7-letter words with G as the 1st letter and U as the 3rd letter

This fixed pattern gives you 89 tournament-dictionary entries, from familiar picks such as glucose and gourmet to less everyday words like gouache and gruyere. The third letter is always U, but the endings vary: S is the most common final letter, followed by R. Only two entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.

At a glance: the G–U pattern

• There are 89 qualifying words with G first and U third.
• S ends 21 words, the largest final-letter group; R ends 17.
• Only 2 entries meet the common group.
• Glucose, gourmet, grumble, and glutton are among the examples.
• GAUZILY is the top scorer at 20 points.

How many 7-letter words with G first and U third?

There are 89 matches across the tournament dictionaries. The shape is G-U-_-_-_-_-_, so the second letter can vary: glucose and glutton use L, while gourmet and gouache use O. That variety makes the third-letter clue more selective than a simple G-starting search.

For familiar examples, try grumble, grudges, gauging, and goulash. Less common entries include gauchos, gruyere, and gluteus. Just 2 words qualify as common by frequency, so expect many answers to be specialist vocabulary rather than everyday choices.

Which G-and-U words score highest?

GAUZILY scores 20 points, ahead of GRUMPHY at 18 and GRUFFLY and GAUZIER at 17 each. The top result comes from an unusual mix of high-value letters; don’t overlook Z when checking the rack, even if a longer-looking word seems more promising.

Dictionary coverage differs: Collins has 87 matches, NWL2023 has 67, and ENABLE has 64. Those counts overlap, so they are not separate piles to add together. Definitions are available for 67 entries, leaving 22 without one here.