7-letter words with U as the 1st letter and O as the 6th letter

A sixth-place O leaves only one letter to finish the word, and these 13 use seven different ones: N, T, L, W, D, M and R. Four words also contain a double O in fifth and sixth place. None ranks among the top 25,000 English words, so this list is for the board and not for conversation.

All 13 words, grouped by ending

• Ending in N: UPSILON, UNCTION and UNITION.
• Ending in T: UPSHOOT, UNBEGOT and UNSHOOT.
• Ending in L: UNSPOOL and ULTISOL.
• Ending in W: UPTHROW and UNIBROW.
• Ending in D, M or R: UPSTOOD, UNBOSOM and UNVISOR.

Which of the 13 words score best?

UPTHROW tops the list at 15, helped by the 4-point H and 4-point W. UNIBROW is next at 12, tied with UPSHOOT, and UNBOSOM scores 11. UNBEGOT and UNSHOOT sit on 10, so the average of 10.1 means most words cluster near the middle.

Every word uses seven tiles, so each earns the 50-point Scrabble bingo bonus whenever you lay a full rack down at once. That bonus, not the face value, is the real reason to know a list like this.

Which words contain a double O?

Four do: UPSHOOT, UPSTOOD, UNSPOOL and UNSHOOT. In each, the fifth and sixth letters are both O, so the pattern is met by the second O of the pair, and a rack with two Os is the natural place to start.

The other nine have a single O in sixth place. UPTHROW is the best of them at 15, worth three more than UNIBROW, so a rack with W and H should look at UPTHROW first.

Which dictionaries accept them?

Collins accepts 12 of the 13, NWL2023 accepts 9 and ENABLE accepts only 6. That spread is wide enough that you should confirm your game's word list before you build a turn around UNBEGOT or ULTISOL.