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

42 7-letter words have U as the 1st letter and I as the 3rd letter, and seven of them are common, such as UNIFORM, UNICORN and UTILITY.

42 wordsTop pick UNIFORMHighest score UTILIZE 16

7 of 42 are everyday words (17%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

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.

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Best words to play first 42 · most-used first

  • UNIFORM12
  • UTILITY10
  • UNIFIED11
  • UTILIZE16
  • UNICORN9
  • UNITING8
  • URINARY10
  • UNITARY10
  • UTILISE7
  • URINATE7
  • URINALS7
  • UNIFIES10
  • UNIBODY13
  • UNIBROW12
  • UNIFIER10
  • URIDINE8
  • UNIQUES16
  • UNITARD8
  • UNITIES7
  • UNITIVE10
  • UNICITY12
  • UNIFACE12
  • UNIDEAL8
  • UNITION7
  • URINOUS7
  • UNISONS7
  • ULICONS9
  • ULIKONS11
  • UMIACKS15
  • UNICOMS11
  • UNIPEDS10
  • UNIPODS10
  • UNIQUER16
  • UNISIZE16
  • UNITAGE8
  • UNITERS7
  • UNITISE7
  • UNITIZE16
  • URICASE9
  • URINANT7
  • URINING8
  • URINOSE7
All valid words 42

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

  • ULICONS9
  • ULIKONS11
  • UMIACKS15
  • UNIBODY13
  • UNIBROW12
  • UNICITY12
  • UNICOMS11
  • UNICORN9
  • UNIDEAL8
  • UNIFACE12
  • UNIFIED11
  • UNIFIER10
  • UNIFIES10
  • UNIFORM12
  • UNIPEDS10
  • UNIPODS10
  • UNIQUER16
  • UNIQUES16
  • UNISIZE16
  • UNISONS7
  • UNITAGE8
  • UNITARD8
  • UNITARY10
  • UNITERS7
  • UNITIES7
  • UNITING8
  • UNITION7
  • UNITISE7
  • UNITIVE10
  • UNITIZE16
  • URICASE9
  • URIDINE8
  • URINALS7
  • URINANT7
  • URINARY10
  • URINATE7
  • URINING8
  • URINOSE7
  • URINOUS7
  • UTILISE7
  • UTILITY10
  • UTILIZE16
Letters by positionIn 64% of these words the 2nd letter is N.
2nd letter
  1. N64%
  2. R21%
  3. T7%
4th letter
  1. T24%
  2. N17%
  3. C12%
5th letter
  1. I38%
  2. O24%
  3. A21%
6th letter
  1. N17%
  2. R14%
  3. E14%
7th letter
  1. S31%
  2. E29%
  3. Y12%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 7 in Scrabble; UTILIZE tops the list with 16. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 77 points: 11 words
  2. 8 points: 6 words
  3. 99 points: 3 words
  4. 10 points: 8 words
  5. 1111 points: 3 words
  6. 12 points: 4 words
  7. 1313 points: 1 words
  8. 14 points: 0 words
  9. 1515 points: 1 words
  10. 16 points: 5 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
UTILIZE1618All three
UNIQUES1619All three
UNIQUER1619All three
UNITIZE1618All three
UNISIZE1618Collins · NWL
UMIACKS1518All three
UNIBODY1315Collins · NWL
UNIFORM1215All three
UNIBROW1215Collins · NWL
UNICITY1214Collins only
UNIFACE1215All three
UNIFIED1113All three

This is one of the friendlier U patterns, because UNI- supplies 27 words and gives many familiar shapes. UNIT- alone opens 10 words, UNIF- opens 5 and UNIC- opens 5. Five words end in -IZE or -ISE, and the Q appears in two, UNIQUER and UNIQUES.

Facts about U _ I _ _ _ _

  • Common words: UTILIZE, UNIFORM, UNIFIED, UTILITY, UNICORN, UNITING and one more.
  • Dictionary reach: Collins 41 words, NWL2023 33 words, ENABLE 29 words.
  • Final letters: S closes 13 words, E closes 12 and Y closes 5.
  • The average score is 10, so a 16 is a standout.

Which words score the most?

Five words tie at 16: UNIQUER, UNIQUES, UNITIZE, UTILIZE and UNISIZE. UMIACKS follows at 15, then UNIBODY at 13, and UNIFACE, UNIFORM and UNIBROW at 12.

UNIQUER and UNIQUES get there on the Q, and the three Z words on the Z. UNISIZE is in Collins and NWL2023 but not ENABLE, while the other four work everywhere.

What do these words end in?

E closes 12 words, among them UNIFACE, UNITAGE, UNITIZE, UTILIZE, UTILISE and UNISIZE. Y closes 5, including UTILITY, UNITARY, UNIBODY and UNICITY.

S closes 13: UNIFIES, UNIQUES, UNISONS, UNITERS, UNITIES, UNIPODS and UMIACKS among them. Those plural and verb forms are the quickest to build when your rack holds an S, because the I in third place is already fixed.

Which UNIT- and UNIF- words are valid?

UNIT- opens 10 words: UNITAGE, UNITARD, UNITARY, UNITERS, UNITIES, UNITING, UNITIVE, UNITIZE, UNITION and UNITISE. UNIF- opens five: UNIFACE, UNIFIED, UNIFIER, UNIFIES and UNIFORM.

The spelling split matters. UTILIZE and UNITIZE use Z and score 16, while UTILISE scores 7. UTILISE is valid everywhere, but UNITISE is Collins-only.

Nine words in the pattern are Collins-only, among them UNICITY, ULIKONS, UNIPEDS, ULICONS, URICASE, UNITION and UNITISE. Keep to UTILIZE, UNIFORM and UNICORN when the word list is unknown.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words start with U and have I as the third letter?
There are 42. Collins accepts 41, NWL2023 accepts 33 and ENABLE accepts 29. The start UNI- covers 27 of them, and UNIT- alone covers 10, so those are the prefixes to test first.
What is the highest-scoring word with U first and I third?
UNIQUER, UNIQUES, UNITIZE, UTILIZE and UNISIZE tie at 16 points. UTILIZE and UNITIZE use a Z, UNIQUER and UNIQUES use a Q, and four of the five are valid in all three major lists.
Are UTILIZE and UTILISE both valid?
Yes. Both spellings are valid in Collins, NWL2023 and ENABLE. UTILIZE scores 16 points and UTILISE scores 7, so the Z spelling is the one to play whenever you hold the tile.

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