There are 163 words that end with AU in our word list of 382,657 words, and every one of them is on this page — grouped by length so you can scan fast, with a live filter when you need something narrower. The biggest group is the 7-letter words (44 of them); the spread is 9 of them 3 letters long, 10 of them 4 letters long, 25 of them 5 letters long, 32 of them 6 letters long, and more up to 12 letters. The longest entries are eisteddfodau, extrabureau and menangkabau. Word-game players keep lists like this open for a reason: Scrabble and Words With Friends reward the obscure corners of the dictionary, crossword solvers live on pattern matching, and Wordle players work by elimination.
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3-letter words (9)
dau eau gau hau mau pau sau tau vau
4-letter words (10)
agau beau diau esau frau luau prau unau veau whau
5-letter words (25)
arrau bajau balau boyau garau gteau heiau heuau hinau iliau kahau kawau mapau nikau noyau palau perau pikau pilau pitau purau serau tarau topau wekau
6-letter words (32)
agneau alagau aloyau amamau anahau anilau bateau bureau burgau cadeau chteau coteau fuseau gateau gounau gregau juneau kareau koolau landau laulau nassau nilgau niveau nylgau pillau radeau reseau rideau warrau whanau whekau
7-letter words (44)
bandeau barbeau batteau berceau binukau carneau carreau chapeau chateau cheneau corbeau cordeau couteau fabliau guarrau jambeau jetteau lambeau mamakau manteau moineau morceau nilghau nouveau nylghau plateau ponceau rinceau rondeau rougeau rouleau sanggau subbeau tableau tamarau temadau timarau timerau tokelau tonneau torteau traneau trumeau watteau
8-letter words (20)
aboideau aboiteau berimbau boisseau bourreau braireau cabeliau esquimau faisceau feldgrau flambeau fourneau hausfrau kustenau mairehau rousseau thamakau traineau warratau williwau
9-letter words (12)
batardeau bigarreau bordereau cabilliau chalumeau cointreau damoiseau gaspereau maquereau sautereau subbureau trousseau
10-letter words (5)
fricandeau jambonneau macquereau pigeonneau serpenteau
11-letter words (5)
extrabureau menangkabau pockmanteau politbureau portmanteau
12-letter words (1)
eisteddfodau
Frequently asked questions
How many words that end with AU are there?
Our word list contains 163 words that end with AU, out of 382,657 entries in total. They run from 3 to 12 letters, and the 7-letter group is the largest with 44 words.
What are the longest words that end with AU?
The longest are eisteddfodau (12 letters), extrabureau (11 letters) and menangkabau (11 letters).
Which words that end with AU score highest in Scrabble?
By raw letter values, the top scorers on this page are macquereau (23 points), jambonneau (21 points) and pockmanteau (21 points) — before any letter or word multipliers. One honest caveat: this list is a broad English word list, so a few rare or technical entries appear that official game dictionaries (and Wordle’s answer list) do not accept. Always check a play against the dictionary your game uses.
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