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6-letter words starting with AU

41 words are exactly 6 letters long and starting with au, about 0.2% of every six-letter word.

Length 6 Letters AU

6-letter words starting with AU

41 of 41 shown

For example: aubade, audile, augite, aumbry, aurify, auteur.

aubade6
auburn6
auceps6
aucuba6
audads6
audial6
audile6
auding6
audios6
audits6
augend6
augers6
aughts6
augite6
augurs6
augury6
august6
auklet6
aulder6
aumail6
aumbry6
aumils6
aunter6
auntie6
auntly6
aurate6
aureus6
aurify6
aurist6
aurora6
aurous6
aurums6
auspex6
ausubo6
auteur6
author6
autism6
autist6
autoed6
autumn6
auxins6

About 6-letter words starting with AU

Every word here is exactly 6 letters with au locked into the first slot. Ranked 134 of 145, "au" is an unusual opening. A short list like this is close to an answer on its own.

A two-letter opening is a real unit of English rather than two separate tiles. Onsets are constrained: plenty of letter pairs never begin a word at all, so once you have confirmed two, most of the dictionary is already gone. Inside this set, the letter sitting immediately next to the fixed pair is most often G (7), R (7), D (6).

People search this one both ways round, as six letter words starting with au and as au words 6 letters. Both mean the same thing, and this is the list. If the length is wrong, the sibling lengths are below.

Same opening, other lengths

Other openings at 6 letters

Quick answers

How many 6-letter words starting with au are there?

41 of them, out of 22,418 six-letter words, or about 0.2% of the length. Ranked 134 of 145, "au" is an unusual opening. A short list like this is close to an answer on its own.

Why does this page only cover 6-letter words?

Because a length and an opening together are what you usually know. If you need a different size, the list below moves "au" to the other lengths that have enough words to be worth a page. Dropping the length entirely gives you every word starting with A instead.

What usually comes next in these words?

The letter just inside the fixed pair is most often G (7), R (7), D (6). A two-letter opening is a real unit of English rather than two separate tiles. Onsets are constrained: plenty of letter pairs never begin a word at all, so once you have confirmed two, most of the dictionary is already gone.

Do you have a page for every two-letter opening?

No, and deliberately so. A pair only gets a page when at least 35 six-letter words share it. Below that the list is too short to be worth a visit, so we send you to the single-letter list instead.

Are proper nouns or abbreviations included?

No. Only standard dictionary words appear, which matches what Wordle, Scrabble, and crossword grids accept. A missing word is almost always a name, a hyphenation, or an abbreviation.

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