups
- 20
Common 5-letter words containing OU and their meanings
- group8 pts
- noun: any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
- youth11 pts
- noun: a young person (especially a young man or boy)
- house8 pts
- noun: a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
- sound6 pts
- verb: appear in a certain way
- young9 pts
- adjective: (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
- about7 pts
- adverb: (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
- touch10 pts
- verb: make physical contact with, come in contact with
- mouth10 pts
- noun: the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
- south8 pts
- noun: the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
- shout8 pts
- verb: utter in a loud voice
- court7 pts
- noun: an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
- pound8 pts
- noun: 16 ounces avoirdupois
Definitions from WordNet®, Princeton University.
All 156 5-letter words containing OU
Numbers show Scrabble points.
Starting with A 4
- about7
- afoul8
- aloud6
- amour7
Starting with B 10
- bayou10
- bijou14
- bough11
- boule7
- bound8
- bourg8
- bourn7
- bouse7
- bousy10
- bouts7
Starting with C 13
- cloud8
- clour7
- clout7
- couch12
- coude8
- cough11
- could8
- count7
- coupe9
- coups9
- court7
- couth10
- croup9
Starting with D 8
- doubt8
- douce8
- dough10
- douma8
- doums8
- doura6
- douse6
- drouk10
Starting with F 6
- flour8
- flout8
- fouls8
- found9
- fount8
- fours8
Starting with G 8
- ghoul9
- glout6
- gouge7
- gourd7
- gouts6
- gouty9
- group8
- grout6
Starting with H 4
- hound9
- houri8
- hours8
- house8
Starting with J 4
- joual12
- jouks16
- joule12
- joust12
Starting with K 2
- khoum14
- knout9
Starting with L 10
- lough9
- louie5
- louis5
- loupe7
- loups7
- lours5
- loury8
- louse5
- lousy8
- louts5
Starting with M 12
- meous7
- miaou7
- mouch12
- moues7
- mould8
- moult7
- mound8
- mount7
- mourn7
- mouse7
- mousy10
- mouth10
Starting with N 1
- nouns5
Starting with O 16
- odour6
- ought9
- ounce7
- ouphe10
- ouphs10
- ourie5
- ousel5
- ousts5
- outby10
- outdo6
- outed6
- outer5
- outgo6
- outre5
- ouzel14
- ouzos14
Starting with P 11
- pious7
- pouch12
- pouff13
- poufs10
- poult7
- pound8
- pours7
- pouts7
- pouty10
- poyou10
- proud8
Starting with R 12
- rouen5
- roues5
- rouge6
- rough9
- round6
- roups7
- roupy10
- rouse5
- roust5
- route5
- routh8
- routs5
Starting with S 19
- sajou12
- scour7
- scout7
- shout8
- snout5
- sough9
- souks9
- souls5
- sound6
- soups7
- soupy10
- sours5
- souse5
- south8
- spout7
- stoup7
- stour5
- stout5
- swoun8
Starting with T 7
- thous8
- touch10
- tough9
- tours5
- touse5
- touts5
- trout5
Starting with V 2
- vouch13
- vrouw11
Starting with W 2
- would9
- wound9
Starting with Y 5
- young9
- yourn8
- yours8
- youse8
- youth11
Frequently asked questions
How many 5-letter words containing OU are there?
There are 156 five-letter words that contain OU in the ENABLE word list, which is widely used for word games.
What is the highest-scoring 5-letter word containing OU in Scrabble?
JOUKS is for the highest score at 16 points, before any board bonuses.
What are some common 5-letter words containing OU?
Common examples include GROUP, YOUTH, HOUSE, SOUND, YOUNG and ABOUT.
Which 5-letter words containing OU end in E?
23 of them end in E, including HOUSE, MOUSE, ROUTE and GOUGE.
Can I use these words in Wordle?
Many of them are accepted as Wordle guesses, but Wordle answers are usually common words like GROUP, YOUTH and HOUSE. Use our Wordle Helper to filter by your green, yellow and gray letters.