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

With T in sixth place, one letter remains, and S takes just over half of the list. The -TS tail shows up in several flavours: -STS, -OTS, -LTS and a few singles. Tucked in among them are eight -TH words and six words that end in -ITE.

The 61 words at a glance

• Top scorers: UNQUOTE 16, UPWAFTS 15, then ULEXITE, URTEXTS and URTEXTE at 14.
• Last letters: S 31, E 17, H 8 and Y 5.
• Tails: -STS 6, -ITE 6, -OTS 5, -LTS 5, -ATE 5, -OTE 4.
• Common words: UTILITY and UPSTATE.
• Collins takes 60 of the 61, NWL2023 takes 37 and ENABLE takes 36.

Which words end in -TS?

-STS has six: UNRESTS, UPCASTS, UTMOSTS, UNNESTS, UPRESTS and UPRISTS. -OTS has five: UNBOOTS, UNKNOTS, UNROOTS, UPROOTS and UPSHOTS. -LTS has five too: UNBELTS, UNBOLTS, UPLIFTS, UPTILTS and UMWELTS.

The rest are one-offs, such as UMLAUTS, UPBEATS, UPDARTS, UPWAFTS and UNSUITS. Some of them need only a single unusual letter on your rack, since UPWAFTS gets its 15 points from the W and the F.

What are the -TH and -E words?

Eight words end in -TH: UNGIRTH, UNNEATH, UNEARTH, UNCOUTH, UNTRUTH, UNWORTH, UNFAITH and UROLITH. Five end in Y, namely UTILITY, UNHASTY, UNTENTY, UNWITTY and UNICITY.

E has 17, led by the -ITE group of six: ULEXITE, UNAKITE, UNWHITE, URALITE, URANITE and UNWRITE. UNQUOTE and URINATE also sit here.

Does the dictionary matter here?

Yes. NWL2023 and ENABLE cover 37 and 36 of the 61, and Collins covers 60. That leaves 24 words, such as UMWELTS, UNBITTS, UNFACTS and UNSUITS, that only Collins accepts, so check your game's word list before using a rare one.

UNQUOTE is the exception, since it is the top scorer and every list accepts it. So are UPWAFTS and ULEXITE, which also appear in all three lists.