7-letter words with U as the 2nd letter and I as the 5th letter

7-letter words with U as the 2nd letter and I as the 5th letter total 868, and 247 of them end in -ING, such as RUNNING and TURNING.

868 wordsTop pick OUTSIDEHighest score FUZZILY 31

83 of 868 are everyday words (10%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

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With U in 2nd place, I is the most common 5th letter (868 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 83 · most-used first

OUTSIDE₈
RUNNING₈
QUALITY₁₉
JUSTICE₁₆
PUTTING₁₀
TURNING₈
FUNDING₁₂
SUICIDE₁₀
CUTTING₁₀
SURVIVE₁₃
BURNING₁₀
PUSHING₁₃
HUNTING₁₁
PULLING₁₀
NURSING₈
AUCTION₉
JUMPING₁₉
QUALIFY₂₂
JUSTIFY₂₀
HURTING₁₁
PUBLISH₁₄
JUDGING₁₇
TUITION₇
RUSHING₁₁
LUCKILY₁₆
OUTLINE₇
RUBBISH₁₄
FULFILL₁₃
OUTFITS₁₀
SUNRISE₇
BUDDIES₁₁
CUISINE₉
PUMPING₁₄
RUINING₈
QUOTING₁₇
SURFING₁₁
GUIDING₁₀
RUBBING₁₂
BULLIED₁₀
DUMPING₁₃
PUPPIES₁₃
BUZZING₂₈
TURBINE₉
PUDDING₁₂
CUSHION₁₂
SUBSIDY₁₃
GUNFIRE₁₁
LURKING₁₂

Showing the top 48 of 83 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 868

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

AUCTION₉
AUMAILS₉
AUNTIES₇
AUREITY₁₀
AUSPICE₁₁
AUTOING₈
BUBBIES₁₃
BUCCINA₁₃
BUCKIES₁₅
BUCKING₁₆
BUCKISH₁₈
BUDDIED₁₂
BUDDIER₁₁
BUDDIES₁₁
BUDDING₁₂
BUDGIES₁₁
BUDGING₁₂
BUDLIKE₁₄
BUFFIER₁₅
BUFFING₁₆
BUGGIER₁₁
BUGGIES₁₁
BUGGING₁₂
BUGGINS₁₁
BUGLING₁₁
BULBILS₁₁
BULBING₁₂
BULGIER₁₀
BULGINE₁₀
BULGING₁₁
BULKIER₁₃
BULKILY₁₆
BULKING₁₄
BULLIED₁₀
BULLIER₉
BULLIES₉
BULLING₁₀
BULLION₉
BULLISH₁₂
BUMKINS₁₅
BUMMING₁₄
BUMPIER₁₃
BUMPILY₁₆
BUMPING₁₄
BUNCING₁₂
BUNDIED₁₁
BUNDIES₁₀
BUNDING₁₁
BUNDIST₁₀
BUNGIES₁₀
BUNGING₁₁
BUNJIES₁₆
BUNKIES₁₃
BUNKING₁₄
BUNNIAS₉
BUNNIES₉
BUNTIER₉
BUNTING₁₀
BUNYIPS₁₄
BUOYING₁₃
BUPPIES₁₃
BURDIES₁₀
BURKING₁₄
BURKITE₁₃
BURLIER₉
BURLILY₁₂
BURLING₁₀
BURNIES₉
BURNING₁₀
BURNISH₁₂
BURPING₁₂
BURRIER₉
BURRING₁₀
BURRITO₉
BURYING₁₃
BUSBIES₁₁
BUSGIRL₁₀
BUSHIDO₁₃
BUSHIER₁₂
BUSHIES₁₂
BUSHILY₁₅
BUSHING₁₃
BUSKING₁₄
BUSKINS₁₃
BUSSING₁₀
BUSTICS₁₁
BUSTIER₉
BUSTING₁₀
BUSYING₁₃
BUTLING₁₀
BUTTIES₉
BUTTING₁₀
BUZZIER₂₇
BUZZING₂₈
CUBBIES₁₃
CUBBING₁₄
CUBBISH₁₆
CUBOIDS₁₂
CUCKING₁₆
CUDDIES₁₁
CUDDINS₁₁
CUFFING₁₆
CUFFINS₁₅
CUISINE₉
CULLIED₁₀
CULLIES₉
CULLING₁₀
CULLION₉
CULMINA₁₁
CULMING₁₂
CULTIER₉
CULTISH₁₂
CULTISM₁₁
CULTIST₉
CUMBIAS₁₃
CUMMING₁₄
CUMMINS₁₃
CUNDIES₁₀
CUNNING₁₀
CUPLIKE₁₅
CUPPIER₁₃
CUPPING₁₄
CUPRITE₁₁
CURBING₁₂
CURDIER₁₀
CURDING₁₁
CURLIER₉
CURLIES₉
CURLILY₁₂
CURLING₁₀
CURNIER₉
CURRIED₁₀
CURRIER₉
CURRIES₉
CURRING₁₀
CURRISH₁₂
CURSING₁₀
CURSIVE₁₂
CURVIER₁₂
CURVING₁₃
CURVITY₁₅
CUSHIER₁₂
CUSHIES₁₂
CUSHILY₁₅
CUSHION₁₂
CUSPIDS₁₂
CUSSING₁₀
CUTLINE₉
CUTTIER₉
CUTTIES₉
CUTTING₁₀
DUALINS₈
DUALISE₈
DUALISM₁₀
DUALIST₈
DUALITY₁₁
DUALIZE₁₇
DUBBING₁₃
DUBBINS₁₂
DUBNIUM₁₂
DUCHIES₁₃
DUCKIER₁₄
DUCKIES₁₄
DUCKING₁₅
DUCKISH₁₇
DUCTILE₁₀
DUCTING₁₁
DUDDIER₁₀
DUELING₉
DUELIST₈
DUETING₉
DUFFING₁₅
DULCIAN₁₀
DULCIFY₁₆
DULCITE₁₀
DULLIER₈
DULLING₉
DULLISH₁₁
DUMAIST₁₀
DUMBING₁₃
DUMMIED₁₃
DUMMIER₁₂
DUMMIES₁₂
DUMPIER₁₂
DUMPIES₁₂
DUMPILY₁₅
DUMPING₁₃
DUMPISH₁₅
DUNCISH₁₃
DUNGIER₉
DUNGING₁₀
DUNKING₁₃
DUNLINS₈
DUNNIER₈
DUNNIES₈
DUNNING₉
DUNNISH₁₁
DUNNITE₈
DUNTING₉
DUPLIED₁₁
DUPLIES₁₀
DUPPIES₁₂
DUPPING₁₃
DURGIER₉
DURNING₉
DURRIES₈
DUSHING₁₂
DUSKIER₁₂
DUSKILY₁₅
DUSKING₁₃
DUSKISH₁₅
DUSTIER₈
DUSTILY₁₁
DUSTING₉
EUCAINE₉
EUCAINS₉
EUCRITE₉
FUBBIER₁₄
FUBBING₁₅
FUBSIER₁₂
FUCKING₁₇
FUCOIDS₁₃
FUDDIES₁₂
FUDGIER₁₂
FUDGING₁₃
FUELING₁₁
FUFFIER₁₆
FUFFING₁₇
FUGGIER₁₂
FUGGILY₁₅
FUGGING₁₃
FUGLIER₁₁
FUGLING₁₂
FUGUING₁₂
FUGUIST₁₁
FULFILL₁₃
FULFILS₁₃
FULLING₁₁
FULLISH₁₃
FULMINE₁₂
FUNDIES₁₁
FUNDING₁₂
FUNKIAS₁₄
FUNKIER₁₄
FUNKILY₁₇
FUNKING₁₅
FUNNIER₁₀
FUNNIES₁₀
FUNNILY₁₃
FUNNING₁₁
FURBISH₁₅
FURKIDS₁₅
FURLING₁₁
FURMITY₁₅
FURNISH₁₃
FURRIER₁₀
FURRIES₁₀
FURRILY₁₃
FURRING₁₁
FURTIVE₁₃
FURZIER₁₉
FUSAINS₁₀
FUSHION₁₃
FUSSIER₁₀
FUSSILY₁₃
FUSSING₁₁
FUSTIAN₁₀
FUSTICS₁₂
FUSTIER₁₀
FUSTILY₁₃
FUSTING₁₁
FUTZING₂₀
FUZZIER₂₈
FUZZILY₃₁
FUZZING₂₉
GUANINE₈
GUANINS₈
GUARISH₁₁
GUBBINS₁₂
GUCKIER₁₄
GUERITE₈
GUFFIES₁₄
GUIDING₁₀
GUILING₉
GUISING₉
GULFIER₁₁
GULFING₁₂
GULLIED₉
GULLIES₈
GULLING₉
GULLISH₁₁
GULPIER₁₀
GULPING₁₁
GUMLIKE₁₄
GUMLINE₁₀
GUMMIER₁₂
GUMMIES₁₂
GUMMILY₁₅
GUMMING₁₃
GUMMITE₁₂
GUMPING₁₃
GUNDIES₉
GUNFIRE₁₁
GUNGIER₉
GUNGING₁₀
GUNKIER₁₂
GUNKING₁₃
GUNNIES₈
GUNNING₉
GUPPIES₁₂
GURDIES₉
GURGING₁₀
GURLIER₈
GURLING₉
GURNING₉
GURRIER₈
GURRIES₈
GURUISM₁₀
GUSHIER₁₁
GUSHILY₁₄
GUSHING₁₂
GUSSIED₉
GUSSIES₈
GUSTIER₈
GUSTILY₁₁
GUSTING₉
GUTLIKE₁₂
GUTSIER₈
GUTSILY₁₁
GUTSING₉
GUTTIER₈
GUTTIES₈
GUTTING₉
GUYLINE₁₁
GUYLING₁₂
HUBBIES₁₄
HUCKING₁₇
HUFFIER₁₆
HUFFILY₁₉
HUFFING₁₇
HUFFISH₁₉
HUGGIER₁₂
HUGGING₁₃
HUIPILS₁₂
HULKIER₁₄
HULKING₁₅
HULLIER₁₀
HULLING₁₁
HUMFING₁₆
HUMLIES₁₂
HUMMING₁₅
HUMPIER₁₄
HUMPIES₁₄
HUMPING₁₅
HUNKIER₁₄
HUNKIES₁₄
HUNNISH₁₃
HUNTING₁₁
HUPPING₁₅
HURDIES₁₁
HURLIES₁₀
HURLING₁₁
HURRIED₁₁
HURRIER₁₀
HURRIES₁₀
HURTING₁₁
HUSHIER₁₃
HUSHING₁₄
HUSKIER₁₄
HUSKIES₁₄
HUSKILY₁₇
HUSKING₁₅
HUSSIES₁₀
HUSSIFS₁₃
HUSWIFE₁₆
HUTLIKE₁₄
HUTTING₁₁
HUZZIES₂₈
JUDGIER₁₆
JUDGING₁₇
JUDOIST₁₅
JUGGING₁₇
JUGGINS₁₆
JUICIER₁₆
JUICILY₁₉
JUICING₁₇
JUJUISM₂₃
JUJUIST₂₁
JUMBIES₁₈
JUMPIER₁₈
JUMPILY₂₁
JUMPING₁₉
JUNKIER₁₈
JUNKIES₁₈
JUNKING₁₉
JURYING₁₈
JUSSIVE₁₇
JUSTICE₁₆
JUSTIFY₂₀
JUSTING₁₅
JUTTIED₁₅
JUTTIES₁₄
JUTTING₁₅
KUDLIKS₁₆
KUNZITE₂₀
LUBFISH₁₅
LUCKIER₁₃
LUCKIES₁₃
LUCKILY₁₆
LUCKING₁₄
LUETICS₉
LUFFING₁₄
LUGEING₉
LUGGIES₉
LUGGING₁₀
LULLING₈
LUMMIER₁₁
LUMPIAS₁₁
LUMPIER₁₁
LUMPILY₁₄
LUMPING₁₂
LUMPISH₁₄
LUNGIES₈
LUNGING₉
LUNTING₈
LUNYIES₁₀
LURGIES₈
LURKING₁₂
LURRIES₇
LUSHIER₁₀
LUSHING₁₁
LUSKING₁₂
LUSKISH₁₄
LUSTICK₁₃
LUSTIER₇
LUSTILY₁₀
LUSTING₈
LUTEINS₇
LUTFISK₁₄
LUTHIER₁₀
LUVVIES₁₃
LUVVING₁₄
MUCKIER₁₅
MUCKILY₁₈
MUCKING₁₆
MUCOIDS₁₂
MUDDIED₁₂
MUDDIER₁₁
MUDDIES₁₁
MUDDILY₁₄
MUDDING₁₂
MUDFISH₁₆
MUDGING₁₂
MUDPIES₁₂
MUDSILL₁₀
MUFFING₁₆
MUFFINS₁₅
MUFFISH₁₈
MUGGIER₁₁
MUGGILY₁₄
MUGGING₁₂
MUGGINS₁₁
MUGGISH₁₄
MUHLIES₁₂
MULLING₁₀
MULLION₉
MULLITE₉
MUMMIAS₁₃
MUMMIED₁₄
MUMMIES₁₃
MUMMIFY₁₉
MUMMING₁₄
MUMPING₁₄
MUMPISH₁₆
MUMSIER₁₁
MUMSIES₁₁
MUNDICS₁₂
MUNDIFY₁₆
MUNGING₁₁
MUNNION₉
MUNTING₁₀
MUNTINS₉
MUONIUM₁₁
MUREINS₉
MURKIER₁₃
MURKILY₁₆
MURKISH₁₆
MURLIER₉
MURLING₁₀
MURLINS₉
MURRIES₉
MURRINE₉
MURRINS₉
MURRION₉
MUSCIDS₁₂
MUSHIER₁₂
MUSHILY₁₅
MUSHING₁₃
MUSJIDS₁₇
MUSKIER₁₃
MUSKIES₁₃
MUSKILY₁₆
MUSKING₁₄
MUSKITS₁₃
MUSLINS₉
MUSPIKE₁₅
MUSSIER₉
MUSSILY₁₂
MUSSING₁₀
MUSTIER₉
MUSTILY₁₂
MUSTING₁₀
MUZHIKS₂₅
MUZJIKS₂₉
MUZZIER₂₇
MUZZILY₃₀
MUZZING₂₈
NUBBIER₁₁
NUBBING₁₂
NUBBINS₁₁
NUCLIDE₁₀
NUDDIES₉
NUDGING₁₀
NUDNICK₁₄
NUDNIKS₁₂
NUFFINS₁₃
NULLIFY₁₃
NULLING₈
NULLITY₁₀
NUMBING₁₂
NUMMIER₁₁
NUNCIOS₉
NUNDINE₈
NUNLIKE₁₁
NUNNISH₁₀
NUPTIAL₉
NURDIER₈
NURDISH₁₁
NURLING₈
NURSING₈
NUTLIKE₁₁
NUTPICK₁₅
NUTRIAS₇
NUTSIER₇
NUTTIER₇
NUTTILY₁₀
NUTTING₈
OUCHING₁₃
OUGLIED₉
OUGLIES₈
OUGUIYA₁₁
OUSTING₈
OUSTITI₇
OUTBIDS₁₀
OUTCITY₁₂
OUTFIND₁₁
OUTFIRE₁₀
OUTFISH₁₃
OUTFITS₁₀
OUTGIVE₁₁
OUTHIRE₁₀
OUTHITS₁₀
OUTJINX₂₁
OUTKICK₁₇
OUTKILL₁₁
OUTKISS₁₁
OUTLIED₈
OUTLIER₇
OUTLIES₇
OUTLINE₇
OUTLIVE₁₀
OUTPITY₁₂
OUTRIDE₈
OUTRIGS₈
OUTRING₈
OUTSIDE₈
OUTSING₈
OUTSINS₇
OUTSITS₇
OUTSIZE₁₆
OUTVIED₁₁
OUTVIES₁₀
OUTWICK₁₆
OUTWILE₁₀
OUTWILL₁₀
OUTWIND₁₁
OUTWING₁₁
OUTWINS₁₀
OUTWISH₁₃
OUTWITH₁₃
OUTWITS₁₀
OUVRIER₁₀
PUBBING₁₄
PUBLICS₁₃
PUBLISH₁₄
PUCKING₁₆
PUCKISH₁₈
PUDDIES₁₁
PUDDING₁₂
PUDGIER₁₁
PUDGILY₁₄
PUDSIER₁₀
PUERILE₉
PUERING₁₀
PUFFIER₁₅
PUFFILY₁₈
PUFFING₁₆
PUFFINS₁₅
PUGGIER₁₁
PUGGIES₁₁
PUGGING₁₂
PUGGISH₁₄
PULLING₁₀
PULPIER₁₁
PULPIFY₁₇
PULPILY₁₄
PULPING₁₂
PULPITS₁₁
PULSING₁₀
PULSION₉
PULVILS₁₂
PULVINI₁₂
PUMPING₁₄
PUMPION₁₃
PUNCING₁₂
PUNDITS₁₀
PUNKIER₁₃
PUNKIES₁₃
PUNKING₁₄
PUNKINS₁₃
PUNKISH₁₆
PUNNIER₉
PUNNING₁₀
PUNTIES₉
PUNTING₁₀
PUPFISH₁₇
PUPPIED₁₄
PUPPIES₁₃
PUPPING₁₄
PURGING₁₁
PURLIEU₉
PURLINE₉
PURLING₁₀
PURLINS₉
PURPIES₁₁
PURRING₁₀
PURSIER₉
PURSILY₁₂
PURSING₁₀
PURTIER₉
PURVIEW₁₅
PUSHIER₁₂
PUSHILY₁₅
PUSHING₁₃
PUSLIKE₁₃
PUSLING₁₀
PUSSIER₉
PUSSIES₉
PUTTIED₁₀
PUTTIER₉
PUTTIES₉
PUTTING₁₀
PUTZING₁₉
QUAKIER₂₀
QUAKILY₂₃
QUAKING₂₁
QUALIFY₂₂
QUALITY₁₉
QUEMING₁₉
QUERIDA₁₇
QUERIED₁₇
QUERIER₁₆
QUERIES₁₆
QUERIST₁₆
QUEUING₁₇
QUINIES₁₆
QUININA₁₆
QUININE₁₆
QUININS₁₆
QUIRING₁₇
QUITING₁₇
QULLIQS₂₅
QUOTING₁₇
QUYTING₂₀
RUBBIDY₁₅
RUBBIES₁₁
RUBBING₁₂
RUBBISH₁₄
RUBBITY₁₄
RUBRICS₁₁
RUBYING₁₃
RUCHING₁₃
RUCKING₁₄
RUCTION₉
RUDDIED₁₀
RUDDIER₉
RUDDIES₉
RUDDILY₁₂
RUDDING₁₀
RUFFIAN₁₃
RUFFING₁₄
RUFFINS₁₃
RUGBIES₁₀
RUGGIER₉
RUGGING₁₀
RUGLIKE₁₂
RUINING₈
RULLION₇
RUMKINS₁₃
RUMMIER₁₁
RUMMIES₁₁
RUMMILY₁₄
RUMMISH₁₄
RUMPIES₁₁
RUMPING₁₂
RUNNIER₇
RUNNING₈
RUNNION₇
RUNRIGS₈
RUNTIER₇
RUNTISH₁₀
RUSHIER₁₀
RUSHING₁₁
RUSSIAS₇
RUSSIFY₁₃
RUSTICS₉
RUSTIER₇
RUSTILY₁₀
RUSTING₈
RUTTIER₇
RUTTILY₁₀
RUTTING₈
RUTTISH₁₀
SUASION₇
SUASIVE₁₀
SUAVITY₁₃
SUBBIES₁₁
SUBBING₁₂
SUBFILE₁₂
SUBLIME₁₁
SUBLINE₉
SUBMISS₁₁
SUBMITS₁₁
SUBRING₁₀
SUBSIDE₁₀
SUBSIDY₁₃
SUBSIST₉
SUBSITE₉
SUBTILE₉
SUCCISE₁₁
SUCKIER₁₃
SUCKING₁₄
SUCRIER₉
SUCTION₉
SUDSIER₈
SUDSING₉
SUEDING₉
SUETIER₇
SUFFICE₁₅
SUGGING₁₀
SUGHING₁₂
SUICIDE₁₀
SUIDIAN₈
SUITING₈
SULFIDE₁₁
SULFIDS₁₁
SULFITE₁₀
SULKIER₁₁
SULKIES₁₁
SULKILY₁₄
SULKING₁₂
SULLIED₈
SULLIES₇
SUMMING₁₂
SUMMIST₁₁
SUMMITS₁₁
SUMOIST₉
SUMPITS₁₁
SUNBIRD₁₀
SUNDIAL₈
SUNFISH₁₃
SUNKIES₁₁
SUNLIKE₁₁
SUNNIER₇
SUNNIES₇
SUNNILY₁₀
SUNNING₈
SUNRISE₇
SUNWISE₁₀
SUPPING₁₂
SURDITY₁₁
SURFIER₁₀
SURFIES₁₀
SURFING₁₁
SURGIER₈
SURGING₉
SURLIER₇
SURLILY₁₀
SURMISE₉
SURVIEW₁₃
SURVIVE₁₃
SUSLIKS₁₁
SUSPIRE₉
SUSSING₈
TUBAIST₉
TUBBIER₁₁
TUBBING₁₂
TUBBISH₁₄
TUBFISH₁₅
TUBLIKE₁₃
TUCKING₁₄
TUFTIER₁₀
TUFTILY₁₃
TUFTING₁₁
TUGGING₁₀
TUGRIKS₁₂
TUITION₇
TUMMIES₁₁
TUMPIER₁₁
TUMPING₁₂
TUNDING₉
TUNDISH₁₁
TUNNIES₇
TUNNING₈
TUPPING₁₂
TURBINE₉
TURBITH₁₂
TURBITS₉
TURDINE₈
TURDION₈
TURFIER₁₀
TURFING₁₁
TURFITE₁₀
TURGITE₈
TURKIES₁₁
TURNING₈
TURNIPS₉
TURNIPY₁₂
TUSHIES₁₀
TUSHING₁₁
TUSKIER₁₁
TUSKING₁₂
TUSSIVE₁₀
TUTSING₈
TUTTIES₇
TUTTING₈
VUGGIER₁₂
VUGHIER₁₄
VULNING₁₁
VULPINE₁₂
VUMMING₁₅
VUTTIER₁₀
WUDDIES₁₂
WUDDING₁₃
WULLING₁₁
WURLIES₁₀
WUSSIER₁₀
WUSSIES₁₀
YUCKIER₁₆
YUCKING₁₇
YUKKIER₁₈
YUKKING₁₉
YUMMIER₁₄
YUMMIES₁₄
YUMPIES₁₄
YUMPING₁₅
YUPPIES₁₄
YUPPIFY₂₀

Letters by positionIn 35% of these words the 6th letter is N.

1st letter

B10%
M9%
S8%

3rd letter

R14%
S13%
N12%

4th letter

L13%
T11%
K11%

6th letter

N35%
E31%
S8%

7th letter

G28%
S23%
R16%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 10 in Scrabble; FUZZILY tops the list with 31. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 30 words
8 points: 64 words
99 points: 110 words
10 points: 128 words
1111 points: 121 words
12 points: 103 words
1313 points: 87 words
14 points: 70 words
1515 points: 45 words
16 points: 40 words
1717 points: 23 words
18 points: 11 words
1919 points: 11 words
20 points: 6 words
2121 points: 4 words
22 points: 1 words
2323 points: 2 words
24 points: 0 words
2525 points: 2 words
26 points: 0 words
2727 points: 2 words
28 points: 4 words
2929 points: 2 words
30 points: 1 words
3131 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
FUZZILY	31	32	All three
MUZZILY	30	32	All three
FUZZING	29	32	All three
MUZJIKS	29	33	All three
BUZZING	28	32	All three
FUZZIER	28	29	All three
MUZZING	28	32	Collins only
HUZZIES	28	28	Collins only
MUZZIER	27	29	All three
BUZZIER	27	29	Collins · NWL
MUZHIKS	25	26	All three
QULLIQS	25	28	NWL only

This frame, _ U _ _ I _ _, is the largest of the U-second family on this length, and one suffix explains most of it. Four endings account for roughly two thirds of the list, so spotting the tail beats guessing the opener. The rest is a long tail of short, odd words.

The U-second, I-fifth pattern in numbers

G closes 247 words, S closes 197 and R closes 137.
B opens 88 words, with M on 75 and P and S on 71 each.
FUZZILY scores 31, MUZZILY 30 and FUZZING 29.
83 matches rank among the top 25,000 English words.

Which endings cover most of these words?

-ING is the giant at 247 words, and it includes PUTTING, BURNING, HUNTING and JUMPING. -IER adds 137, mostly comparatives like LUCKIER and DUCKIER. -IES adds 111, such as BUDDIES, and -ILY adds 51, from LUCKILY to PUFFILY.

Together with 44 words in -ISH (PUBLISH, RUBBISH) those five endings cover 590 of the 868. That is about two thirds, so a visible tail letter is worth more than any vowel test.

What about the OUT- group?

OUT- opens 38 words in this frame, among them OUTFITS, OUTSIDE and OUTFIRE. The prefix leaves U in second place automatically, and the fifth-place I comes from the stem that follows. Next biggest are MUS-, CUR- and BUN-, so OUT- is the first prefix to test.

Short verb stems feed the -ING pool. BUST, PUSH, HUNT and CUT each take the suffix to give BUSTING, PUSHING, HUNTING and CUTTING, and every one keeps U second and I fifth.

Scoring note

Tip

FUZZILY reaches 31 on two 10-point Zs and a 4-point F and Y. Hold a Z pair and an -ILY tail and this is the play, even though most of the 868 words score far less.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have U second and I fifth?

868 seven-letter words fit. Collins accepts 850 of them, NWL2023 accepts 696 and ENABLE accepts 633, so Collins is the most generous list for this frame.

Which -ING words fit the _U__I__ pattern?

RUNNING, PUTTING, TURNING, FUNDING, CUTTING, BURNING, PUSHING and HUNTING all fit. In total 247 words end in -ING, which is more than a quarter of the whole list.

What is the top-scoring word with U 2nd and I 5th?

FUZZILY scores 31 points, ahead of MUZZILY at 30 and FUZZING at 29. MUZJIKS and BUZZING follow at 29 and 28. Z-heavy words fill the top of the scoring table.

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