7-letter words with U as the 1st letter and O as the 3rd letter
There are 18 seven-letter words with U as the 1st letter and O as the 3rd letter, and seven of them begin with URO.
1 of 18 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.
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Best words to play first
- UTOPIAN9
- UROLOGY11
- UTOPIAS9
- UNOWNED11
- UFOLOGY14
- UNOAKED12
- UROPODS10
- UNORDER8
- UROGRAM10
- UXORIAL14
- UTOPIST9
- UNOILED8
- UROLITH10
- UNOFTEN10
- URODELE8
- UROMERE9
- UROSOME9
- UTOPISM11
All valid words 18
- UFOLOGY14
- UNOAKED12
- UNOFTEN10
- UNOILED8
- UNORDER8
- UNOWNED11
- URODELE8
- UROGRAM10
- UROLITH10
- UROLOGY11
- UROMERE9
- UROPODS10
- UROSOME9
- UTOPIAN9
- UTOPIAS9
- UTOPISM11
- UTOPIST9
- UXORIAL14
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| UFOLOGY | 14 | 16 | All three |
| UXORIAL | 14 | 16 | All three |
| UNOAKED | 12 | 14 | NWL only |
| UROLOGY | 11 | 13 | All three |
| UNOWNED | 11 | 14 | All three |
| UTOPISM | 11 | 14 | All three |
| UROPODS | 10 | 12 | All three |
| UROGRAM | 10 | 13 | NWL only |
| UROLITH | 10 | 11 | All three |
| UNOFTEN | 10 | 13 | Collins only |
| UTOPIAN | 9 | 12 | All three |
| UTOPIAS | 9 | 11 | All three |
This list sorts itself into three stems. URO supplies seven words, UNO supplies five, and UTO supplies four, leaving UFOLOGY and UXORIAL as the loners. Only UTOPIAN is everyday English, so the rest are for players who know their word lists.
The 18 words by stem
- URO: URODELE, UROMERE, UROSOME, UROLOGY, UROPODS, UROGRAM and UROLITH.
- UNO: UNOFTEN, UNOWNED, UNOAKED, UNORDER and UNOILED.
- UTO: UTOPIAN, UTOPISM, UTOPIAS and UTOPIST.
- Scores: UFOLOGY and UXORIAL share the top at 14, and the average is 10.1.
- Lists: Collins takes 16, NWL2023 takes 14 and ENABLE takes 12.
Which U_O words score the most?
UFOLOGY and UXORIAL both reach 14. UFOLOGY gets there from a 4-point F and a 4-point Y, while UXORIAL leans on the 8-point X. UNOAKED follows at 12, and UROLOGY, UNOWNED and UTOPISM tie at 11.
Seven tiles played together earn the 50-point Scrabble bingo bonus, so a rack of common letters makes UNOWNED a better practical choice than a rarer word with a similar score.
The UNO group is easy to rebuild from scratch. UNOILED, UNOWNED and UNOAKED each wrap a short noun, OIL, OWN or OAK, between the prefix UN- and the ending -ED, so a rack with an O and a D is a good place to start looking.
Are these words accepted everywhere?
Twelve are, including UTOPIAN, UFOLOGY, UXORIAL and UROLOGY. UNOFTEN, UNORDER, UROMERE and UROSOME are Collins-only, while UNOAKED and UROGRAM are accepted by NWL2023 but not ENABLE or Collins. Check your game's word list before committing one of those six.
UTOPIAN is the safest of all. It is the only one of the 18 in the top 25,000 English words, and UTOPIAS, UTOPISM and UTOPIST share its dictionary status.
Quick tip
Only two words end in Y, UFOLOGY and UROLOGY. Both finish in -OLOGY, and both pay well because the Y is worth 4 points.
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