7-letter words with U as the 1st letter and G as the 3rd letter
32 7-letter words have U as the 1st letter and G as the 3rd letter, and UPGAZED leads with 20 points.
2 of 32 are everyday words (6%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.
With U in 1st place, S is the most common 3rd letter (125 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.
Best words to play first
- UPGRADE11
- URGENCY13
- UNGODLY12
- UNGLUED9
- URGINGS9
- UNGUENT8
- UNGATED9
- URGENCE10
- UPGOING11
- UNGORED9
- UNGROWN11
- UNGUARD9
- UNGULAE8
- UNGROUP10
- UNGEARS8
- UNGILDS9
- UNGIRDS9
- UNGIRTH11
- UNGLOVE11
- UNGLUES8
- UNGOWNS11
- UNGREEN8
- UNGULAR8
- UNGULED9
- UNGYVED15
- UNGYVES14
- UPGANGS11
- UPGAZED20
- UPGAZES19
- UPGIRDS11
- UPGROWN13
- UPGROWS13
All valid words 32
- UNGATED9
- UNGEARS8
- UNGILDS9
- UNGIRDS9
- UNGIRTH11
- UNGLOVE11
- UNGLUED9
- UNGLUES8
- UNGODLY12
- UNGORED9
- UNGOWNS11
- UNGREEN8
- UNGROUP10
- UNGROWN11
- UNGUARD9
- UNGUENT8
- UNGULAE8
- UNGULAR8
- UNGULED9
- UNGYVED15
- UNGYVES14
- UPGANGS11
- UPGAZED20
- UPGAZES19
- UPGIRDS11
- UPGOING11
- UPGRADE11
- UPGROWN13
- UPGROWS13
- URGENCE10
- URGENCY13
- URGINGS9
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPGAZED | 20 | 23 | All three |
| UPGAZES | 19 | 22 | All three |
| UNGYVED | 15 | 18 | Collins only |
| UNGYVES | 14 | 17 | Collins only |
| URGENCY | 13 | 16 | All three |
| UPGROWN | 13 | 17 | All three |
| UPGROWS | 13 | 16 | All three |
| UNGODLY | 12 | 15 | All three |
| UPGRADE | 11 | 14 | All three |
| UPGOING | 11 | 16 | All three |
| UNGROWN | 11 | 15 | Collins only |
| UNGLOVE | 11 | 16 | All three |
UNG- supplies 21 of the 32 words, UPG- supplies 8 and URG- supplies 3. That makes the dictionary the real question: ENABLE accepts only 17 words, NWL2023 accepts 22 and Collins accepts 30. Learn the families first, then the dictionary limits.
The U _ G pattern at a glance
- URGENCY and UPGRADE are the only common English words.
- Scores: UPGAZED 20, UPGAZES 19, UNGYVED 15, UNGYVES 14, then UPGROWN, UPGROWS and URGENCY at 13.
- Endings: 11 words close in S, 7 in D, 4 in E and 3 in N.
- The average score is 10.8.
What are the UNG-, UPG- and URG- families?
UPG- covers UPGAZED, UPGAZES, UPGROWN, UPGROWS, UPGIRDS, UPGOING, UPGRADE and UPGANGS. Six of the 21 UNG- words have R in fourth place, including UNGROWN, UNGROUP and UNGREEN.
The three URG- words are URGENCY, URGENCE and URGINGS. URGENCY is the one worth remembering, since it is both common and valid everywhere.
S-endings run to 11 words, among them UPGROWS, UPGIRDS, UNGLUES and URGINGS. D-endings run to 7: UPGAZED, UNGLUED, UNGUARD, UNGATED and UNGULED are among them, and every one is a past form.
Which words will each dictionary reject?
Collins misses two of the 32: UNGROUP and UNGREEN, both in NWL2023 only. ENABLE misses 15, so players on that list should treat roughly half of this page as off limits.
Ten words sit in Collins and nowhere else: UNGYVED, UNGYVES, UNGIRTH, UNGOWNS, UNGROWN, UPGANGS, URGENCE, UNGILDS, UNGORED and UNGEARS.
For an ENABLE game, the dependable set includes UPGAZED, UPGAZES, UPGROWN, UPGRADE, URGENCY, UNGODLY and UNGLOVE. UNGIRTH and UNGILDS are two to avoid, since both are Collins-only. They score only 11 and 9 points, so little is lost by skipping them.
Safe high scorers
UPGAZED (20) and UPGAZES (19) are valid in Collins, NWL2023 and ENABLE. Use them rather than UNGYVED, which scores 15 but exists in Collins only.
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