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

193 seven-letter words have U second and K fourth, and 87 of them end in S, as in BUCKETS and HUSKIES.

193 wordsTop pick LUCKILYHighest score QUOKKAS 24

9 of 193 are everyday words (5%). 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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Best words to play first 193 · most-used first

  • LUCKILY16
  • LURKING12
  • BUCKETS15
  • TURKEYS14
  • HUSKIES14
  • SUCKERS13
  • BUNKERS13
  • DUCKING15
  • JUNKIES18
  • QUAKERS20
  • TUCKING14
  • BUCKEYE18
  • BUCKLED16
  • BUCKLES15
  • CUCKOLD16
  • BUCKING16
  • MUSKETS13
  • DUNKING13
  • LUCKIER13
  • MUCKING16
  • SULKING12
  • BULKING14
  • HULKING15
  • BUSKING14
  • QUAKING21
  • MUSKRAT13
  • BUCKLER15
  • HUSKERS14
  • JUNKERS18
  • CUCKOOS15
  • BULKIER13
  • RUCKMAN15
  • BUSKERS13
  • LURKERS11
  • BUNKING14
  • SUCKLED14
  • MURKIER13
  • TUCKERS13
  • DUCKIES14
  • FUNKIER14
  • JUNKETS18
  • MUSKIES13
  • BUCKRAM17
  • RUCKING14
  • PUCKERS15
  • LUCKING14
  • DUNKERS12
  • JUNKMAN20

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All valid words 193

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

  • BUCKEEN15
  • BUCKERS15
  • BUCKETS15
  • BUCKEYE18
  • BUCKIES15
  • BUCKING16
  • BUCKISH18
  • BUCKLED16
  • BUCKLER15
  • BUCKLES15
  • BUCKOES15
  • BUCKRAM17
  • BUCKRAS15
  • BUCKSAW18
  • BUCKSOM17
  • BUKKAKE21
  • BULKAGE14
  • BULKERS13
  • BULKIER13
  • BULKILY16
  • BULKING14
  • BUMKINS15
  • BUNKERS13
  • BUNKIES13
  • BUNKING14
  • BUNKOED14
  • BUNKUMS15
  • BURKERS13
  • BURKHAS16
  • BURKING14
  • BURKITE13
  • BUSKERS13
  • BUSKETS13
  • BUSKING14
  • BUSKINS13
  • CUCKING16
  • CUCKOLD16
  • CUCKOOS15
  • DUCKERS14
  • DUCKIER14
  • DUCKIES14
  • DUCKING15
  • DUCKISH17
  • DUCKPIN16
  • DUHKHAS18
  • DUIKERS12
  • DUKKAHS19
  • DUKKHAS19
  • DUNKERS12
  • DUNKING13
  • DUSKENS12
  • DUSKEST12
  • DUSKIER12
  • DUSKILY15
  • DUSKING13
  • DUSKISH15
  • DUYKERS15
  • FUCKERS16
  • FUCKING17
  • FUCKOFF22
  • FUCKUPS18
  • FUCKWIT19
  • FUNKERS14
  • FUNKIAS14
  • FUNKIER14
  • FUNKILY17
  • FUNKING15
  • FURKIDS15
  • GUCKIER14
  • GUNKIER12
  • GUNKING13
  • HUCKERY19
  • HUCKING17
  • HUCKLES16
  • HULKIER14
  • HULKING15
  • HUNKERS14
  • HUNKEYS17
  • HUNKIER14
  • HUNKIES14
  • HUNKSES14
  • HUSKERS14
  • HUSKIER14
  • HUSKIES14
  • HUSKILY17
  • HUSKING15
  • JUNKERS18
  • JUNKETS18
  • JUNKIER18
  • JUNKIES18
  • JUNKING19
  • JUNKMAN20
  • JUNKMEN20
  • KUMKUMS19
  • KUNKARS15
  • KUNKURS15
  • LUCKIER13
  • LUCKIES13
  • LUCKILY16
  • LUCKING14
  • LUNKERS11
  • LURKERS11
  • LURKING12
  • LUSKING12
  • LUSKISH14
  • MUCKERS15
  • MUCKIER15
  • MUCKILY18
  • MUCKING16
  • MUCKLER15
  • MUCKLES15
  • MURKEST13
  • MURKIER13
  • MURKILY16
  • MURKISH16
  • MUSKEGS14
  • MUSKETS13
  • MUSKIER13
  • MUSKIES13
  • MUSKILY16
  • MUSKING14
  • MUSKITS13
  • MUSKLES13
  • MUSKONE13
  • MUSKRAT13
  • OUAKARI11
  • OUTKEEP13
  • OUTKEPT13
  • OUTKICK17
  • OUTKILL11
  • OUTKISS11
  • PUCKERS15
  • PUCKERY18
  • PUCKING16
  • PUCKISH18
  • PUCKLES15
  • PULKHAS16
  • PUNKAHS16
  • PUNKERS13
  • PUNKEST13
  • PUNKEYS16
  • PUNKIER13
  • PUNKIES13
  • PUNKING14
  • PUNKINS13
  • PUNKISH16
  • QUAKERS20
  • QUAKIER20
  • QUAKILY23
  • QUAKING21
  • QUOKKAS24
  • RUCKING14
  • RUCKLED14
  • RUCKLES13
  • RUCKMAN15
  • RUCKMEN15
  • RUMKINS13
  • RUNKLED12
  • RUNKLES11
  • SUCKENS13
  • SUCKERS13
  • SUCKETS13
  • SUCKIER13
  • SUCKING14
  • SUCKLED14
  • SUCKLER13
  • SUCKLES13
  • SUKKAHS18
  • SUKKOTH18
  • SULKERS11
  • SULKIER11
  • SULKIES11
  • SULKILY14
  • SULKING12
  • SUNKERS11
  • SUNKETS11
  • SUNKIES11
  • TUCKERS13
  • TUCKETS13
  • TUCKING14
  • TUNKETS11
  • TURKEYS14
  • TURKIES11
  • TURKOIS11
  • TUSKARS11
  • TUSKERS11
  • TUSKIER11
  • TUSKING12
  • YUCKERS16
  • YUCKIER16
  • YUCKING17
  • YUKKIER18
  • YUKKING19
Letters by positionIn 48% of these words the 5th letter is I.
1st letter
  1. B18%
  2. M10%
  3. D10%
3rd letter
  1. C35%
  2. N23%
  3. S16%
5th letter
  1. I48%
  2. E25%
  3. L8%
6th letter
  1. E28%
  2. N20%
  3. R17%
7th letter
  1. S45%
  2. G16%
  3. R12%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 13 in Scrabble; QUOKKAS tops the list with 24. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 1111 points: 18 words
  2. 12 points: 11 words
  3. 1313 points: 40 words
  4. 14 points: 33 words
  5. 1515 points: 29 words
  6. 16 points: 21 words
  7. 1717 points: 10 words
  8. 18 points: 15 words
  9. 1919 points: 7 words
  10. 20 points: 4 words
  11. 2121 points: 2 words
  12. 22 points: 1 words
  13. 2323 points: 1 words
  14. 24 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
QUOKKAS2425All three
QUAKILY2324All three
QUAKING2124All three
QUAKERS2021All three
JUNKMAN2026All three
JUNKMEN2026All three
QUAKIER2021All three
JUNKING1925All three
YUKKING1921All three
HUCKERY1919Collins only
DUKKAHS1919Collins · NWL
DUKKHAS1919Collins only

In the frame _ U _ K _ _ _, the K almost always closes a four-letter stem such as DUCK, LURK or HUSK. What follows is a three-letter ending, and five endings between them explain half the list. Spot the stem and the suffix, and the answer builds itself.

Facts on the U-second, K-fourth frame

  • B opens 35 words, ahead of M with 20 and D with 19.
  • A final S ends 87 words, a final G ends 31 and a final R ends 24.
  • QUOKKAS scores 24, QUAKILY 23 and QUAKING 21.
  • Only 9 matches are everyday words, including LUCKILY, BUCKETS and TURKEYS.

Which five suffixes cover half the list?

Verb stems do the heavy lifting. Add -ING and you get DUCKING, LURKING, TUCKING and HUSKING, 31 words in all. Add -ERS and you get BUNKERS, JUNKERS and QUAKERS, 26 in all.

The comparative -IER brings 21 more, such as DUCKIER and LUCKIER. Smaller groups follow: 12 words end in -IES (JUNKIES, HUSKIES, BUNKIES) and 10 end in -ILY (LUCKILY, QUAKILY, MURKILY). The five groups total 100 of the 193, just over half.

Does the first letter narrow the field?

B does the most. BUC- alone opens 15 words, among them BUCKETS, BUCKLED, BUCKRAM and BUCKEYE, with BUCKLER and BUCKSAW rounding out the family. B starts 35 words in total once the other B openings are counted.

After B, M has 20 words and D has 19, so no other opener comes close. Even the strongest first letter leaves a sizeable pool, which makes the ending the better clue to chase first. A confirmed S at the end, by contrast, leaves 87.

Double K and the high scorers

Tip

QUOKKAS reaches 24 points from a 10-point Q and two 5-point Ks. QUAKILY takes 23 with help from the Y, and JUNKMAN makes 20. Keep a Q and a double K in mind when you scan your rack.

Questions people ask

How many words fit U second and K fourth?
There are 193 of them at seven letters. Collins lists 183, NWL2023 lists 160 and ENABLE lists 138, so most play in any major game, and Collins is the most generous of the three.
What scores most with U in second place and K in fourth?
QUOKKAS scores 24 points, ahead of QUAKILY at 23 and QUAKING at 21. QUAKERS and JUNKMAN make 20 each. A 10-point Q sits behind every one of those totals except JUNKMAN.
Which verbs plus -ING give a U-K frame word?
DUCKING, TUCKING, LURKING, HUSKING, BUNKING, JUNKING and QUAKING all qualify, out of 31 words ending in -ING. Each has a four-letter stem ending in K, which is what places the K fourth.

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