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7-letter words with U as the 1st letter and E as the 5th letter

66 7-letter words have U as the 1st letter and E as the 5th letter, and UNCHECK tops the scoring at 18 points.

66 wordsTop pick USELESSHighest score UNCHECK 18

2 of 66 are everyday words (3%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

With U in 1st place, I is the most common 5th letter (121 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 66 · most-used first

  • USELESS7
  • UNCLEAR9
  • UNCLEAN9
  • UKULELE11
  • UGLIEST8
  • UNDRESS8
  • UNCHECK18
  • UNSPENT9
  • UPTREND10
  • UPFIELD13
  • UMPTEEN11
  • UKELELE11
  • URETERS7
  • USURERS7
  • UNGUENT8
  • UPSWEPT14
  • UNSWEET10
  • UNSWEPT12
  • UNSEENS7
  • UPSWELL12
  • UNIDEAL8
  • UNSWEAR10
  • UNBLESS9
  • ULSTERS7
  • UNSPELL9
  • UNHEEDY14
  • UPSWEEP14
  • UNDOERS8
  • UNBLEST9
  • UNSPEAK13
  • UNDREST8
  • UPSPEAK15
  • UPKEEPS15
  • UNCLEFT12
  • UILLEAN7
  • UMBRELS11
  • UMBRERE11
  • UNADEPT10
  • UNBLENT9
  • UNCLEWS12
  • UNCOEST9
  • UNFLESH13
  • UNFREED11
  • UNFREES10
  • UNGREEN8
  • UNIPEDS10
  • UNITERS7
  • UNQUEEN16

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All valid words 66

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

  • UGLIEST8
  • UILLEAN7
  • UKELELE11
  • UKULELE11
  • ULSTERS7
  • UMBRELS11
  • UMBRERE11
  • UMPTEEN11
  • UNADEPT10
  • UNBLENT9
  • UNBLESS9
  • UNBLEST9
  • UNCHECK18
  • UNCLEAN9
  • UNCLEAR9
  • UNCLEFT12
  • UNCLEWS12
  • UNCOEST9
  • UNDOERS8
  • UNDRESS8
  • UNDREST8
  • UNFLESH13
  • UNFREED11
  • UNFREES10
  • UNGREEN8
  • UNGUENT8
  • UNHEEDY14
  • UNIDEAL8
  • UNIPEDS10
  • UNITERS7
  • UNQUEEN16
  • UNREELS7
  • UNREEVE10
  • UNSEELS7
  • UNSEENS7
  • UNSHELL10
  • UNSHENT10
  • UNSHEWN13
  • UNSNECK13
  • UNSPEAK13
  • UNSPELL9
  • UNSPENT9
  • UNSTEEL7
  • UNSTEPS9
  • UNSWEAR10
  • UNSWEET10
  • UNSWEPT12
  • UNTREAD8
  • UPBREAK15
  • UPCHEER14
  • UPFIELD13
  • UPKEEPS15
  • UPSPEAK15
  • UPSPEAR11
  • UPSTEPS11
  • UPSWEEP14
  • UPSWELL12
  • UPSWEPT14
  • UPTREND10
  • URETERS7
  • URODELE8
  • UROMERE9
  • USAGERS8
  • USELESS7
  • USURERS7
  • USURESS7
Letters by positionIn 61% of these words the 2nd letter is N.
2nd letter
  1. N61%
  2. P17%
  3. S6%
3rd letter
  1. S32%
  2. C11%
  3. B9%
4th letter
  1. L18%
  2. R18%
  3. T11%
6th letter
  1. L15%
  2. A15%
  3. S14%
7th letter
  1. S30%
  2. T20%
  3. E9%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 7 in Scrabble; UNCHECK tops the list with 18. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 77 points: 11 words
  2. 8 points: 10 words
  3. 99 points: 10 words
  4. 10 points: 9 words
  5. 1111 points: 8 words
  6. 12 points: 4 words
  7. 1313 points: 5 words
  8. 14 points: 4 words
  9. 1515 points: 3 words
  10. 16 points: 1 words
  11. 1717 points: 0 words
  12. 18 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
UNCHECK1821Collins only
UNQUEEN1620Collins only
UPSPEAK1518Collins only
UPKEEPS1518All three
UPBREAK1518Collins only
UPSWEPT1417All three
UNHEEDY1414Collins only
UPSWEEP1417All three
UPCHEER1416Collins only
UPFIELD1316All three
UNSPEAK1316All three
UNFLESH1315Collins only

S is the standout third letter, appearing in 21 of the 66 words. The most useful fourth letters are R and L with 12 words each, and W and P follow with 6. Together with the last-letter counts, those clues narrow a long list quickly.

Quick facts for U _ _ _ E _ _

  • Collins takes 65 of the 66 words, NWL2023 takes 40 and ENABLE takes 37.
  • Only UNCLEAR and USELESS rank as common English.
  • Final letters: S ends 20 words, T ends 13, and N and E end 6 each.
  • Five words score 15 or more; the average is 10.2.

Which middle clusters repeat?

R in fourth place gives 12 words: UNDRESS, UNTREAD, UNFREED, UPTREND, USURERS and UPBREAK. L in fourth gives another 12: UNCLEAR, UNCLEAN, USELESS, UKELELE, UKULELE and UNFLESH.

The SW cluster is smaller but distinctive. UNSWEAR, UNSWEPT, UNSWEET, UPSWEEP, UPSWELL and UPSWEPT all share it, finishing in R, T, P or L.

Fifteen words contain a double E, among them UNFREED, UPKEEPS, UMPTEEN, UNHEEDY and UNSTEEL. The pair sits in fourth and fifth place or in fifth and sixth place, so EE is a quick test whenever you hold two Es.

What do these words end in?

S ends 20 words, T ends 13, and the three-letter tails -ERS (6), -ENT (4), -EST (4) and -ESS (4) are the largest. ULSTERS, USURERS, UNDOERS and USAGERS end in -ERS, while UNSPENT, UNGUENT and UNBLENT end in -ENT.

UNDRESS, USELESS and UNBLESS close with -ESS. UGLIEST, UNBLEST and UNDREST close with -EST, a useful spelling check when you are unsure of the vowel.

Which words are Collins-only?

Note

UNCHECK, UNQUEEN and UPBREAK are Collins-only, so the top two scorers fail in North American games. UNGREEN is the one word that NWL2023 has and Collins lacks, and it scores 8.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words start with U and have E as the fifth letter?
There are 66. Collins accepts 65, NWL2023 accepts 40 and ENABLE accepts 37. S is the commonest third letter, with 21 words, which makes UNS- and UPS- the best starts to test.
What is the highest-scoring word with U first and E fifth?
UNCHECK scores 18 points, followed by UNQUEEN at 16. UPKEEPS, UPBREAK and UPSPEAK score 15 each. Only UPKEEPS of those is accepted in ENABLE, so it is the safest high play.
Which common words fit U first and E fifth?
UNCLEAR and USELESS are the two common words. Both have L in fourth place, so an L on the rack points to either. UNCLEAR scores 9 and USELESS scores 7, and both are accepted in every major dictionary.

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