7-letter words with U as the 2nd letter and A as the 6th letter

7-letter words with U as the 2nd letter and A as the 6th letter total 211, and 56 end in S, such as GUINEAS, QUOKKAS and BUDDHAS.

211 wordsTop pick NUCLEARHighest score QUETZAL 25

9 of 211 are everyday words (4%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

2nd letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

6th letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

With U in 2nd place, E is the most common 6th letter (844 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Best words to play first 211 · most-used first

NUCLEAR₉
MUSICAL₁₁
FUNERAL₁₀
SURREAL₇
RUNAWAY₁₃
BURGLAR₁₀
GUINEAS₈
TUBULAR₉
PULLMAN₁₁
PURITAN₉
JUGULAR₁₅
NUMERAL₉
SUNBEAM₁₁
BUDDHAS₁₄
NUPTIAL₉
TUGBOAT₁₀
MUCOSAL₁₁
CUTAWAY₁₅
JUGHEAD₁₉
AUSTRAL₇
BUSHMAN₁₄
GUNBOAT₁₀
SUNDIAL₈
MUKHTAR₁₆
CURACAO₁₁
MUSKRAT₁₃
RUFFIAN₁₃
GUNPLAY₁₃
AURORAS₇
HUMERAL₁₂
LUMINAL₉
RUCKMAN₁₅
JUVENAL₁₇
BUGBEAR₁₂
AUTOCAR₉
HUMORAL₁₂
PURANAS₉
OUTPLAY₁₂
AURORAL₇
QUINTAL₁₆
CUBICAL₁₃
RUSSIAS₇
QUETZAL₂₅
AUTOMAT₉
BUSLOAD₁₀
CUPOLAS₁₁
DUSTPAN₁₀
KUMQUAT₂₂

Showing the top 48 of 211 words. See every valid word

All valid words 211

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

AUCUBAS₁₁
AUGURAL₈
AURORAE₇
AURORAL₇
AURORAS₇
AUSTRAL₇
AUTOCAR₉
AUTOMAN₉
AUTOMAT₉
AUTOVAC₁₂
BUCKRAM₁₇
BUCKRAS₁₅
BUCKSAW₁₈
BUDDHAS₁₄
BUGBEAR₁₂
BUGSHAS₁₃
BULLBAR₁₁
BULLBAT₁₁
BUMBOAT₁₃
BUNHEAD₁₃
BUNNIAS₉
BUQSHAS₂₁
BURGHAL₁₃
BURGLAR₁₀
BURKHAS₁₆
BUSERAS₉
BUSHMAN₁₄
BUSHWAH₁₈
BUSHWAS₁₅
BUSLOAD₁₀
BUTYRAL₁₂
CUBESAT₁₁
CUBICAL₁₃
CUBICAS₁₃
CUBITAL₁₁
CUDBEAR₁₂
CUESTAS₉
CUMBIAS₁₃
CUMQUAT₂₀
CUMSHAW₁₇
CUPHEAD₁₅
CUPOLAR₁₁
CUPOLAS₁₁
CUPULAE₁₁
CUPULAR₁₁
CURACAO₁₁
CURARAS₉
CUTAWAY₁₅
DUENNAS₈
DUHKHAS₁₈
DUKKHAS₁₉
DULCIAN₁₀
DUSTMAN₁₀
DUSTPAN₁₀
DUSTRAG₉
EUPNEAS₉
EUREKAS₁₁
FUNERAL₁₀
FUNKIAS₁₄
FUSTIAN₁₀
FUSUMAS₁₂
FUTURAL₁₀
GUDEMAN₁₁
GUINEAS₈
GUNBOAT₁₀
GUNPLAY₁₃
HULLOAS₁₀
HUMERAL₁₂
HUMORAL₁₂
HURLBAT₁₂
HUTZPAH₂₄
HUTZPAS₂₁
JUDOKAS₁₉
JUGHEAD₁₉
JUGULAR₁₅
JUNKMAN₂₀
JURYMAN₁₉
JUVENAL₁₇
KUBASAS₁₃
KUFIYAH₂₀
KUMARAS₁₃
KUMERAS₁₃
KUMQUAT₂₂
KURSAAL₁₁
LUCUMAS₁₁
LUMENAL₉
LUMINAL₉
LUMPIAS₁₁
LUNULAE₇
LUNULAR₇
LUPANAR₉
LUSTRAL₇
MUCOSAE₁₁
MUCOSAL₁₁
MUCOSAS₁₁
MUDEJAR₁₇
MUDFLAP₁₅
MUDFLAT₁₃
MUKHTAR₁₆
MULETAS₉
MUMMIAS₁₃
MUNTJAC₁₈
MUNTJAK₂₀
MURENAS₉
MURRHAS₁₂
MUSHRAT₁₂
MUSICAL₁₁
MUSKRAT₁₃
MUTUCAS₁₁
MUTULAR₉
NUCLEAL₉
NUCLEAR₉
NUMERAL₉
NUNATAK₁₁
NUPTIAL₉
NUTMEAL₉
NUTMEAT₉
NUTRIAS₇
OUGIYAS₁₁
OULAKAN₁₁
OUTBEAM₁₁
OUTBRAG₁₀
OUTDRAG₉
OUTDRAW₁₁
OUTGNAW₁₁
OUTHEAR₁₀
OUTLEAD₈
OUTLEAP₉
OUTPLAN₉
OUTPLAY₁₂
OUTPRAY₁₂
OUTREAD₈
OUTROAR₇
OUTSOAR₇
OUTSPAN₉
OUTSTAY₁₀
OUTSWAM₁₂
OUTWEAR₁₀
PUBERAL₁₁
PULKHAS₁₆
PULLMAN₁₁
PUPILAR₁₁
PURANAS₉
PURITAN₉
PURSUAL₉
QUADRAT₁₇
QUAGGAS₁₈
QUANTAL₁₆
QUARTAN₁₆
QUELEAS₁₆
QUETZAL₂₅
QUILLAI₁₆
QUINNAT₁₆
QUINOAS₁₆
QUINTAL₁₆
QUINTAN₁₆
QUINTAR₁₆
QUINTAS₁₆
QUITTAL₁₆
QUOKKAS₂₄
QUONDAM₁₉
RUCKMAN₁₅
RUCOLAS₉
RUDERAL₈
RUFFIAN₁₃
RUFIYAA₁₃
RUGOLAS₈
RUGOSAS₈
RUMINAL₉
RUNAWAY₁₃
RUNFLAT₁₀
RUSSIAS₇
SUBADAR₁₀
SUBALAR₉
SUBCLAN₁₁
SUBDEAN₁₀
SUBDUAL₁₀
SUBEDAR₁₀
SUBGOAL₁₀
SUBHEAD₁₃
SUBORAL₉
SUBOVAL₁₂
SUDORAL₈
SUIDIAN₈
SUIPLAP₁₁
SULPHAS₁₂
SUNBEAM₁₁
SUNBEAT₉
SUNDIAL₈
SUNDRAS₈
SUNSTAR₇
SUNTRAP₉
SURCOAT₉
SURFMAN₁₂
SURREAL₇
SUTURAL₇
TUBULAR₉
TUGBOAT₁₀
TUGHRAS₁₁
TULCHAN₁₂
TUMORAL₉
TUMULAR₉
TUNDRAS₈
TUNICAE₉
TUPUNAS₉
TURFMAN₁₂
TUSHKAR₁₄
TUTELAR₇
TUTENAG₈
VUGULAR₁₁
YUKATAS₁₄

Letters by positionIn 27% of these words the 7th letter is S.

1st letter

S11%
B10%
O9%

3rd letter

T17%
N10%
R10%

4th letter

O10%
E9%
U8%

5th letter

R17%
L12%
E11%

7th letter

S27%
L18%
R14%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; QUETZAL tops the list with 25. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 15 words
8 points: 14 words
99 points: 40 words
10 points: 21 words
1111 points: 34 words
12 points: 18 words
1313 points: 18 words
14 points: 5 words
1515 points: 7 words
16 points: 14 words
1717 points: 5 words
18 points: 5 words
1919 points: 5 words
20 points: 4 words
2121 points: 2 words
22 points: 1 words
2323 points: 0 words
24 points: 2 words
2525 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
QUETZAL	25	27	All three
QUOKKAS	24	25	All three
HUTZPAH	24	24	All three
KUMQUAT	22	25	All three
BUQSHAS	21	22	All three
HUTZPAS	21	22	All three
JUNKMAN	20	26	All three
CUMQUAT	20	24	All three
KUFIYAH	20	19	Collins only
MUNTJAK	20	25	All three
JUGHEAD	19	22	All three
QUONDAM	19	22	All three

With A in sixth place, only one letter is left to guess. That makes the last letter the whole game here: S, L, R, N or T finish 166 of the 211 words. Open with the ending, then work backwards to the first three letters.

The ?U???A? list at a glance

Dictionary coverage runs Collins 202, NWL2023 172, ENABLE 149.
Nine words are common, including NUCLEAR, MUSICAL, FUNERAL and SURREAL.
The average score is 11.8, and QUETZAL tops it at 25.
S opens 24 words, B opens 21, O opens 20 and Q opens 16.
OUT- opens 18 words, SUB- opens 10 and QUI- opens 8.

Which last letters should you try first?

S ends 56 words, L ends 39, R ends 29, N ends 24 and T ends 18. The L group holds adjectives and nouns such as MUSICAL, FUNERAL and QUETZAL, while the R group holds NUCLEAR, BURGLAR, TUBULAR and JUGULAR.

Sixteen words end in -RAL, ten in -MAN, and nine each in -RAS and -HAS. PULLMAN and BUSHMAN are -MAN words.

What are the main openers?

OUT- is the largest at 18 words, followed by SUB- with 10 and QUI- with 8. QUIN- has 6 words alone, which makes it the biggest four-letter stem.

Q opens 16 of the 211 words in total. That explains why QUETZAL, QUOKKAS and KUMQUAT all appear near the top of the scoring chart, with the 10-point Q doing the work.

Which words differ between Collins and NWL2023?

Collins accepts 202 words and NWL2023 accepts 172, but the lists also disagree in the other direction. Nine words, among them CUBESAT and MUSHRAT, are valid in NWL2023 but not in Collins.

QUETZAL, QUOKKAS and HUTZPAH score 25, 24 and 24 and are valid in every list. KUFIYAH is worth 20 but is a Collins-only play.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have U second and A sixth?

There are 211 in the tournament lists. Collins accepts 202, NWL2023 accepts 172 and ENABLE accepts 149. Nine of them are common, including NUCLEAR, MUSICAL, FUNERAL, SURREAL and RUNAWAY.

Which of these words end in S?

Fifty-six end in S, the biggest ending in the group. GUINEAS, QUOKKAS and BUDDHAS are typical, and L follows with 39 words, then R with 29. The three together cover 124 of the 211.

What is the highest-scoring word with U second and A sixth?

QUETZAL scores 25 points, followed by QUOKKAS and HUTZPAH on 24 and KUMQUAT on 22. All four are valid in Collins, NWL2023 and ENABLE, so none of them risks a challenge in either tradition.

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