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

S in sixth place leaves one final letter, and two of them take almost two-thirds of the list. Fifteen words end in E, from UNHOUSE to UNCLOSE, and fourteen end in T, from UPCOAST to UNTRUST. Only UNLEASH and USELESS are everyday words, and both are accepted by every dictionary.

The 44 words in brief

• Top scorers: UNFUSSY, UNFLESH and UNFLUSH at 13, then UPHOIST at 12.
• Final letters: E 15, T 14, S 6, H 3, Y 3 and M 2.
• Collins takes all 44, while NWL2023 and ENABLE take 25 each.
• Everyday words: UNLEASH and USELESS.
• The mean score is 9.3.

Which words end in -ST?

Fourteen do: UPCOAST, UNALIST, UNCOEST, UNHERST, UNROOST, UPBRAST, UPBURST, UPHOIST, UGLIEST, UNTWIST, UNTRUST, UTOPIST, UNBLEST and UNDREST. Most are verbs or adjectives that gain the UN- or UP- prefix.

UGLIEST, UNTWIST and UTOPIST look the most like ordinary English. They join UNBLEST, UNDREST and UPCOAST as the six -ST words that every dictionary accepts, and the other eight, such as UNROOST and UPBURST, are Collins-only.

Which words end in -E?

The 15 E words are UNHOUSE, UPROUSE, URINOSE, UMBROSE, UNITISE, UNPURSE, UNSENSE, URICASE, UTILISE, UPCLOSE, UPRAISE, UNLOOSE, UNHORSE, UNCURSE and UNCLOSE.

Eight of them are accepted by all three lists: UNCLOSE, UNHORSE, UNHOUSE, UNLOOSE, UPRAISE, UPROUSE, URINOSE and UTILISE. The other seven, including UNITISE and UMBROSE, are Collins-only.

How large is the dictionary gap?

Nineteen of the 44 are Collins-only, among them UNFLESH, UNFLUSH, UPHOIST and UPCLOSE. That is why UNFUSSY, which every list takes, is the more dependable 13-point play than UNFLESH.

A play using seven tiles earns the 50-point Scrabble bingo bonus, which outweighs any gap between these scores. Check your game's word list before you try a rare entry, since NWL2023 and ENABLE each stop at 25 words and Collins runs to all 44.