Words that start with 'ru' and contain 'u'


Your request is super popular, so much so that there are exactly 100 entries to choose from.

4 letter words

  • ruru

5 letter words

  • rubus
  • rufus

6 letter words

  • rubout
  • ruckus
  • rudous
  • rueful
  • rufous
  • rugous
  • rumdum
  • rumour
  • rumpus
  • runout
  • ruscus
  • russud
  • ruswut
  • rutuli

7 letter words

  • rubious
  • ruinous
  • rumours
  • runouts
  • rupture
  • russula
  • rustful
  • ruthful

8 letter words

  • rubicund
  • rubidium
  • rucervus
  • ruckuses
  • ructious
  • ruefully
  • rufulous
  • rugulose
  • rumorous
  • rumoured
  • rumourer
  • rumpuses
  • runabout
  • runround
  • ruptuary
  • ruptured
  • ruptures
  • rushbush
  • rusticum
  • rutilous

9 letter words

  • rubidiums
  • rubineous
  • rudaceous
  • rudenture
  • rudolphus
  • ruinously
  • rumouring
  • rumrunner
  • runabouts
  • runaround
  • runrounds
  • rupturing
  • rutaceous
  • ruthenium
  • ruthenous
  • ruthfully

10 letter words

  • rubedinous
  • rubiaceous
  • rubiginous
  • ruefulness
  • ruinatious
  • rumbullion
  • rumbustion
  • rumchunder
  • rumfustian
  • rumrunners
  • rumrunning
  • rupicolous
  • rupturable
  • rurigenous
  • rusticanum
  • ruthenious

11 letter words

  • rubicundity
  • ruficarpous
  • ruficaudate
  • rufofulvous
  • rufofuscous
  • rufopiceous
  • ruinousness
  • rumbustical
  • rumbustious
  • rumgumption
  • rumpscuttle
  • rumpuncheon
  • rupturewort
  • ruthfulness

12 letter words

  • rumbumptious
  • rumgumptious
  • rumourmonger
  • russolatrous

13 letter words

  • rutherfordium

14 letter words

  • rufotestaceous
  • rumblegumption

15 letter words

  • rufoferruginous
  • rumbustiousness

What's the highest scoring word you can play in Scrabble ?
As there are plenty of words to select from, we'd recommend choosing 'rushbush' scoring 16 points overall.

Which word that starts with 'ru' and includes 'u' is the most common word?
A well-known word for the combination you searched is 'rumour'.

In total, how many words are possible to make using this combination of letters?
From this page of words that start with 'ru' and contain 'u', Dictionarypedia has found 100 entries which are possible.

What's a peculiar word on this list?
Our favorite interesting word from this page goes to 'rustful'. The dictionary defines it as "Full of rust; resembling rust; causing rust; rusty. "Rustful sloth." Quarles.".

Which word in particular from this list consists the largest number of characters?
'Rufoferruginous' has 15 characters, and is the longest word one could make from this combination.