Words Ending In UE
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231 of the 172,434 ENABLE words shown on this site are words that end in UE (about 0.13%). They run from CUE, DUE and HUE at the short end to CHURRIGUERESQUE at the long end. By common tile values the top scorer is MICROTECHNIQUE (32 points); board bonuses aren't counted. 82 of them use no letter twice, which matters in games where every tile is separate. Games use their own dictionaries, so a word here isn't automatically playable everywhere.
At a glance
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Words in this list | 231 |
| Share of the ENABLE list shown on this site | 0.13% |
| Longest | CHURRIGUERESQUE (15 letters) |
| Shortest | CUE, DUE and HUE and 3 more (3 letters) |
| Highest base score (common values) | MICROTECHNIQUE, 32 |
| No repeated letters | 82 |
Most common letter before UE
| Letter | Words |
|---|---|
| Q | 81 |
| G | 71 |
| L | 19 |
| D | 10 |
| R | 10 |
Useful observations
- None of these words is a palindrome (the same backward and forward).
- 38 leave another word when the final
UEis taken off, for exampleAGUE,ANALOGUE,APOLOGUE,BATTUEandCATALOGUE→AG,ANALOG,APOLOG,BATTandCATALOG. - The most common number of vowels (A, E, I, O, U) is 3, found in 80 of these words.
- The average length is 7.3 letters.
- Before UE, the letter
Qappears most often (81 words).
All -UE words
3 letters 6
cue due hue kue rue sue
4 letters 11
ague blue clue flue glue grue moue roue slue spue true
5 letters 25
argue endue ensue fique fugue gigue imbue indue issue pique queue revue rogue roque segue sprue togue toque tuque undue usque vague value venue vogue
6 letters 55
accrue avenue barque basque battue bisque bosque brogue caique calque cangue casque cheque cinque cirque claque clique cloque dengue drogue embrue fescue fondue gangue imbrue langue league manque marque masque miscue morgue mosque opaque perdue plague plaque prevue pulque pursue reglue rescue risque sacque statue subdue tissue tongue torque ubique unglue unique untrue vendue virtue
7 letters 29
antique baroque bezique brusque cacique cazique copihue detinue devalue eclogue exergue fatigue garigue habitue ingenue macaque oblique overdue perique pirogue piroque reargue reissue relique residue retinue revalue revenue silique
8 letters 40
analogue apologue applique barbecue barbeque biunique boutique collogue construe continue critique curlicue curlycue dialogue disvalue duologue epilogue harangue intrigue isologue merengue meringue misvalue moresque mystique nonissue outargue outvalue oxtongue parvenue physique pishogue postique pratique prologue prorogue redargue remarque repursue trueblue
9 letters 28
arabesque burlesque catalogue chibouque colleague decalogue demagogue distingue dominique equivoque grotesque homologue idealogue ideologue monocoque monologue nonleague nonunique odalisque overissue overvalue pedagogue sinologue superglue synagogue technique theologue trialogue
10 letters 19
antiplague antiplaque bluetongue catafalque communique countersue disembogue eigenvalue humoresque mystagogue picaresque radiopaque semiopaque sialagogue squeteague statuesque transvalue travelogue undervalue
11 letters 11
antifatigue beardtongue discontinue discotheque emmenagogue gigantesque misconstrue outintrigue overfatigue picturesque plateresque
12 letters 3
cinematheque counterargue secretagogue
13 letters 2
sculpturesque unpicturesque
14 letters 1
microtechnique
15 letters 1
churrigueresque
Using these words
To find words ending in UE from your own letters, use the Word Unscrambler with UE in Ends with, or try a pattern such as ???UE in the Crossword Solver. Words come from the open ENABLE word list. Different games use different dictionaries, so always check the rules of your game.