U

SIMPLE
Dictionary Abbreviations
Common Usage
PARTS OF SPEECH
Nouns: People
Nouns: Places
Nouns: Things
Nouns: Body Parts
Nouns: Clothing
Nouns: Food
Nouns: Times & Dates
Verbs
Adjectives & Adverbs
CHARADE
U before WORD
WORD around U
U inside WORD
U after WORD
Delete U

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DICTIONARY ABBREVIATIONS

unit

unsatisfactory

unsymmetrical

up (quark)

upper

upper class

uracil (component of RNA)

uranium

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COMMON USAGE

21st

you

up

union

university

kind of boat

kind of pipe

kind of turn

kosher

Uniform (NATO alphabet)

kind of bend

bend

hairpin

horseshoe

oxbow

turn

turnabout

180°

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NOUNS: PEOPLE

Blues’ center

Canucks’ center

guy stripped

head of union

leader of Uganda, Uruguay, Uzbekistan

half of UN

half of us

leader in uniform

leader of underworld

lead in Unforgiven

one of us

Spurs’ center

uncle

you among texters

you at the back

you finally

you in the back

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NOUNS: PLACES

capital of Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan

center of court

central Aruba, Burundi, Lithuania

close to you

educational institution

postsecondary institution

terminal in Corfu, Honolulu, Juneau, Kathmandu, Timbuktu

university

west of Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan

21st row of the theater

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NOUNS: THINGS

abrupt turn

automobile turn

disquieted pup

end of menu

hairpin turn

horseshoe

kind of turn

letter of understanding

missing element in TV series?

opening/premiere of UnbreakableUnforgiven

plumbing bend

sharp turn

sort of bolt

third place in tournament

tug at heart

type of German boat

unlawful entry

uranium

VW’s predecessor

180° turn

21st in a series

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NOUNS: BODY PARTS

front of underarms, uterus

tail of emu, gnu

unicorn’s head

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NOUNS: CLOTHING

front of undershirt

Uniform for a radio operator

Ursula’s cap

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NOUNS: FOOD

last item from menu

last piece of tofu

shelled nut

unlimited rum

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NOUNS: DATES & TIMES

4th of January

5th of February

2nd of June

2nd of July

2nd, 4th of August

mid-January

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VERBS

beginning to uncurl, understand, undertake, undo, unnerve, unravel, upgrade, upholster, upset, urge, use, usurp, utter

bend

edges away from Bud, bug, cub, gun, Gus, Guy, Hun, nun, pug, Sue

heading to Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan

kind of turns

missing element in TV series

school

shelled nut

shelled out

sort of bolt

sort of turn

tug at heart

up

you texted

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ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS

back from Peru

beginning in/west of Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan

close to you

closer to you

initially unafraid to —

inside of bug, bun, bus, cub, cup, fur, gum, gun, gut, hut, jug, mug, mum, nun, nut, pub, pug, pup, rug, rut, sub, sun, tub

inside of our —

middle of our —

of the top people

out in the middle

socially acceptable

third of four

Uganda’s first

young at heart

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U BEFORE WORD

after Bruno’s heart

after Laura’s heart

after university

behind Lou’s back

bend to

following Ursula’s lead

kind of turn over —

kind of turns over —

leader in unison with —

turn on

turn to

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WORD AROUND U

about turn

around center of court

around mid-January

around the bend

catches up halfway

catches up [with]

gaining entrance to underworld, university

gets you in the end

getting accepted

getting back to you

going around hairpin turn

going round the bend

having buried uranium

keeping close to you

keeping kosher

making a case for uranium

nursing school

penning letter of understanding

pinching hairpin

pinching uncle

pulls in front of unicycle

shown around university

takes abrupt turn

with university admission?

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U INSIDE WORD

hairpin enclosed in —

kinds of turns inside —

kind of turns into —

school boards —

sort of turn in

uncle inspired by —

uncle wears —

union committed to —

university boards —

university occupies

uranium buried in

uranium stashed in

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U AFTER WORD

at university

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DELETE U

abandoned by university

after unloading front of U-Haul

bend leaves —

leaving university

less unsatisfactory

non-aristocratic

non-U

non-union

non-university

not accepted

not with university

out of turn

out of university

overlooking university

university dropout

university is out of

uranium-free

with no end of caribou

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