Words that contain 'u' and end in 'ish'


This is a popular choice of words, so much in fact there are exactly 416 entries to consider. Have fun children!

5 letter words

  • cuish
  • udish

6 letter words

  • aguish
  • bluish
  • dudish
  • fumish
  • gluish
  • gurish
  • jutish
  • luvish
  • mulish
  • nudish
  • outish
  • pukish
  • pulish
  • punish
  • rudish
  • squish
  • truish
  • tunish
  • unwish
  • uppish

7 letter words

  • acutish
  • alumish
  • anguish
  • auntish
  • beauish
  • blueish
  • brutish
  • buckish
  • bugfish
  • bulkish
  • bullish
  • burfish
  • burnish
  • burrish
  • busyish
  • cubbish
  • cultish
  • currish
  • duckish
  • dullish
  • dumpish
  • duncish
  • dunfish
  • dunnish
  • duskish
  • faunish
  • foulish
  • fullish
  • furbish
  • furnish
  • gaudish
  • gaulish
  • gaumish
  • goutish
  • guarish
  • gullish
  • gutnish
  • huffish
  • hunnish
  • kurdish
  • loudish
  • loutish
  • lumpish
  • muddish
  • mudfish

8 letter words

  • bluefish
  • bluntish
  • broguish
  • bubblish
  • burrfish
  • chumpish
  • churlish
  • cliquish
  • clubbish
  • clumpish
  • drumfish
  • dumbfish
  • flourish
  • frubbish
  • frumpish
  • ghoulish
  • glumpish
  • gruffish
  • grumpish
  • gurdfish
  • gustoish
  • houndish
  • humanish
  • youngish
  • junefish
  • languish
  • linquish
  • lourdish
  • lumpfish
  • lungfish
  • maturish
  • mosquish
  • numbfish
  • obtusish
  • plumpish
  • proudish
  • puppyish
  • purplish
  • quackish
  • qualmish
  • queanish
  • queerish
  • quippish
  • quirkish
  • quizzish

9 letter words

  • aluminish
  • argusfish
  • authorish
  • bummerish
  • bundahish
  • churchish
  • conourish
  • countfish
  • enanguish
  • epicurish
  • featurish
  • flunkyish
  • guardfish
  • guelphish
  • houndfish
  • jesuitish
  • junkerish
  • kyurinish
  • liquorish
  • minuetish
  • mousefish
  • muckerish
  • murderish
  • murmurish
  • outparish
  • outvanish
  • prepunish
  • pulpitish
  • puppetish
  • puppyfish
  • quaintish
  • quakerish
  • qualmyish
  • queenfish
  • quillfish
  • quiverish
  • reburnish
  • refurbish
  • refurnish
  • renourish
  • republish
  • roundfish
  • routinish
  • russetish
  • saucedish

10 letter words

  • amateurish
  • bounderish
  • bravuraish
  • buffoonish
  • bugbearish
  • bumpkinish
  • butterfish
  • cherubfish
  • chopunnish
  • coquettish
  • countryish
  • cuttlefish
  • deflourish
  • disfurnish
  • extinguish
  • flunkeyish
  • fustianish
  • gluttonish
  • guitarfish
  • hoodlumish
  • jebusitish
  • journalish
  • jutlandish
  • kashoubish
  • mugwumpish
  • muttonfish
  • outlandish
  • overpunish
  • parlourish
  • picayunish
  • ploughfish
  • prefurnish
  • prepublish
  • pumpkinish
  • reflourish
  • relinquish
  • rudderfish
  • ruffianish
  • sawdustish
  • snoquamish
  • squeakyish
  • suckerfish
  • tarquinish
  • tartuffish
  • tonguefish

11 letter words

  • adventurish
  • buffalofish
  • bulldoggish
  • busybodyish
  • calenturish
  • cataloguish
  • cutlassfish
  • distinguish
  • housewifish
  • humdrummish
  • lukewarmish
  • mosquitoish
  • outflourish
  • outskirmish
  • overfurnish
  • overnourish
  • pedagoguish
  • porcupinish
  • scullionish
  • soubrettish
  • squirrelish
  • superfinish
  • surgeonfish
  • thunderfish
  • trumpetfish
  • ultramulish
  • ultrapopish
  • unauthorish
  • unestablish
  • unspleenish
  • unsqueamish

12 letter words

  • baragouinish
  • buccaneerish
  • derelinquish
  • gefulltefish
  • guidebookish
  • midsummerish
  • mosquitofish
  • mussulmanish
  • overflourish
  • philobrutish
  • scoundrelish
  • squirrelfish
  • supermannish
  • superstylish
  • ultrastylish
  • uncoquettish
  • underfurnish
  • undergarnish
  • undernourish

13 letter words

  • bumblebeefish
  • butterflyfish
  • curmudgeonish
  • guttersnipish
  • juggernautish
  • landlubberish
  • mountebankish
  • oversqueamish
  • picturesquish
  • pococurantish
  • preextinguish
  • redistinguish
  • sansculottish
  • sargassumfish
  • subterbrutish
  • superastonish
  • superdevilish
  • troubadourish
  • undertakerish
  • undistinguish
  • unpleasantish

14 letter words

  • misdistinguish
  • predistinguish
  • pseudofeverish
  • quarterdeckish
  • quicksilverish
  • subdistinguish
  • superestablish

15 letter words

  • bluestockingish
  • undergraduatish

16 letter words

  • interdistinguish
  • pseudoamateurish

17 letter words

  • contradistinguish
  • unbluestockingish

18 letter words

  • counterdistinguish

What is the most popular word that has 'u' in and ends with 'ish' in the dictionary?
We've identified that 'furnish' is the 4199th most common word.

In Scrabble, what's the highest number of points you can get using words that have 'u' in and end with 'ish'?
With the number of words from which to select, your best option is 'quizzish' which scores 38 points.

What is an unique word from this page?
A good example of an unusual word from this page is 'sluggish'. The conventional definition of 'sluggish' is as follows: "1. Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man. 2. Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream. 3. Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert. Matter, being impotent, sluggish, and inactive, hath no power to stir or move itself. Woodward. And the sluggish...". Source Oxford Dictionary.

How many usable words could one make using this list?
On this list of words containing 'u' and ending with 'ish', there are 416 fantastic combinations that can be selected.

What's the biggest word you can construct from words that have 'u' in and end with 'ish'?
'counterdistinguish'