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

7-letter words with U as the 2nd letter and I as the 6th letter number 163, and 38 of them end in -IN, like PUMPKIN and CURTAIN.

163 wordsTop pick PURSUITHighest score BUZZWIG 31

7 of 163 are everyday words (4%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

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
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Best words to play first 163 · most-used first

  • PURSUIT9
  • SUSTAIN7
  • CURTAIN9
  • PUMPKIN17
  • TURMOIL9
  • LUNATIC9
  • CULPRIT11
  • SUBUNIT9
  • NUMERIC11
  • CURTAIL9
  • NUCLEIC11
  • QUICKIE22
  • BULIMIA11
  • EUGENIA8
  • FUCHSIA15
  • BUBONIC13
  • DUSTBIN10
  • AURELIA7
  • GUNSHIP13
  • QUEENIE16
  • BUCOLIC13
  • SUBSOIL9
  • QUINTIN16
  • SURFEIT10
  • BULIMIC13
  • FUNFAIR13
  • TUBULIN9
  • LUMPKIN15
  • EUGENIC10
  • BUMPKIN17
  • SURVEIL10
  • BUTYRIC14
  • MUEZZIN27
  • MUNCHIE14
  • QUARTIC18
  • QUANTIC18
  • QUADRIC19
  • PURANIC11
  • MULLEIN9
  • OUABAIN9
  • FUMARIC14
  • MURRAIN9
  • QUINTIC18
  • KUMARIS13
  • PURLOIN9
  • FUNGOID12
  • SUBACID12
  • SURAMIN9

Showing the top 48 of 163 words. See every valid word

All valid words 163

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

  • AUGITIC10
  • AURELIA7
  • AUXESIS14
  • AUXETIC16
  • AUXINIC16
  • BUBALIS11
  • BUBONIC13
  • BUCOLIC13
  • BUIBUIS11
  • BUKSHIS16
  • BULIMIA11
  • BULIMIC13
  • BUMELIA11
  • BUMPKIN17
  • BURITIS9
  • BUSHPIG15
  • BUSHTIT12
  • BUTYRIC14
  • BUTYRIN12
  • BUZUKIA22
  • BUZUKIS22
  • BUZZWIG31
  • CULCHIE14
  • CULICID12
  • CULPRIT11
  • CULSHIE12
  • CUMARIC13
  • CUMARIN11
  • CURARIS9
  • CURTAIL9
  • CURTAIN9
  • CUTESIE9
  • CUTIKIN13
  • DUALLIE8
  • DUCKPIN16
  • DULOSIS8
  • DULOTIC10
  • DUMPBIN14
  • DUNITIC10
  • DUSTBIN10
  • DUUMVIR13
  • EUGARIE8
  • EUGENIA8
  • EUGENIC10
  • EULOGIA8
  • EUPLOID10
  • EUPNEIC11
  • EUTAXIA14
  • EUTEXIA14
  • FUCHSIA15
  • FUCHSIN15
  • FUCKWIT19
  • FUMARIC14
  • FUNFAIR13
  • FUNGOID12
  • FURFAIR13
  • FUSARIA10
  • GUANXIS15
  • GUMBOIL12
  • GUNSHIP13
  • GURAMIS10
  • HUFFKIN20
  • HUITAIN10
  • HUTCHIE15
  • JUDOGIS16
  • JUNGLIS15
  • JUPATIS16
  • JURIDIC17
  • KUMARIS13
  • LUDSHIP13
  • LUGSAIL8
  • LUMPKIN15
  • LUNATIC9
  • LUNGYIS11
  • LUPULIN9
  • MUDIRIA10
  • MUEDDIN11
  • MUESLIS9
  • MUEZZIN27
  • MULLEIN9
  • MUNCHIE14
  • MUNSHIS12
  • MUNTRIE9
  • MURLAIN9
  • MURRAIN9
  • MUSCOID12
  • NUCLEIC11
  • NUCLEIN9
  • NUMERIC11
  • NUNSHIP12
  • OUABAIN9
  • OURALIS7
  • OURARIS7
  • OUREBIS9
  • OUTCHID13
  • OUTGAIN8
  • OUTGRIN8
  • OUTLAID8
  • OUTLAIN7
  • OUTSAID8
  • OUTSAIL7
  • OUTSWIM12
  • OUTWAIT10
  • OUTWRIT10
  • PUMPKIN17
  • PUPARIA11
  • PURANIC11
  • PURIRIS9
  • PURLOIN9
  • PURSUIT9
  • PUSHPIN14
  • PUTELIS9
  • QUADRIC19
  • QUANTIC18
  • QUARTIC18
  • QUASHIE19
  • QUASSIA16
  • QUASSIN16
  • QUEENIE16
  • QUEYNIE19
  • QUIBLIN18
  • QUICKIE22
  • QUIDDIT18
  • QUINOID17
  • QUINTIC18
  • QUINTIN16
  • QUINZIE25
  • QUODLIN17
  • RUBIDIC12
  • RUELLIA7
  • RUMAKIS13
  • SUBACID12
  • SUBARID10
  • SUBEDIT10
  • SUBERIC11
  • SUBERIN9
  • SUBJOIN16
  • SUBSOIL9
  • SUBUNIT9
  • SUDARIA8
  • SULPHID13
  • SUNDRIS8
  • SUNSUIT7
  • SURAMIN9
  • SURFEIT10
  • SURIMIS9
  • SURLOIN7
  • SURVEIL10
  • SUSTAIN7
  • TUBULIN9
  • TUGHRIK15
  • TUILYIE10
  • TUILZIE16
  • TULADIS8
  • TUMBRIL11
  • TUMSHIE12
  • TUNICIN9
  • TURACIN9
  • TURDOID9
  • TURKOIS11
  • TURMOIL9
  • TUTANIA7
  • YUGARIE11
Letters by positionIn 23% of these words the 7th letter is N.
1st letter
  1. S11%
  2. B10%
  3. Q10%
3rd letter
  1. R16%
  2. T12%
  3. M9%
4th letter
  1. A15%
  2. S11%
  3. E9%
5th letter
  1. R17%
  2. A10%
  3. L9%
7th letter
  1. N23%
  2. S17%
  3. C15%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; BUZZWIG tops the list with 31. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 77 points: 10 words
  2. 8 points: 13 words
  3. 99 points: 29 words
  4. 10 points: 17 words
  5. 1111 points: 17 words
  6. 12 points: 13 words
  7. 1313 points: 14 words
  8. 14 points: 9 words
  9. 1515 points: 8 words
  10. 16 points: 12 words
  11. 1717 points: 5 words
  12. 18 points: 5 words
  13. 1919 points: 4 words
  14. 20 points: 1 words
  15. 2121 points: 0 words
  16. 22 points: 3 words
  17. 2323 points: 0 words
  18. 24 points: 0 words
  19. 2525 points: 1 words
  20. 26 points: 0 words
  21. 2727 points: 1 words
  22. 28 points: 0 words
  23. 2929 points: 0 words
  24. 30 points: 0 words
  25. 3131 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
BUZZWIG3134All three
MUEZZIN2730All three
QUINZIE2527NWL only
QUICKIE2224All three
BUZUKIA2225All three
BUZUKIS2225All three
HUFFKIN2021Collins only
QUADRIC1921All three
QUASHIE1919Collins only
QUEYNIE1920Collins only
QUARTIC1820All three
QUANTIC1821All three

Putting I in sixth place of a seven-letter word leaves just one tile after it, so this frame is really a list of two-letter endings. Six of them, -IN, -IS, -IC, -IE, -IA and -ID, cover most of the 163 matches. Knowing which comes first saves a lot of guessing.

What the U-I frame looks like

  • N closes 38 words, S closes 27 and C closes 24.
  • S opens 18 words, B opens 17 and Q opens 16.
  • BUZZWIG scores 31, MUEZZIN 27 and QUINZIE 25.
  • Only 7 matches are common words, including PURSUIT, SUSTAIN and CULPRIT.

Which two-letter endings are most likely?

-IN comes first at 38 words, from CURTAIN and PUMPKIN to MUEZZIN. -IS follows with 27, -IC with 24, -IE with 17, -IA with 16 and -ID with 12. Together those six cover 134 of the 163.

The -TIC group is a neat sub-family of eight: QUARTIC, QUINTIC, QUANTIC, AUGITIC, DUNITIC, DULOTIC, AUXETIC and the everyday LUNATIC. The -AIN family also has eight, with SUSTAIN, CURTAIN, OUTGAIN and OUABAIN among them. MURRAIN and OUTLAIN are two more members.

How do the openings split?

Nothing dominates. S, B and Q open 18, 17 and 16 words, and T, O and C follow close behind. The most productive three-letter starts are OUT- with 10 words, SUB- with 8 and QUI- with 7, including SUBUNIT, SUBJOIN and QUICKIE.

BUZZWIG and MUEZZIN show how Z lifts a long word. BUZZWIG earns 31 from two 10-point Zs and the W worth 4. MUEZZIN, the word for a mosque's caller, reaches 27 on the same double Z.

A pattern for specialists

Note

Collins accepts 159 of the 163 words, but NWL2023 takes 111 and ENABLE 101. Many entries, such as BUZUKIA and SUDARIA, are obscure, so a Collins-only play may be rejected in a North American game.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have U second and I sixth?
163 seven-letter words match. Collins accepts 159, NWL2023 accepts 111 and ENABLE accepts 101, which means roughly one match in three is valid in Collins but missing from NWL2023.
Which common words fit the _U___I_ pattern?
PURSUIT, SUSTAIN, CURTAIN, PUMPKIN, TURMOIL, LUNATIC and CULPRIT fit, and these 7 are the only matches among the top 25,000 English words. Everything else is rarer vocabulary, much of it scientific.
What is the highest-scoring word with U 2nd and I 6th?
BUZZWIG scores 31 points. MUEZZIN follows at 27, then QUINZIE at 25, and QUICKIE, BUZUKIA and BUZUKIS tie at 22. The Z tiles carry most of those totals.

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