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

7-letter words with U as the 2nd letter and L as the 4th letter: 279 tournament-dictionary matches, including QUALITY, OUTLOOK, and BUILDER.

279 wordsTop pick QUALITYHighest score QULLIQS 25

27 of 279 are everyday words (10%). 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 27 · most-used first

All valid words 279

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

  • AUKLETS11
  • BUDLESS10
  • BUDLIKE14
  • BUGLERS10
  • BUGLETS10
  • BUGLING11
  • BUGLOSS10
  • BUILDED11
  • BUILDER10
  • BUILDUP12
  • BULLACE11
  • BULLARY12
  • BULLATE9
  • BULLBAR11
  • BULLBAT11
  • BULLDOG11
  • BULLERS9
  • BULLETS9
  • BULLEYS12
  • BULLIED10
  • BULLIER9
  • BULLIES9
  • BULLING10
  • BULLION9
  • BULLISH12
  • BULLOCK15
  • BULLOSA9
  • BULLOUS9
  • BULLPEN11
  • BURLAPS11
  • BURLERS9
  • BURLESK13
  • BURLEYS12
  • BURLIER9
  • BURLILY12
  • BURLING10
  • BUSLOAD10
  • BUTLERS9
  • BUTLERY12
  • BUTLING10
  • CUBLESS11
  • CULLAYS12
  • CULLERS9
  • CULLETS9
  • CULLIED10
  • CULLIES9
  • CULLING10
  • CULLION9
  • CUPLIKE15
  • CURLERS9
  • CURLEWS12
  • CURLIER9
  • CURLIES9
  • CURLILY12
  • CURLING10
  • CUTLASS9
  • CUTLERS9
  • CUTLERY12
  • CUTLETS9
  • CUTLINE9
  • DUALINS8
  • DUALISE8
  • DUALISM10
  • DUALIST8
  • DUALITY11
  • DUALIZE17
  • DUALLED9
  • DUALLIE8
  • DUELERS8
  • DUELING9
  • DUELIST8
  • DUELLED9
  • DUELLER8
  • DUELLOS8
  • DULLARD9
  • DULLEST8
  • DULLIER8
  • DULLING9
  • DULLISH11
  • DUNLINS8
  • DUOLOGS9
  • DUPLETS10
  • DUPLIED11
  • DUPLIES10
  • EUCLASE9
  • EUGLENA8
  • EUPLOID10
  • FUELERS10
  • FUELING11
  • FUELLED11
  • FUELLER10
  • FUGLIER11
  • FUGLING12
  • FULLAGE11
  • FULLAMS12
  • FULLANS10
  • FULLERS10
  • FULLERY13
  • FULLEST10
  • FULLING11
  • FULLISH13
  • FURLANA10
  • FURLERS10
  • FURLESS10
  • FURLING11
  • FURLONG11
  • GUGLETS9
  • GUILDER9
  • GUILDRY12
  • GUILERS8
  • GUILING9
  • GUILTED9
  • GULLERS8
  • GULLERY11
  • GULLETS8
  • GULLEYS11
  • GULLIED9
  • GULLIES8
  • GULLING9
  • GULLISH11
  • GUMLESS10
  • GUMLIKE14
  • GUMLINE10
  • GUNLESS8
  • GUNLOCK14
  • GURLETS8
  • GURLIER8
  • GURLING9
  • GUSLARS8
  • GUTLESS8
  • GUTLIKE12
  • GUYLERS11
  • GUYLINE11
  • GUYLING12
  • HUBLESS12
  • HUELESS10
  • HULLERS10
  • HULLIER10
  • HULLING11
  • HULLOAS10
  • HULLOED11
  • HULLOES10
  • HULLOOS10
  • HUMLIES12
  • HURLBAT12
  • HURLERS10
  • HURLEYS13
  • HURLIES10
  • HURLING11
  • HUTLIKE14
  • JUGLETS15
  • KUDLIKS16
  • LULLABY12
  • LULLERS7
  • LULLING8
  • MUCLUCS13
  • MUDLARK14
  • MUFLONS12
  • MUHLIES12
  • MUKLUKS17
  • MULLAHS12
  • MULLEIN9
  • MULLENS9
  • MULLERS9
  • MULLETS9
  • MULLEYS12
  • MULLING10
  • MULLION9
  • MULLITE9
  • MULLOCK15
  • MURLAIN9
  • MURLANS9
  • MURLIER9
  • MURLING10
  • MURLINS9
  • MUSLINS9
  • NUCLEAL9
  • NUCLEAR9
  • NUCLEIC11
  • NUCLEIN9
  • NUCLEON9
  • NUCLEUS9
  • NUCLIDE10
  • NULLAHS10
  • NULLIFY13
  • NULLING8
  • NULLITY10
  • NUNLIKE11
  • NURLING8
  • NUTLETS7
  • NUTLIKE11
  • OUGLIED9
  • OUGLIES8
  • OUTLAID8
  • OUTLAIN7
  • OUTLAND8
  • OUTLASH10
  • OUTLAST7
  • OUTLAWS10
  • OUTLAYS10
  • OUTLEAD8
  • OUTLEAP9
  • OUTLERS7
  • OUTLETS7
  • OUTLIED8
  • OUTLIER7
  • OUTLIES7
  • OUTLINE7
  • OUTLIVE10
  • OUTLOOK11
  • OUTLOVE10
  • PUBLICS13
  • PUBLISH14
  • PULLERS9
  • PULLETS9
  • PULLEYS12
  • PULLING10
  • PULLMAN11
  • PULLOUT9
  • PULLUPS11
  • PURLERS9
  • PURLIEU9
  • PURLINE9
  • PURLING10
  • PURLINS9
  • PURLOIN9
  • PUSLEYS12
  • PUSLIKE13
  • PUSLING10
  • PUTLOCK15
  • PUTLOGS10
  • QUALIFY22
  • QUALITY19
  • QUELEAS16
  • QUELLED17
  • QUELLER16
  • QUILLAI16
  • QUILLED17
  • QUILLET16
  • QUILLON16
  • QUILLOW19
  • QUILTED17
  • QUILTER16
  • QULLIQS25
  • RUELLES7
  • RUELLIA7
  • RUGLIKE12
  • RULLION7
  • RULLOCK13
  • RUNLESS7
  • RUNLETS7
  • SUBLATE9
  • SUBLETS9
  • SUBLIME11
  • SUBLINE9
  • SUBLOTS9
  • SULLAGE8
  • SULLENS7
  • SULLIED8
  • SULLIES7
  • SUMLESS9
  • SUNLAMP11
  • SUNLAND8
  • SUNLESS7
  • SUNLIKE11
  • SURLIER7
  • SURLILY10
  • SURLOIN7
  • SUSLIKS11
  • SUTLERS7
  • SUTLERY10
  • TUBLIKE13
  • TUGLESS8
  • TUILLES7
  • TUILYIE10
  • TUILZIE16
  • WULLING11
  • WURLEYS13
  • WURLIES10
Letters by positionIn 39% of these words the 7th letter is S.
1st letter
  1. B14%
  2. G10%
  3. D9%
3rd letter
  1. L31%
  2. R15%
  3. T13%
5th letter
  1. I39%
  2. E29%
  3. A11%
6th letter
  1. E18%
  2. N17%
  3. R11%
7th letter
  1. S39%
  2. E12%
  3. G10%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; QULLIQS tops the list with 25. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 77 points: 21 words
  2. 8 points: 33 words
  3. 99 points: 67 words
  4. 10 points: 53 words
  5. 1111 points: 39 words
  6. 12 points: 27 words
  7. 1313 points: 11 words
  8. 14 points: 6 words
  9. 1515 points: 5 words
  10. 16 points: 8 words
  11. 1717 points: 5 words
  12. 18 points: 0 words
  13. 1919 points: 2 words
  14. 20 points: 0 words
  15. 2121 points: 0 words
  16. 22 points: 1 words
  17. 2323 points: 0 words
  18. 24 points: 0 words
  19. 2525 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
QULLIQS2528NWL only
QUALIFY2223All three
QUALITY1920All three
QUILLOW1922NWL only
QUILTED1719All three
QUELLED1720All three
QUILLED1720All three
MUKLUKS1721All three
DUALIZE1719All three
QUILTER1618All three
QUELLER1619All three
QUILLET1619All three

The pattern is _ U _ L _ _ _. QUALITY and NUCLEAR are familiar options, but the pool also contains specialist vocabulary and inflected forms. Only 27 matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so a known first or last letter is often a better filter than familiarity alone.

Pattern facts at a glance

  • There are 279 seven-letter matches across tournament dictionaries.
  • B starts 39 matches, the largest first-letter group.
  • S ends 110 matches, far more than any other final letter.
  • QULLIQS tops the scoring examples at 25 points.

Which first and last letters are most common?

B opens 39 words, with G next at 28 and D at 24. M begins 21; C, O, P, and S each begin 20. If your first tile is B, you have more candidates than for any other starting letter.

The final-letter distribution is more uneven: 110 words end in S. E comes next at 33, followed by G at 29 and D at 23; R and Y finish 18 and 16 words. A confirmed final S is therefore a strong clue.

QUALITY, NUCLEAR, PULLING, OUTLOOK, and OUTLINE illustrate the mix of familiar words and less everyday forms. Just 27 matches fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency.

Scoring and solving the fixed pattern

QULLIQS is the scoring outlier at 25 points; QUALIFY reaches 22. QUALITY and QUILLOW are worth 19 each, while QUILTED, QUELLED, and QUILLED each score 17. The high scorers cluster around Q, though familiar words may be easier to spot.

To work through 7-letter words with U as the 2nd letter and L as the 4th letter, write down the fixed slots first. Then test any known ending, starting with S because it covers the largest group. The pattern with A second has 428 matches; O second has 366.

Dictionary coverage varies: Collins includes 273 matches, NWL2023 has 222, and ENABLE has 205. Those totals overlap, so a word accepted in one list may not appear in another; check your game's word list before playing a rare entry like QULLIQS.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have U second and L fourth?
There are 279 tournament-dictionary matches with U in the second position and L in the fourth. QUALITY, NUCLEAR, OUTLOOK, and BUILDER are recognizable examples. The collection draws from Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE, so acceptance can differ by game.
What is the highest-scoring word in this pattern?
QULLIQS leads the scoring examples at 25 points. QUALIFY scores 22, and QUALITY and QUILLOW each score 19. These are base word scores; premium letter or word squares on the board can change a play's final total.
Which familiar words fit the U-second, L-fourth pattern?
QUALITY, NUCLEAR, PULLING, OUTLOOK, and OUTLINE all fit. Only 27 matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so many other possibilities are specialized or uncommon.

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