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7-letter words with U as the 2nd letter and I as the 4th letter

7-letter words with U as the 2nd letter and I as the 4th letter number 173, and 87 of them end in S. MUSICAL and AUDITOR do not.

173 wordsTop pick MUSICALHighest score JUJITSU 21

13 of 173 are everyday words (8%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

With U in 2nd place, L is the most common 4th letter (279 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 13 · most-used first

All valid words 173

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

  • AUDIBLE10
  • AUDIBLY13
  • AUDIENT8
  • AUDILES8
  • AUDINGS9
  • AUDISMS10
  • AUDISTS8
  • AUDITED9
  • AUDITEE8
  • AUDITOR8
  • AUGITES8
  • AUGITIC10
  • AURICLE9
  • AURISTS7
  • AUTISMS9
  • AUTISTS7
  • AUXINIC16
  • BUBINGA12
  • BULIMIA11
  • BULIMIC13
  • BULIMUS11
  • BUNIONS9
  • BURIALS9
  • BURIERS9
  • BURITIS9
  • BUSIEST9
  • BUSINGS10
  • CUBICAL13
  • CUBICAS13
  • CUBICLE13
  • CUBICLY16
  • CUBISMS13
  • CUBISTS11
  • CUBITAL11
  • CUBITUS11
  • CUEISTS9
  • CULICES11
  • CULICID12
  • CURIETS9
  • CURIOSA9
  • CURIOUS9
  • CURITES9
  • CURIUMS11
  • CUTICLE11
  • CUTIKIN13
  • CUTISES9
  • DUBIETY13
  • DUBIOUS10
  • DUDISMS11
  • DUGITES9
  • DUNITES8
  • DUNITIC10
  • DUPINGS11
  • DUPIONS10
  • DURIANS8
  • DURIONS8
  • DUTIFUL11
  • EURIPUS9
  • FUMIEST12
  • FUNICLE12
  • FURIOSO10
  • FURIOUS10
  • FUSIBLE12
  • FUSIBLY15
  • FUSILLI10
  • FUSIONS10
  • FUTILER10
  • GUAIACS10
  • GUNITES8
  • HUMIDER13
  • HUMIDEX20
  • HUMIDLY16
  • HUMIDOR13
  • HUMINTS12
  • HUMITES12
  • JUBILEE16
  • JUBILES16
  • JUJITSU21
  • JUNIORS14
  • JUNIPER16
  • JURIDIC17
  • JURISTS14
  • KUFIYAH20
  • KUMISES13
  • KUMITES13
  • LUCIDER10
  • LUCIDLY13
  • LUCIFER12
  • LUCIGEN10
  • LUCITES9
  • LUGINGS9
  • LULIBUB11
  • LUMINAL9
  • LUMINED10
  • LUMINES9
  • LUNIEST7
  • LUPINES9
  • LURIDER8
  • LURIDLY11
  • LUTINGS8
  • LUTISTS7
  • LUTITES7
  • MUCIGEN12
  • MUDIRIA10
  • MUNITED10
  • MUNITES9
  • MURIATE9
  • MURICES11
  • MURINES9
  • MUSICAL11
  • MUSICKS15
  • MUSIMON11
  • MUSINGS10
  • MUTINED10
  • MUTINES9
  • MUTISMS11
  • NUDISMS10
  • NUDISTS8
  • OUGIYAS11
  • OURIEST7
  • OUTINGS8
  • PUBISES11
  • PUKIEST13
  • PULIEST9
  • PULINGS10
  • PUMICED14
  • PUMICER13
  • PUMICES13
  • PUNIEST9
  • PUPILAR11
  • PURINES9
  • PURIRIS9
  • PURISMS11
  • PURISTS9
  • PURITAN9
  • QUAICHS21
  • QUAIGHS20
  • QUAILED17
  • QUOIFED20
  • QUOINED17
  • QUOISTS16
  • QUOITED17
  • QUOITER16
  • RUBICON11
  • RUBIDIC12
  • RUBIEST9
  • RUBIGOS10
  • RUBINES9
  • RUBIOUS9
  • RUDISTS8
  • RUEINGS8
  • RUFIYAA13
  • RULIEST7
  • RULINGS8
  • RUMINAL9
  • RUPIAHS12
  • RUTILES7
  • SUBIDEA10
  • SUBITEM11
  • SUPINES9
  • SURIMIS9
  • TUBIFEX19
  • TUBINGS10
  • TUBISTS9
  • TUMIDLY13
  • TUNICAE9
  • TUNICIN9
  • TUNICLE9
  • TUNIEST7
  • TUNINGS8
  • TURIONS7
  • TURISTA7
  • YUKIEST14
Letters by positionIn 50% of these words the 7th letter is S.
1st letter
  1. C11%
  2. L10%
  3. A10%
3rd letter
  1. R18%
  2. B14%
  3. M10%
5th letter
  1. N16%
  2. T14%
  3. S13%
6th letter
  1. E29%
  2. T10%
  3. L9%
7th letter
  1. S50%
  2. T7%
  3. E6%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; JUJITSU tops the list with 21. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 77 points: 11 words
  2. 8 points: 18 words
  3. 99 points: 42 words
  4. 10 points: 25 words
  5. 1111 points: 23 words
  6. 12 points: 11 words
  7. 1313 points: 18 words
  8. 14 points: 4 words
  9. 1515 points: 2 words
  10. 16 points: 8 words
  11. 1717 points: 4 words
  12. 18 points: 0 words
  13. 1919 points: 1 words
  14. 20 points: 4 words
  15. 2121 points: 2 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
JUJITSU2127All three
QUAICHS2122All three
HUMIDEX2021Collins · NWL
QUAIGHS2021All three
KUFIYAH2019Collins only
QUOIFED2021Collins only
TUBIFEX1921All three
QUAILED1719All three
QUOINED1719All three
QUOITED1718All three
JURIDIC1721All three
JUBILEE1621All three

The frame _ U _ I _ _ _ has no dominant opening letter, which sets it apart from most U-based patterns. Instead the last letter does the sorting, and S alone closes about half the list. Learn three or four suffix families and the rest follows.

Facts for the U-second, I-fourth frame

  • S ends 87 words, far ahead of T with 12 and E with 11.
  • C opens 19 words, with A and L on 17 each.
  • JUJITSU scores 21, tied with QUAICHS.
  • Only 13 matches rank among the top 25,000 English words.

Which words end in S in this pattern?

87 of the 173 end in S, which is just over half. Two plural families lead: -STS has 12 words, such as CUBISTS, PURISTS and JURISTS, and -NGS has 12 more, such as RULINGS, MUSINGS and OUTINGS.

Both are built on an -IST or -ING stem, so the fourth-place I is part of the stem rather than a coincidence. When the last tile is an S, test the T and N endings before anything else.

Which everyday words fit, and does the first letter help?

MUSICAL, AUDITOR, AUDIBLE, JUNIORS and BUSIEST are the ones most people reach for. The AUD- opening gives 10 words, among them AUDITED and AUDIBLE.

Four words end in -IOUS: DUBIOUS, RUBIOUS, CURIOUS and FURIOUS. Three of those are common, so that ending is short but dependable. A confirmed O in fifth place and U in sixth narrows the frame to that handful at once.

The first letter helps less than the last. C leads the openings with 19 words, A and L follow with 17 each, and M, P and R have 14. Those top openers leave 14 to 19 candidates, whereas a known final S leaves 87.

Where the pattern runs thin

Note

Collins accepts 166 of the 173 words, NWL2023 accepts 136 and ENABLE accepts 116. Entries like QUAICHS and QUOISTS are rare, so confirm your game's list before banking on one.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have U second and I fourth?
173 seven-letter words fit, counting words found in Collins, NWL2023 or ENABLE. Collins covers 166, NWL2023 covers 136 and ENABLE covers 116, so a few entries work in only one family of games.
What is the highest-scoring word with U 2nd and I 4th?
JUJITSU scores 21, tied with QUAICHS. HUMIDEX, QUAIGHS and KUFIYAH follow at 20. The two Js in JUJITSU carry the score, since each is worth 8 points.
Which words in this pattern end in -IOUS?
Four words end in -IOUS: DUBIOUS, RUBIOUS, CURIOUS and FURIOUS. CURIOUS, FURIOUS and DUBIOUS are everyday vocabulary, while RUBIOUS is the unusual one, meaning red or ruddy. Spotting the O-U-S tail early cuts the search to just these four.

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