7-letter words with U as the 2nd letter and K as the 5th letter
Only 28 seven-letter words have U 2nd and K 5th, and QUICKLY and PUMPKIN are the two you will meet most often.
3 of 28 are everyday words (11%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.
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.
Best words to play first
- QUICKLY25
- QUICKER22
- PUMPKIN17
- QUICKEN22
- QUICKIE22
- TURNKEY14
- LUMPKIN15
- BUMPKIN17
- QUIRKED21
- QUACKED23
- QUACKER22
- QUOKKAS24
- JUDOKAS19
- SUDOKUS12
- EUREKAS11
- BUBUKLE15
- BUZUKIA22
- BUZUKIS22
- CUTIKIN13
- HUFFKIN20
- JUKSKEI22
- OULAKAN11
- PUKEKOS17
- QUACKLE22
- QUONKED21
- RUMAKIS13
- TUSHKAR14
- TUSHKER14
All valid words 28
- BUBUKLE15
- BUMPKIN17
- BUZUKIA22
- BUZUKIS22
- CUTIKIN13
- EUREKAS11
- HUFFKIN20
- JUDOKAS19
- JUKSKEI22
- LUMPKIN15
- OULAKAN11
- PUKEKOS17
- PUMPKIN17
- QUACKED23
- QUACKER22
- QUACKLE22
- QUICKEN22
- QUICKER22
- QUICKIE22
- QUICKLY25
- QUIRKED21
- QUOKKAS24
- QUONKED21
- RUMAKIS13
- SUDOKUS12
- TURNKEY14
- TUSHKAR14
- TUSHKER14
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUICKLY | 25 | 27 | All three |
| QUOKKAS | 24 | 25 | All three |
| QUACKED | 23 | 25 | All three |
| QUICKER | 22 | 24 | All three |
| QUICKEN | 22 | 25 | All three |
| QUICKIE | 22 | 24 | All three |
| QUACKER | 22 | 24 | Collins only |
| QUACKLE | 22 | 25 | Collins only |
| JUKSKEI | 22 | 25 | Collins only |
| BUZUKIA | 22 | 25 | All three |
| BUZUKIS | 22 | 25 | All three |
| QUIRKED | 21 | 22 | All three |
Words in the frame _ U _ _ K _ _ are short on volume and long on points. The average score is 18.3, which is high for seven letters because Q and K turn up so often. A Q opening and the -KIN ending are the two shapes worth learning first.
What the U-K list contains
- Q opens 10 of the 28 words, and B opens 4.
- N and S each end 7 words, and R ends 4.
- QUICKLY scores 25, QUOKKAS 24 and QUACKED 23.
- Collins lists 27 of the words, NWL2023 lists 16 and ENABLE lists 14.
Why does Q dominate this frame?
Ten words open with Q, which is more than a third of the list. The QUICK- family supplies four of them: QUICKLY, QUICKER, QUICKEN and QUICKIE. QUACKED, QUACKER, QUIRKED and QUOKKAS fill most of the rest.
The top of the scoring table is almost entirely Q territory. QUICKLY makes 25 points, QUOKKAS 24 and QUACKED 23. JUDOKAS makes 19 and TURNKEY only 14, so Q is the letter to hunt for.
What are the common non-Q words?
PUMPKIN is the everyday one. It belongs to a five-word -KIN group that also holds BUMPKIN, LUMPKIN, HUFFKIN and CUTIKIN, and those five supply five of the seven words ending in N.
TURNKEY, JUDOKAS and SUDOKUS are the other recognisable entries. SUDOKUS and JUDOKAS both end in S, which accounts for two of the seven S-enders.
EUREKAS and QUOKKAS show the other plural route, ending in -KAS. Between the -KIN and -KAS groups, a visible fifth-place K plus a final N or S settles most guesses.
Where to be careful
Only 3 of the 28 are among the top 25,000 English words: QUICKLY, QUICKER and PUMPKIN. Rarities such as BUBUKLE and TUSHKAR are Collins-only plays, so confirm your game's word list first.
Questions people ask
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