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

279 seven-letter words have U second and L fifth, and 198 of them end in -LES, -LED or -LER, as in BUBBLES and PUZZLED.

279 wordsTop pick MUSCLESHighest score FUZZLED 29

13 of 279 are everyday words (5%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

2nd letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

5th letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

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.

Length
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Common words 13 · most-used first

MUSCLES₁₁
SURPLUS₉
BUBBLES₁₃
TURTLES₇
PUZZLES₂₇
HURDLES₁₁
BUNDLES₁₀
JUBILEE₁₆
BURGLAR₁₀
BUNDLED₁₁
PUZZLED₂₈
HUMBLED₁₅
TUBULAR₉

All valid words 279

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

AUDILES₈
AURALLY₁₀
AURELIA₇
BUBALES₁₁
BUBALIS₁₁
BUBBLED₁₄
BUBBLER₁₃
BUBBLES₁₃
BUCKLED₁₆
BUCKLER₁₅
BUCKLES₁₅
BUCOLIC₁₃
BUDDLED₁₂
BUDDLES₁₁
BULBLET₁₁
BUMBLED₁₄
BUMBLER₁₃
BUMBLES₁₃
BUMELIA₁₁
BUMMLED₁₄
BUMMLES₁₃
BUNDLED₁₁
BUNDLER₁₀
BUNDLES₁₀
BUNGLED₁₁
BUNGLER₁₀
BUNGLES₁₀
BURBLED₁₂
BURBLER₁₁
BURBLES₁₁
BURGLAR₁₀
BURGLED₁₁
BURGLES₁₀
BUSHLOT₁₂
BUSTLED₁₀
BUSTLER₉
BUSTLES₉
BUTTLED₁₀
BUTTLES₉
CUDDLED₁₂
CUDDLER₁₁
CUDDLES₁₁
CUFFLED₁₆
CUFFLES₁₅
CUMULET₁₁
CUMULUS₁₁
CUPELED₁₂
CUPELER₁₁
CUPOLAR₁₁
CUPOLAS₁₁
CUPULAE₁₁
CUPULAR₁₁
CUPULES₁₁
CURDLED₁₁
CURDLER₁₀
CURDLES₁₀
CUTTLED₁₀
CUTTLES₉
DUALLED₉
DUALLIE₈
DUCALLY₁₃
DUELLED₉
DUELLER₈
DUELLOS₈
DUFFLES₁₄
DUMPLED₁₃
DUMPLES₁₂
FUDDLED₁₃
FUDDLER₁₂
FUDDLES₁₂
FUELLED₁₁
FUELLER₁₀
FUGALLY₁₄
FUMBLED₁₅
FUMBLER₁₄
FUMBLES₁₄
FUMULUS₁₂
FUNPLEX₁₉
FUROLES₁₀
FUSILLI₁₀
FUTILER₁₀
FUZZLED₂₉
FUZZLES₂₈
GUDDLED₁₁
GUDDLES₁₀
GUGGLED₁₁
GUGGLES₁₀
GUNPLAY₁₃
GURGLED₁₀
GURGLES₉
GURGLET₉
GUTTLED₉
GUTTLER₈
GUTTLES₈
GUZZLED₂₇
GUZZLER₂₆
GUZZLES₂₆
HUCKLES₁₆
HUDDLED₁₃
HUDDLER₁₂
HUDDLES₁₂
HUMBLED₁₅
HUMBLER₁₄
HUMBLES₁₄
HURDLED₁₂
HURDLER₁₁
HURDLES₁₁
HURTLED₁₁
HURTLES₁₀
HUSTLED₁₁
HUSTLER₁₀
HUSTLES₁₀
JUBILEE₁₆
JUBILES₁₆
JUGGLED₁₇
JUGGLER₁₆
JUGGLES₁₆
JUGULAR₁₅
JUGULUM₁₇
JUMBLED₁₉
JUMBLER₁₈
JUMBLES₁₈
JUMELLE₁₆
JUNGLED₁₆
JUNGLES₁₅
JUNGLIS₁₅
JURALLY₁₇
JUSTLED₁₅
JUSTLES₁₄
LUNULAE₇
LUNULAR₇
LUNULES₇
LUPULIN₉
MUCKLER₁₅
MUCKLES₁₅
MUDDLED₁₂
MUDDLER₁₁
MUDDLES₁₁
MUDFLAP₁₅
MUDFLAT₁₃
MUDFLOW₁₆
MUESLIS₉
MUFFLED₁₆
MUFFLER₁₅
MUFFLES₁₅
MUMBLED₁₄
MUMBLER₁₃
MUMBLES₁₃
MURALED₁₀
MUSCLED₁₂
MUSCLES₁₁
MUSKLES₁₃
MUTULAR₉
MUTULES₉
MUZZLED₂₈
MUZZLER₂₇
MUZZLES₂₇
NUBBLED₁₂
NUBBLES₁₁
NUCELLI₉
NUCULES₉
NUMBLES₁₁
NUNCLES₉
NURDLED₉
NURDLES₈
NURSLED₈
NURSLES₇
NUZZLED₂₆
NUZZLER₂₅
NUZZLES₂₅
OURALIS₇
OUTFLEW₁₃
OUTFLOW₁₃
OUTGLOW₁₁
OUTPLAN₉
OUTPLAY₁₂
OUTPLOD₁₀
OUTPLOT₉
PUCELLE₁₁
PUCKLES₁₅
PUDDLED₁₂
PUDDLER₁₁
PUDDLES₁₁
PUEBLOS₁₁
PUGGLED₁₂
PUGGLES₁₁
PUMELOS₁₁
PUNALUA₉
PUNGLED₁₁
PUNGLES₁₀
PUPILAR₁₁
PURFLED₁₃
PURFLER₁₂
PURFLES₁₂
PURPLED₁₂
PURPLER₁₁
PURPLES₁₁
PUSSLEY₁₂
PUTELIS₉
PUZZLED₂₈
PUZZLER₂₇
PUZZLES₂₇
QUAILED₁₇
QUELLED₁₇
QUELLER₁₆
QUIBLIN₁₈
QUILLAI₁₆
QUILLED₁₇
QUILLET₁₆
QUILLON₁₆
QUILLOW₁₉
QUODLIN₁₇
RUBBLED₁₂
RUBBLES₁₁
RUBELLA₉
RUCKLED₁₄
RUCKLES₁₃
RUCOLAS₉
RUDDLED₁₀
RUDDLES₉
RUELLES₇
RUELLIA₇
RUFFLED₁₄
RUFFLER₁₃
RUFFLES₁₃
RUGOLAS₈
RUMBLED₁₂
RUMBLER₁₁
RUMBLES₁₁
RUMPLED₁₂
RUMPLES₁₁
RUNDLED₉
RUNDLES₈
RUNDLET₈
RUNFLAT₁₀
RUNKLED₁₂
RUNKLES₁₁
RURALLY₁₀
RUSALKA₁₁
RUSTLED₈
RUSTLER₇
RUSTLES₇
RUTILES₇
SUBALAR₉
SUBCLAN₁₁
SUBPLOT₁₁
SUBTLER₉
SUCKLED₁₄
SUCKLER₁₃
SUCKLES₁₃
SUIPLAP₁₁
SUNGLOW₁₁
SUPPLED₁₂
SUPPLER₁₁
SUPPLES₁₁
SURPLUS₉
SUTTLED₈
SUTTLES₇
TUBULAR₉
TUBULES₉
TUBULIN₉
TUILLES₇
TUMBLED₁₂
TUMBLER₁₁
TUMBLES₁₁
TUMMLER₁₁
TUMULAR₉
TUMULTS₉
TUMULUS₉
TUPELOS₉
TURTLED₈
TURTLER₇
TURTLES₇
TUSSLED₈
TUSSLES₇
TUTELAR₇
VUGULAR₁₁
WUZZLED₂₉
WUZZLES₂₈

Letters by positionIn 74% of these words the 6th letter is E.

1st letter

B13%
R11%
M9%

3rd letter

M14%
R14%
D9%

4th letter

D13%
B13%
T9%

6th letter

E74%
A9%
I5%

7th letter

S36%
D26%
R20%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 11 in Scrabble; FUZZLED tops the list with 29. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 17 words
8 points: 15 words
99 points: 35 words
10 points: 28 words
1111 points: 60 words
12 points: 28 words
1313 points: 23 words
14 points: 14 words
1515 points: 15 words
16 points: 15 words
1717 points: 7 words
18 points: 3 words
1919 points: 3 words
20 points: 0 words
2121 points: 0 words
22 points: 0 words
2323 points: 0 words
24 points: 0 words
2525 points: 2 words
26 points: 3 words
2727 points: 5 words
28 points: 4 words
2929 points: 2 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
FUZZLED	29	31	Collins only
WUZZLED	29	31	Collins only
PUZZLED	28	31	All three
MUZZLED	28	31	All three
FUZZLES	28	30	Collins only
WUZZLES	28	30	Collins only
PUZZLES	27	30	All three
PUZZLER	27	30	All three
MUZZLES	27	30	All three
GUZZLED	27	30	All three
MUZZLER	27	30	All three
GUZZLER	26	29	All three

The frame _ U _ _ L _ _ is a consonant-plus-LE puzzle. Words like BUBBLE, PUZZLE and HURDLE keep U second and L fifth when you add -S, -D or -R, so one family produces most of the list. Learn the stems and the endings do the rest.

Pattern snapshot

S ends 100 words, D ends 73 and R ends 55, which is 228 of the 279.
B opens 36 words, R opens 31, and M and P open 24 each.
FUZZLED and WUZZLED score 29, PUZZLED and MUZZLED score 28.
13 matches are common words, from MUSCLES and SURPLUS to JUBILEE.

Why do so many words end in -LES, -LED and -LER?

A consonant plus -LE noun or verb gets an extra letter in inflection, and the L stays in fifth place. That yields 83 words ending in -LES, 72 in -LED and 43 in -LER, which total 198, or just over 70 percent of the pattern.

-LES brings BUBBLES, TURTLES, HURDLES, BUNDLES and MUSCLES. -LED brings PUZZLED, HUMBLED, BUNDLED and MUDDLED, and -LER brings PUDDLER, BUCKLER and HUDDLER.

A quick test follows from this: if your rack holds an L, an E and an S or D, try the consonant-pair stems BUBB-, PUZZ-, HURD- and TURT- before anything exotic.

What are the ZZL words?

Sixteen words hide a double Z next to the L, among them GUZZLED, MUZZLER, NUZZLES and PUZZLER. They are the scoring engine of this frame: two 10-point Zs in PUZZLED give 28 points.

FUZZLED and WUZZLED edge ahead at 29, but both are Collins-only. PUZZLED and MUZZLED play in all three major lists, so they are the ones to keep ready.

Where the pattern gets thin

Note

Outside the -LE family, the frame is sparse: CUMULUS and SURPLUS end in -LUS, and MUDFLOW and OUTFLOW end in -LOW. Few of these are common, so lean on the -LE suffixes whenever you can.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words have U second and L fifth?

The tally is 279. Collins accepts 274 of them, NWL2023 accepts 233 and ENABLE accepts 218, so almost the whole set is safe in any major game, and only a handful of Collins-only entries need caution.

What are the highest-scoring words in the _U__L__ frame?

FUZZLED and WUZZLED lead with 29 points, then PUZZLED, MUZZLED, FUZZLES and WUZZLES with 28. Of those six, only PUZZLED and MUZZLED are accepted in NWL2023 and ENABLE as well as Collins.

Which common words end in -LAR in this pattern?

TUBULAR and BURGLAR are the two everyday ones, out of 12 words ending in -LAR. JUGULAR, CUPULAR and TUTELAR are rarer, while SUBALAR and VUGULAR are strictly specialist.

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

Common words 13 · most-used first

Highest-scoring words

Pattern snapshot

Why do so many words end in -LES, -LED and -LER?

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Where the pattern gets thin

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