7-letter words with U as the 1st letter and W as the 6th letter
7-letter words with U as the 1st letter and W as the 6th letter total 19, and 10 end in N, led by UNKNOWN, UNCROWN and UNDRAWN.
1 of 19 are everyday words (5%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.
With U in 1st place, E is the most common 6th letter (254 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.
Best words to play first
- UNKNOWN14
- UNDRAWN11
- UNCROWN12
- UNGROWN11
- UNSHOWY16
- UNBLOWN12
- UNSHOWN13
- UNSTOWS10
- UNCLEWS12
- UNDRAWS11
- UNSHEWN13
- UNTHAWS13
- UPBLOWN14
- UPBLOWS14
- UPDRAWN13
- UPDRAWS13
- UPFLOWS15
- UPGROWN13
- UPGROWS13
All valid words 19
- UNBLOWN12
- UNCLEWS12
- UNCROWN12
- UNDRAWN11
- UNDRAWS11
- UNGROWN11
- UNKNOWN14
- UNSHEWN13
- UNSHOWN13
- UNSHOWY16
- UNSTOWS10
- UNTHAWS13
- UPBLOWN14
- UPBLOWS14
- UPDRAWN13
- UPDRAWS13
- UPFLOWS15
- UPGROWN13
- UPGROWS13
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNSHOWY | 16 | 16 | All three |
| UPFLOWS | 15 | 18 | All three |
| UNKNOWN | 14 | 18 | All three |
| UPBLOWN | 14 | 19 | Collins only |
| UPBLOWS | 14 | 18 | Collins only |
| UNSHOWN | 13 | 15 | Collins only |
| UPGROWN | 13 | 17 | All three |
| UPGROWS | 13 | 16 | All three |
| UNSHEWN | 13 | 15 | Collins only |
| UNTHAWS | 13 | 14 | Collins · NWL |
| UPDRAWN | 13 | 16 | Collins only |
| UPDRAWS | 13 | 15 | Collins only |
With W sitting second from the end, the last two letters are nearly decided for you. Most words close with -OWN, -OWS or -AWS, so the real question is which prefix comes in front. UN- and UP- supply almost all of them.
The 19 words in brief
- Dictionary counts: Collins 19, NWL2023 9, ENABLE 8.
- UNKNOWN is the only word among the 25,000 most common in English.
- UNSHOWY scores highest at 16, then UPFLOWS on 15 and three words on 14.
- Last letters: N for 10 words, S for 8, and Y for 1.
- The average score is 12.8.
Which endings should you try first?
The -OWN group is the biggest with 7 words: UNKNOWN, UNCROWN, UNGROWN, UNBLOWN, UNSHOWN, UPBLOWN and UPGROWN. Next come 4 words in -OWS, such as UPFLOWS, UPGROWS and UPBLOWS, and 3 in -AWS, namely UNDRAWS, UNTHAWS and UPDRAWS.
UNDRAWN and UPDRAWN end in -AWN, which makes N the final letter for 10 of the 19. UNSHEWN, a Collins word, joins them with its -EWN ending.
UN- opens 12 of the 19 and UP- opens the other 7. The UP- words lean on verbs like FLOW, GROW and BLOW, giving UPFLOWS, UPGROWS and UPBLOWS, so a rack with P and G points straight at them. UPFLOWS earns 15, the best of the seven.
Which of these words are valid in NWL2023?
Nine are valid: UNCROWN, UNDRAWN, UNDRAWS, UNKNOWN, UNSHOWY, UNTHAWS, UPFLOWS, UPGROWN and UPGROWS. The other ten are Collins-only, including UNBLOWN, UNGROWN, UNSHOWN, UPBLOWN and UPDRAWS.
The split can trip you up. UPGROWN is accepted but UNGROWN is not, and UNDRAWN passes while UPDRAWN fails.
Best single play
UNSHOWY earns 16 points from three 4-point tiles, H, W and Y, and NWL2023 accepts it. UNKNOWN is the safer bet when you want a word everyone recognises.
Questions people ask
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