7-letter words with O as the 2nd letter and U as the 3rd letter

429 7-letter words with O as the 2nd letter and U as the 3rd letter match this pattern, from COUNTRY and COUNCIL to JOURNEY and ROUTINE.

429 wordsTop pick COUNTRYHighest score JOUKERY 21

56 of 429 are everyday words (13%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

2nd letter
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H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
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Z

3rd letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

With O in 2nd place, R is the most common 3rd letter (576 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
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Common words 56 · most-used first

COUNTRY₁₂
COUNCIL₁₁
SOURCES₉
HOUSING₁₁
JOURNAL₁₄
YOUNGER₁₁
JOURNEY₁₇
COUNTER₉
FOUNDED₁₂
COURSES₉
FOUNDER₁₁
ROUTINE₇
ROUGHLY₁₄
COUPLES₁₁
COURAGE₁₀
WOUNDED₁₂
TOUCHED₁₃
TOURISM₉
MOUNTED₁₀
TOURIST₇
COUNSEL₉
SOUNDED₉
COUNTED₁₀
ROUNDED₉
TOUCHES₁₂
COUPLED₁₂
COUSINS₉
DOUBLED₁₁
DOUBLES₁₀
TOURING₈
POURING₁₀
BOULDER₁₀
COURIER₉
TOUGHER₁₁
COUPONS₁₁
BOURBON₁₁
ROUTING₈
POULTRY₁₂
SOURCED₁₀
BOUNDED₁₁
VOUCHER₁₅
BOUNCED₁₂
DOUBTED₁₁
BOUQUET₁₈
GOURMET₁₀
COUTURE₉
FOUNDRY₁₄
ROUNDER₈

Showing the top 48 of 56 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 429

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

AOUDADS₉
BOUBOUS₁₁
BOUCHEE₁₄
BOUCHES₁₄
BOUCLEE₁₁
BOUCLES₁₁
BOUDINS₁₀
BOUDOIR₁₀
BOUFFES₁₅
BOUGETS₁₀
BOUGHED₁₄
BOUGHTS₁₃
BOUGIER₁₀
BOUGIES₁₀
BOUGING₁₁
BOUILLI₉
BOUJIER₁₆
BOULDER₁₀
BOULLES₉
BOULTED₁₀
BOULTER₉
BOUNCED₁₂
BOUNCER₁₁
BOUNCES₁₁
BOUNDED₁₁
BOUNDEN₁₀
BOUNDER₁₀
BOUNING₁₀
BOUQUET₁₈
BOURBON₁₁
BOURDER₁₀
BOURDON₁₀
BOURGIE₁₀
BOURKHA₁₆
BOURLAW₁₂
BOURNES₉
BOURREE₉
BOURSES₉
BOURSIN₉
BOUSIER₉
BOUSING₁₀
BOUTADE₁₀
BOUTONS₉
BOUVIER₁₂
COUCALS₁₁
COUCHED₁₅
COUCHEE₁₄
COUCHER₁₄
COUCHES₁₄
COUGANS₁₀
COUGARS₁₀
COUGHED₁₄
COUGHER₁₃
COUGUAR₁₀
COULDST₁₀
COULEES₉
COULOIR₉
COULOMB₁₃
COULTER₉
COUNCIL₁₁
COUNSEL₉
COUNTED₁₀
COUNTER₉
COUNTRY₁₂
COUPEES₁₁
COUPERS₁₁
COUPING₁₂
COUPLED₁₂
COUPLER₁₁
COUPLES₁₁
COUPLET₁₁
COUPONS₁₁
COUPURE₁₁
COURAGE₁₀
COURANT₉
COURBED₁₂
COURIED₁₀
COURIER₉
COURIES₉
COURING₁₀
COURLAN₉
COURSED₁₀
COURSER₉
COURSES₉
COURTED₁₀
COURTER₉
COURTLY₁₂
COUSINS₉
COUTEAU₉
COUTERS₉
COUTHER₁₂
COUTHIE₁₂
COUTILS₉
COUTURE₉
COUVADE₁₃
COUVERT₁₂
COUZINS₁₈
DOUANES₈
DOUBLED₁₁
DOUBLER₁₀
DOUBLES₁₀
DOUBLET₁₀
DOUBTED₁₁
DOUBTER₁₀
DOUCELY₁₃
DOUCEST₁₀
DOUCETS₁₀
DOUCEUR₁₀
DOUCHED₁₄
DOUCHES₁₃
DOUCINE₁₀
DOUGHTY₁₅
DOUKING₁₃
DOULEIA₈
DOURAHS₁₁
DOUREST₈
DOURINE₈
DOUSERS₈
DOUSING₉
DOUTERS₈
DOUTING₉
FOUDRIE₁₁
FOUETTE₁₀
FOUGADE₁₂
FOUGHTY₁₇
FOULARD₁₁
FOULDER₁₁
FOULEST₁₀
FOULIES₁₀
FOULING₁₁
FOUMART₁₂
FOUNDED₁₂
FOUNDER₁₁
FOUNDRY₁₄
FOURGON₁₁
FOURSES₁₀
FOURTHS₁₃
FOUSSAS₁₀
FOUTERS₁₀
FOUTRAS₁₀
FOUTRED₁₁
FOUTRES₁₀
GOUACHE₁₃
GOUGERE₉
GOUGERS₉
GOUGING₁₀
GOUJONS₁₅
GOULASH₁₁
GOURAMI₁₀
GOURDES₉
GOURMET₁₀
GOUTFLY₁₄
GOUTIER₈
GOUTILY₁₁
GOUTTES₈
HOUDAHS₁₄
HOUDANS₁₁
HOUFFED₁₇
HOUFING₁₄
HOUGHED₁₅
HOUHERE₁₃
HOUMMOS₁₄
HOUMOUS₁₂
HOUNDED₁₂
HOUNDER₁₁
HOUNGAN₁₁
HOUSELS₁₀
HOUSERS₁₀
HOUSIER₁₀
HOUSING₁₁
HOUTING₁₁
JOUKERY₂₁
JOUKING₁₉
JOULING₁₅
JOUNCED₁₇
JOUNCES₁₆
JOURNAL₁₄
JOURNEY₁₇
JOURNOS₁₄
JOUSTED₁₅
JOUSTER₁₄
KOULANS₁₁
KOUMISS₁₃
KOUMYSS₁₆
KOUPREY₁₆
KOUSSOS₁₁
LOUDENS₈
LOUDEST₈
LOUDISH₁₁
LOUNDED₉
LOUNDER₈
LOUNGED₉
LOUNGER₈
LOUNGES₈
LOUNGEY₁₁
LOUNING₈
LOUPING₁₀
LOURIER₇
LOURIES₇
LOURING₈
LOUSERS₇
LOUSIER₇
LOUSILY₁₀
LOUSING₈
LOUTING₈
LOUTISH₁₀
LOUVARS₁₀
LOUVERS₁₀
LOUVRED₁₁
LOUVRES₁₀
MOUCHED₁₅
MOUCHER₁₄
MOUCHES₁₄
MOUFLON₁₂
MOUILLE₉
MOUJIKS₂₀
MOULAGE₁₀
MOULDED₁₁
MOULDER₁₀
MOULINS₉
MOULTED₁₀
MOULTEN₉
MOULTER₉
MOUNDED₁₁
MOUNTED₁₀
MOUNTER₉
MOUPING₁₂
MOURNED₁₀
MOURNER₉
MOUSAKA₁₃
MOUSERS₉
MOUSERY₁₂
MOUSIER₉
MOUSIES₉
MOUSILY₁₂
MOUSING₁₀
MOUSLED₁₀
MOUSLES₉
MOUSMEE₁₁
MOUSMES₁₁
MOUSSED₁₀
MOUSSES₉
MOUSTED₁₀
MOUTANS₉
MOUTERS₉
MOUTHED₁₃
MOUTHER₁₂
MOUTONS₉
NOUGATS₈
NOUGHTS₁₁
NOUMENA₉
NOUNIER₇
NOURICE₉
NOURISH₁₀
NOURSLE₇
NOUSELL₇
NOUSLED₈
NOUSLES₇
NOUVEAU₁₀
POUCHED₁₅
POUCHES₁₄
POUDERS₁₀
POUDRES₁₀
POUFFED₁₆
POUFFES₁₅
POUFING₁₃
POUFTAH₁₅
POUFTER₁₂
POUKING₁₄
POULARD₁₀
POULDER₁₀
POULDRE₁₀
POULPES₁₁
POULTER₉
POULTRY₁₂
POUNCED₁₂
POUNCER₁₁
POUNCES₁₁
POUNCET₁₁
POUNDAL₁₀
POUNDED₁₁
POUNDER₁₀
POUPING₁₂
POURERS₉
POURIES₉
POURING₁₀
POURSEW₁₂
POURSUE₉
POUSSES₉
POUSSIE₉
POUSSIN₉
POUTERS₉
POUTFUL₁₂
POUTHER₁₂
POUTIER₉
POUTINE₉
POUTING₁₀
ROUBLES₉
ROUCHES₁₂
ROUCOUS₉
ROUGHED₁₂
ROUGHEN₁₁
ROUGHER₁₁
ROUGHIE₁₁
ROUGHLY₁₄
ROUGING₉
ROUILLE₇
ROULADE₈
ROULEAU₇
ROUMING₁₀
ROUNCES₉
ROUNDED₉
ROUNDEL₈
ROUNDER₈
ROUNDLE₈
ROUNDLY₁₁
ROUNDUP₁₀
ROUPIER₉
ROUPILY₁₂
ROUPING₁₀
ROUSANT₇
ROUSERS₇
ROUSING₈
ROUSTED₈
ROUSTER₇
ROUTERS₇
ROUTHIE₁₀
ROUTINE₇
ROUTING₈
ROUTOUS₇
SOUARIS₇
SOUBISE₉
SOUCARS₉
SOUCING₁₀
SOUDANS₈
SOUFFLE₁₃
SOUGHED₁₂
SOUKING₁₂
SOUKOUS₁₁
SOULDAN₈
SOULFUL₁₀
SOUMING₁₀
SOUNDED₉
SOUNDER₈
SOUNDLY₁₁
SOUPCON₁₁
SOUPERS₉
SOUPFIN₁₂
SOUPIER₉
SOUPILY₁₂
SOUPING₁₀
SOUPLED₁₀
SOUPLES₉
SOURCED₁₀
SOURCES₉
SOUREST₇
SOURGUM₁₀
SOURING₈
SOURISH₁₀
SOUROCK₁₃
SOURSES₇
SOURSOP₉
SOUSERS₇
SOUSING₈
SOUSLIK₁₁
SOUTANE₇
SOUTARS₇
SOUTERS₇
SOUTHED₁₁
SOUTHER₁₀
SOUTIES₇
TOUCANS₉
TOUCHED₁₃
TOUCHER₁₂
TOUCHES₁₂
TOUCHUP₁₄
TOUGHED₁₂
TOUGHEN₁₁
TOUGHER₁₁
TOUGHIE₁₁
TOUGHLY₁₄
TOUKING₁₂
TOUPEES₉
TOUPETS₉
TOUPIES₉
TOURACO₉
TOURERS₇
TOURIES₇
TOURING₈
TOURISM₉
TOURIST₇
TOURNEY₁₀
TOUSERS₇
TOUSIER₇
TOUSING₈
TOUSLED₈
TOUSLES₇
TOUSTIE₇
TOUTERS₇
TOUTIER₇
TOUTING₈
TOUTONS₇
TOUZIER₁₆
TOUZING₁₇
TOUZLED₁₇
TOUZLES₁₆
VOUCHED₁₆
VOUCHEE₁₅
VOUCHER₁₅
VOUCHES₁₅
VOUDONS₁₁
VOUDOUN₁₁
VOUDOUS₁₁
VOULGES₁₁
VOUVRAY₁₆
WOUBITS₁₂
WOULDST₁₁
WOUNDED₁₂
WOUNDER₁₁
WOURALI₁₀
YOUKING₁₅
YOUNGER₁₁
YOUNGLY₁₄
YOUNGTH₁₄
YOUNKER₁₄
YOUPONS₁₂
YOUTHEN₁₃
YOUTHLY₁₆
ZOUAVES₁₉

Letters by positionIn 45% of these words the 6th letter is E.

1st letter

C12%
B10%
S10%

4th letter

R15%
N13%
S12%

5th letter

I22%
H12%
E11%

6th letter

E45%
N16%
R9%

7th letter

S30%
R15%
D13%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 10 in Scrabble; JOUKERY tops the list with 21. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 34 words
8 points: 35 words
99 points: 80 words
10 points: 88 words
1111 points: 68 words
12 points: 42 words
1313 points: 18 words
14 points: 26 words
1515 points: 15 words
16 points: 11 words
1717 points: 6 words
18 points: 2 words
1919 points: 2 words
20 points: 1 words
2121 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
JOUKERY	21	23	Collins only
MOUJIKS	20	24	All three
ZOUAVES	19	21	All three
JOUKING	19	24	All three
BOUQUET	18	21	All three
COUZINS	18	21	Collins only
JOURNEY	17	20	All three
JOUNCED	17	22	All three
TOUZLED	17	19	All three
FOUGHTY	17	17	Collins only
HOUFFED	17	17	Collins only
TOUZING	17	20	Collins only

The pattern is _OU____, but it reaches well beyond familiar words like COUNTRY, COUNCIL, and HOUSING. Collins includes 420 matches, compared with 291 in NWL2023 and 266 in ENABLE. Just 56 entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so expect plenty of specialist vocabulary alongside everyday choices.

At a glance: the _OU____ pattern

429 entries match the fixed pattern across the included tournament dictionaries.
Collins lists 420 matches; NWL2023 has 291 and ENABLE has 266.
COUNTRY, COUNCIL, and JOURNEY are among the 56 common words.
C is the most frequent starting letter, with 53 entries; B follows with 43.
S is the leading final letter: 128 words end in S.

Which seven-letter words with O second and U third are familiar?

COUNTRY, COUNCIL, SOURCES, HOUSING, JOURNAL, YOUNGER, and JOURNEY are recognizable entries to try first. COUNTER, FOUNDED, COURSES, and FOUNDER add more familiar forms, while ROUTINE, COURAGE, and TOURISM show how widely the pattern appears.

Everyday vocabulary is a small slice of the full set: 56 entries fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency, although 321 have definitions. Treat an unfamiliar match as a spelling clue, not proof that it will be accepted in every game; the dictionary counts differ sharply.

Scoring and play with O and U in fixed positions

For Scrabble scoring, JOUKERY leads at 21 points, followed by MOUJIKS at 20 and ZOUAVES at 19. Those unusual high scorers show the value of fitting a J or Z into the fixed pattern; familiar JOURNEY scores 17, still a strong option.

The average score is 10.7, so the top results are exceptions rather than typical plays. When a rack contains a high-value tile, scan for a legal placement before settling on an ordinary word. Some top-scoring entries are obscure, so check your game's word list.

The 7-letter words with O as the 2nd letter and U as the 3rd letter also include plenty of lower-scoring everyday words.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words have O as the second letter and U as the third?

There are 429 seven-letter matches with O second and U third across the included tournament dictionaries. The totals vary by dictionary: Collins has 420, NWL2023 has 291, and ENABLE has 266. A word accepted in one list may not appear in another.

What is the highest-scoring word with O second and U third?

JOUKERY is the highest scorer in the list, worth 21 Scrabble points before board bonuses. MOUJIKS follows at 20, while ZOUAVES scores 19. These are uncommon words, so confirm acceptance in the dictionary used for your game.

Which common words fit the _OU____ pattern?

COUNTRY, COUNCIL, JOURNEY, HOUSING, and ROUTINE are recognizable examples. Only 56 matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so the full set includes many less familiar entries alongside these everyday choices.

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