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5-Letter Words Starting with GU (49 words)
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guaco (8 points)
Plant used as an antidote for snakebites
Antidote to snake bites.
Tropical climbing plant
G·2+U·1+A·1+C·3+O·1 = 8 pts
guano (6 points)
Bat signal, maybe
Fertilizer from bats
Sea bird droppings
G·2+U·1+A·1+N·1+O·1 = 6 pts
guans (6 points)
Guan
G·2+U·1+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 6 pts
guard (7 points)
Sayer of "Halt!"
Sayer of Halt
Door post (wordplay)
G·2+U·1+A·1+R·1+D·2 = 7 pts
guars (6 points)
Gum-producing legumes
Drought-tolerant legumes
Gum-producing plants
G·2+U·1+A·1+R·1+S·1 = 6 pts
guava (9 points)
Fruit used in making jams
Kind of jam or jelly
Tropical American tree.
G·2+U·1+A·1+V·4+A·1 = 9 pts
gucks (12 points)
Guck
G·2+U·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 12 pts
gudes (7 points)
Gude
G·2+U·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
guess (6 points)
Questionable fashion label (wordplay)
Wild thing (wordplay)
Baffled persons response perhaps
G·2+U·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 6 pts
guest (6 points)
You may provide a bed for one
One sleeping in the spare bedroom, say
Letterman interviewee say
G·2+U·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 6 pts
guffs (12 points)
Guff
G·2+U·1+F·4+F·4+S·1 = 12 pts
guide (7 points)
Sacagawea, for one
Sacagawea for one
Sherpa, for one
G·2+U·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 7 pts
guids (7 points)
Guid
G·2+U·1+I·1+D·2+S·1 = 7 pts
guild (7 points)
Medieval band of merchants
Craft union of old
Part of SAG
G·2+U·1+I·1+L·1+D·2 = 7 pts
guile (6 points)
Trait of Iago
Iago's talent
What a cunning guy often shows
G·2+U·1+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 6 pts
guilt (6 points)
Kind of trip (wordplay)
free lowcal maybe
Jury's finding, perhaps
G·2+U·1+I·1+L·1+T·1 = 6 pts
guiro (6 points)
One instrument or another? No thanks love
Musical instrument made of a hollow gourd
Stringed instrument? No thanks: old Latin American instrument
G·2+U·1+I·1+R·1+O·1 = 6 pts
guise (6 points)
Show man's broadcast
Pretext of chaps on the radio
Something a con artist develops
G·2+U·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 6 pts
gulag (7 points)
The - Archipelago (Solzhenitsyn)
Place bereft of happy campers (wordplay)
Soviet forced labour camp(s)
G·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+G·2 = 7 pts
gular (6 points)
Of the throat
Of the throat.
Of the upper throat.
G·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 6 pts
gulch (11 points)
Narrow ravine (Amer.)
Narrow ravine (US)
Mean Miss of "The Wizard of Oz"
G·2+U·1+L·1+C·3+H·4 = 11 pts
gules (6 points)
Red (in heraldry)
Red, in heraldry
Heraldic color red.
G·2+U·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 6 pts
gulfs (9 points)
Mexico, Guinea, etc.
Gaps to be bridged
California and Mexicompany
G·2+U·1+L·1+F·4+S·1 = 9 pts
gulfy (12 points)
Full of whirlpools
G·2+U·1+L·1+F·4+Y·4 = 12 pts
gulls (6 points)
Fry-stealers, maybe
Parking lot scavengers often
Offshore garbage scow escorts
G·2+U·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 6 pts
gully (9 points)
Channel slips by this (wordplay)
Ravine cut by running water
Drain, cricket position
G·2+U·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
gulps (8 points)
Huge swallows (wordplay)
Takes a big swig
Shows nervousness, in a way
G·2+U·1+L·1+P·3+S·1 = 8 pts
gulpy (11 points)
Marked by gulping
G·2+U·1+L·1+P·3+Y·4 = 11 pts
gumbo (10 points)
Sticky mud Colloq
Stew made with okra
Spicy Cajun soup
G·2+U·1+M·3+B·3+O·1 = 10 pts
gumma (10 points)
A soft tumour
G·2+U·1+M·3+M·3+A·1 = 10 pts
gummy (13 points)
Like candy bears
Fellow claiming decoration lacks bite
Like envelope seals
G·2+U·1+M·3+M·3+Y·4 = 13 pts
gunks (10 points)
Greases (up), as hair
Slimy residues
G·2+U·1+N·1+K·5+S·1 = 10 pts
gunky (13 points)
Hard to clean, maybe
Covered in grease say
Covered in grease, say
G·2+U·1+N·1+K·5+Y·4 = 13 pts
gunny (9 points)
Type of sack
Sack material
Sack stuff
G·2+U·1+N·1+N·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
guppy (13 points)
Little fish in a big pond (wordplay)
Fish named for a British naturalist
Fish seen in tanks a lot
G·2+U·1+P·3+P·3+Y·4 = 13 pts
gurge (7 points)
To {swirl=v}
G·2+U·1+R·1+G·2+E·1 = 7 pts
gurry (9 points)
Fish offal
G·2+U·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
gursh (9 points)
""A monetary unit of Saudi Arabia, also QURSH, GIRSH, QURUSH""
G·2+U·1+R·1+S·1+H·4 = 9 pts
gurus (6 points)
Leaders, of sorts
Leaders of sorts
People of influence
G·2+U·1+R·1+U·1+S·1 = 6 pts
gushy (12 points)
Effusive to excess
Not reserved
Guardian leaders - reticent or effusive (wordplay)
G·2+U·1+S·1+H·4+Y·4 = 12 pts
gussy (9 points)
Dress in your best (with "up")
Get dressed (up)
Get gorgeous, with "up"
G·2+U·1+S·1+S·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
gusto (6 points)
What's got us animated (wordplay)
Enjoyment or vigour (informal)
Zest in food and drink
G·2+U·1+S·1+T·1+O·1 = 6 pts
gusts (6 points)
Hat removers, maybe
Flag wavers (wordplay)
Hat removers maybe
G·2+U·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 6 pts
gusty (9 points)
Full of bluster
Occurring in sudden bursts.
Man across the road is windy
G·2+U·1+S·1+T·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
gutsy (9 points)
Sort of (non-standard)
Like forceful album
Eviscerate extremely smelly game
G·2+U·1+T·1+S·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
gutta (6 points)
A drop on the way to the drain, say
percha golf ball material
percha golf ball ingredient
G·2+U·1+T·1+T·1+A·1 = 6 pts
gutty (9 points)
Brave (Var.)
Courageous (Var.)
Courageous
G·2+U·1+T·1+T·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
guyed (10 points)
Secured by rope, for example
Made fun of - kept in position by ropes
Made fun of
G·2+U·1+Y·4+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
guyot (9 points)
A flat-topped underwater mountain
Swiss naturalist in America, 19th cen.
Geologist Arnold: 1807-84
G·2+U·1+Y·4+O·1+T·1 = 9 pts

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