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

Because A is the final tile, this is really an ending list: ?U????A. None of the 68 is an everyday word by frequency, so expect plants, places and borrowed names. Learn the -IA, -NA and -LA finishes and the rest becomes easy to scan.

What defines the U-to-A group

• Collins lists 66 of the 68, NWL2023 lists 46 and ENABLE lists 37.
• No word in the group ranks among the 25,000 most common in English.
• BUZUKIA scores highest at 22, then KUCHCHA at 21.
• The average score is 11.2.
• S opens 9 words, and R and B open 7 each.

Which two-letter endings are most common?

-IA leads with 16 words, including BULIMIA, EUGENIA, FUCHSIA, AURELIA and QUASSIA. -NA follows with 11, as in SULTANA and GUARANA, then -LA with 7 and -RA with 6, which brings in SUMATRA and PURPURA.

Those four endings cover 40 of the 68 words. Four of the -IA words end in -RIA: SUDARIA, MUDIRIA, PUPARIA and FUSARIA. The other 28 words use endings outside those four, so a glance at your sixth tile narrows the field.

How many of these words does NWL2023 accept?

Forty-six, which leaves 22 that fail in North American play. SUMATRA, AURELIA, SUBAQUA, KUCHCHA, WUDJULA and RUSALKA are among the failures, while RUBELLA, FUCHSIA and BULIMIA pass.

The list also splits the other way. CULMINA and KUMBAYA are valid in NWL2023 but absent from Collins, so check which book your game follows before you commit.

Which words score the most?

BUZUKIA scores 22 and is valid in all three dictionaries. KUCHCHA follows at 21, with SUBAQUA and WUDJULA on 18, but those three are Collins-only.

KUMBAYA also scores 18 and suits a North American game, while QUERIDA reaches 17 and works in every list.