8 Letter Words Containing OU
There are 1,174 8-letter English words that contain OU. The highest scorer in Scrabble® is BOUZOUKI at 23 points.
Word list
A
- aboulias10
- abounded12
- acarpous12
- acaulous10
- accounts12
- accouter12
- accoutre12
- acoustic12
- adjourns16
- aduncous11
- agouties9
- airbound11
- alehouse11
- although15
- amounted11
- ampoules12
- anginous9
- angulous9
- announce10
- anserous8
- aphthous16
- apterous10
- araceous10
- arborous10
- arboured11
- armoured11
- armourer10
- arousals8
- arousers8
- arousing9
- arsenous8
- arsonous8
- astomous10
- astounds9
- avouched17
- avoucher16
- avouches16
B
- backouts16
- badmouth16
- baghouse14
- bailouts10
- barouche15
- beaucoup14
- beclouds13
- bedouins11
- befouled14
- befouler13
- belabour12
- berouged12
- bescours12
- beshouts13
- beshroud14
- besought14
- bespouse12
- bibulous12
- bicolour12
- bigamous13
- bigmouth16
- bihourly16
- bijugous18
- bimanous12
- biparous12
- biramous12
- bistoury13
- bivouacs15
- blackout16
- blousier10
- blousily13
- blousing11
- blousons10
- blowouts13
- boroughs14
- bouchees15
- boudoirs11
- bouffant16
- boughpot16
- boughten14
- bouillon10
- boulders11
- bouldery14
- bouncers12
- bouncier12
- bouncily15
- bouncing13
- boundary14
- bounders11
- bounding12
- bountied11
- bounties10
- bouquets19
- bourbons12
- bourdons11
- bourgeon11
- bourrees10
- bourride11
- bourtree10
- bousouki14
- boutique19
- bouviers13
- bouzouki23
- breakout14
- brougham16
- brouhaha16
- brownout13
- bughouse14
- bullpout12
- burgouts11
- burnouts10
- butyrous13
C
- caducous13
- candours11
- canorous10
- captious12
- carcajou19
- caribous12
- carousal10
- caroused11
- carousel10
- carouser10
- carouses10
- carryout13
- cartouch15
- cathouse13
- cautious10
- cernuous10
- chabouks19
- checkout19
- chibouks19
- chlorous13
- chousers13
- choushes16
- chousing14
- chromous15
- ciboules12
- citreous10
- clamours12
- clangour11
- closeout10
- cloudier11
- cloudily14
- clouding12
- cloudlet11
- clouring11
- clouters10
- clouting11
- cofounds14
- coloured11
- colourer10
- compound15
- confound14
- contours10
- cookouts14
- corneous10
- couchant15
- couchers15
- couching16
- coughers14
- coughing15
- couldest11
- coulises10
- coulisse10
- couloirs10
- coulombs14
- coulters10
- coumaric14
- coumarin12
- coumarou12
- councils12
- counsels10
- counters10
- countess10
- countian10
- counties10
- counting11
- couplers12
- couplets12
- coupling13
- courages11
- courante10
- couranto10
- courants10
- couriers10
- courlans10
- coursers10
- coursing11
- courters10
- courtesy13
- courtier10
- courting11
- couscous12
- cousinly13
- cousinry13
- couteaux17
- couthest13
- couthier13
- coutures10
- couvades14
- covetous13
- crankous14
- cribrous12
- crouched16
- crouches15
- croupier12
- croupily15
- croupous12
- crousely13
- croutons10
- cumbrous14
- cumulous12
- cupreous12
D
- debouche16
- decolour11
- decorous11
- decouple13
- deloused10
- delouser9
- delouses9
- demounts11
- denounce11
- desirous9
- detoured10
- devoured13
- devourer12
- devouter12
- devoutly15
- dextrous16
- dhourras12
- didymous15
- diecious11
- digamous12
- dimerous11
- dioicous11
- disbound12
- discount11
- dismount11
- dizygous22
- doghouse13
- dolorous9
- dormouse11
- doublers11
- doublets11
- doubling12
- doubloon11
- doublure11
- doubters11
- doubtful14
- doubting12
- douceurs11
- douching15
- doughboy18
- doughier13
- doughnut13
- doupioni11
- dourines9
- dourness9
- douzeper20
- downpour14
- dropouts11
- droughts13
- droughty16
- drouking14
- dumfound15
E
F
- fabulous13
- factious13
- faitours11
- fallouts11
- famously16
- farouche16
- fashious14
- fastuous11
- faubourg14
- favoured15
- favourer14
- ferreous11
- fervours14
- feverous14
- flameout13
- flavours14
- flavoury17
- flexuous18
- flounced14
- flounces13
- flounder12
- flouring12
- flourish14
- flouters11
- flouting12
- fogbound15
- foldouts12
- fouettes11
- foughten15
- foulards12
- foulings12
- foulness11
- founders12
- founding13
- fountain11
- fourchee16
- fourfold15
- fourgons12
- fourplex20
- foursome13
- fourteen11
- fourthly17
- foxhound22
- frabjous20
- freakout15
- froufrou14
- frounced14
- frounces13
- frouzier20
- furlough15
G
- gadabout12
- gashouse12
- geepound12
- generous9
- ghoulies12
- ghoulish15
- glabrous11
- glamours11
- glaucous11
- glorious9
- glouting10
- goitrous9
- gorgeous10
- gouaches14
- gouramis11
- gourmand12
- gourmets11
- goutiest9
- gracious11
- grayouts12
- grievous12
- griseous9
- grouched15
- grouches14
- grounded11
- grounder10
- groupers11
- groupies11
- grouping12
- groupoid12
- grousers9
- grousing10
- grouters9
- groutier9
- grouting10
- gypseous14
H
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M
- madhouse14
- manitous10
- marabous12
- marabout12
- mazourka23
- melanous10
- miaouing11
- misbound13
- miscount12
- misdoubt13
- misroute10
- missound11
- missouts10
- mistouch15
- mouching16
- mouchoir15
- moufflon16
- mouflons13
- moulages11
- moulders11
- mouldier11
- moulding12
- moulters10
- moulting11
- mounding12
- mountain10
- mounters10
- mounting11
- mourners10
- mournful13
- mourning11
- mousiest10
- mousings11
- moussaka14
- moussing11
- mouthers13
- mouthful16
- mouthier13
- mouthily16
- mouthing14
- mucinous12
- muticous12
- mutinous10
N
O
- ocherous13
- ochreous13
- odiously12
- odourful12
- oestrous8
- oogamous11
- orgulous9
- ouabains10
- oughting13
- ouistiti8
- outacted11
- outadded11
- outargue9
- outasked13
- outbacks16
- outbaked15
- outbakes14
- outbarks14
- outbawls13
- outbeams12
- outbitch15
- outblaze19
- outbleat10
- outbless10
- outbloom12
- outbluff16
- outblush13
- outboard11
- outboast10
- outbound11
- outboxed18
- outboxes17
- outbrags11
- outbrave13
- outbrawl13
- outbreak14
- outbreed11
- outbribe12
- outbuild11
- outbuilt10
- outbulks14
- outbully13
- outburns10
- outburnt10
- outburst10
- outcaper12
- outcaste10
- outcasts10
- outcatch15
- outcavil13
- outcharm15
- outcheat13
- outchide14
- outclass10
- outclimb14
- outclomb14
- outcoach15
- outcomes12
- outcooks14
- outcount10
- outcrawl13
- outcried11
- outcries10
- outcrops12
- outcross10
- outcrows13
- outcurse10
- outcurve13
- outdance11
- outdared10
- outdares9
- outdated10
- outdates9
- outdodge11
- outdoers9
- outdoing10
- outdoors9
- outdrags10
- outdrank13
- outdrawn12
- outdraws12
- outdream11
- outdress9
- outdrink13
- outdrive12
- outdrops11
- outdrove12
- outdrunk13
- outduels9
- outearns8
- outeaten8
- outfable13
- outfaced14
- outfaces13
- outfalls11
- outfasts11
- outfawns14
- outfeast11
- outfeels11
Point values shown are Scrabble® (letters only, before board bonuses). Browse deeper via the word-lists hub.
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Highest-scoring word in this list
The single highest-scoring word here in Scrabble® is bouzouki at 23 points (letters only, before board bonuses).
FAQs
How many 8-letter words contain OU?
1,174 valid 8-letter English words contain the letters OU.
Are these valid in Wordle and Scrabble?
Every word here comes from a standard English dictionary. UK Scrabble (Collins/SOWPODS) accepts all of them; a handful may not be legal in the North American TWL word list.