7-letter words with N as the 3rd letter and U as the 5th letter

With N fixed in slot three and U in slot five, the remaining five positions account for 107 tournament-dictionary matches. CENTURY, PENGUIN, and CONDUCT are familiar fits, while CONJURE and SUNBURN take the same fixed letters in another direction. Just 14 matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so many results are less familiar than the examples suggest.

The pattern at a glance

• The pattern has 107 seven-letter matches across tournament dictionaries.
• C begins 27 matches; P is the runner-up with 13.
• S is the most frequent final letter, appearing in 50 matches.
• Only 14 matches fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• JONQUIL leads the scoring options at 23 points.

Which starting and ending letters show up most?

C has a clear lead in the opening slot, with 27 matches against P's 13. The CON- cluster supplies recognizable examples: CONDUCT, CONSUME, CONSULT, CONQUER, and CONDUIT. If C and O are already fixed at the start, testing that shared opening narrows the search quickly.

At the other end, S closes 50 words; E comes next with 15. HONOURS, TONGUES, and LINEUPS show the range of S-ending fits. That final S is a useful clue, but check the whole pattern before assuming an answer is simply a plural.

7-letter words with N as 3rd and U as 5th letter

JONQUIL earns the top score at 23 points. YANQUIS and CONJURY each score 19, while CONQUER and BANQUET each reach 18. Against an average score of 10.7, those high-value choices stand out; their uncommon letters explain why a familiar-looking answer is not always the best scoring play.

The dictionary totals vary: Collins contains 104 matches, NWL2023 contains 88, and ENABLE contains 81. Of the 107 matches, 95 have definitions, but only 14 meet the stated frequency cutoff. Check your game's word list before playing an obscure candidate; a pattern match alone does not guarantee acceptance.