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

Since N is the last letter here, this is really a list of U-words ending in N. The endings are tidy: 13 close with -EN and 7 with -OWN, and between them they cover almost half. That gives you two tails to check before you start guessing the middle.

U-to-N words in brief

• 41 words in all. Collins has 40, NWL2023 has 24 and ENABLE has 23.
• Plain English: UNKNOWN, UNICORN and UTOPIAN are the only three in the top 25,000.
• Top score: UNQUEEN at 16, then UNKNOWN and UPBLOWN at 14.
• Every word ends in N, so the sixth letter does the sorting.
• Average word value: 10.3 points.

Which endings do these words share?

The -EN tail is the biggest, with 13 words: UMPTEEN, UNEATEN, UNLADEN, UNRISEN, UNROVEN, UNTAKEN, UNWOVEN, UPRISEN, UNOFTEN, UNQUEEN, UNRIVEN, UPTAKEN and UNGREEN. Seven more end in -OWN: UNCROWN, UNKNOWN, UPGROWN, UNBLOWN, UNGROWN, UNSHOWN and UPBLOWN.

-AN and -IN words fill most of the rest, among them UTOPIAN, URANIAN, UNHUMAN, UNWOMAN, UNSLAIN and UNCHAIN. A few oddities, such as UILLEAN and UNBEGUN, stand alone.

Is UNQUEEN a legal Scrabble word?

Yes, but only in Collins. UNQUEEN is absent from NWL2023 and ENABLE, and it is the highest scorer on this page at 16 points. The Q alone is worth 10, which is why a word so obscure still tops the chart.

Seven tiles on a rack make a bingo and earn the 50-point Scrabble bonus. If you hold U, N and a heap of vowels, UNEATEN and UNLADEN are the more portable choices, since both are accepted in all three dictionaries.

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