7-letter words with U as the 2nd letter and N as the 3rd letter

339 seven-letter words have U 2nd and N 3rd, and SUN-, BUN-, PUN-, RUN- and GUN- openings supply 175 of them.

339 wordsTop pick RUNNINGHighest score JUNKMAN 20

30 of 339 are everyday words (9%). 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

3rd 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, R is the most common 3rd letter (448 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
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15

Common words 30 · most-used first

RUNNING₈
HUNDRED₁₂
FUNDING₁₂
HUNTING₁₁
FUNERAL₁₀
RUNNERS₇
HUNTERS₁₀
PUNCHED₁₅
SUNRISE₇
TUNNELS₇
PUNCHES₁₄
DUNGEON₉
RUNAWAY₁₃
GUNFIRE₁₁
BUNDLES₁₀
GUNSHOT₁₁
CUNNING₁₀
JUNIORS₁₄
LUNATIC₉
MUNDANE₁₀
FUNNIER₁₀
LUNCHES₁₂
BUNDLED₁₁
GUNNERS₈
PUNDITS₁₀
BUNNIES₉
RUNDOWN₁₁
JUNIPER₁₆
RUNWAYS₁₃
MUNSTER₉

All valid words 339

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

AUNTERS₇
AUNTIES₇
BUNCHED₁₅
BUNCHER₁₄
BUNCHES₁₄
BUNCING₁₂
BUNCOED₁₂
BUNCOES₁₁
BUNDIED₁₁
BUNDIES₁₀
BUNDING₁₁
BUNDIST₁₀
BUNDLED₁₁
BUNDLER₁₀
BUNDLES₁₀
BUNDOOK₁₄
BUNGEES₁₀
BUNGERS₁₀
BUNGEYS₁₃
BUNGIES₁₀
BUNGING₁₁
BUNGLED₁₁
BUNGLER₁₀
BUNGLES₁₀
BUNHEAD₁₃
BUNIONS₉
BUNJEES₁₆
BUNJIES₁₆
BUNKERS₁₃
BUNKIES₁₃
BUNKING₁₄
BUNKOED₁₄
BUNKUMS₁₅
BUNNETS₉
BUNNIAS₉
BUNNIES₉
BUNRAKU₁₃
BUNSENS₉
BUNTALS₉
BUNTERS₉
BUNTIER₉
BUNTING₁₀
BUNYIPS₁₄
CUNDIES₁₀
CUNDUMS₁₂
CUNEATE₉
CUNETTE₉
CUNNERS₉
CUNNING₁₀
DUNCERY₁₃
DUNCHED₁₄
DUNCHES₁₃
DUNCISH₁₃
DUNDERS₉
DUNGEON₉
DUNGERS₉
DUNGIER₉
DUNGING₁₀
DUNITES₈
DUNITIC₁₀
DUNKERS₁₂
DUNKING₁₃
DUNLINS₈
DUNNAGE₉
DUNNART₈
DUNNESS₈
DUNNEST₈
DUNNIER₈
DUNNIES₈
DUNNING₉
DUNNISH₁₁
DUNNITE₈
DUNNOCK₁₄
DUNSHED₁₂
DUNSHES₁₁
DUNTING₉
EUNUCHS₁₂
FUNCTOR₁₂
FUNDERS₁₁
FUNDIES₁₁
FUNDING₁₂
FUNEBRE₁₂
FUNERAL₁₀
FUNFAIR₁₃
FUNFEST₁₃
FUNGALS₁₁
FUNGOES₁₁
FUNGOID₁₂
FUNGOUS₁₁
FUNICLE₁₂
FUNKERS₁₄
FUNKIAS₁₄
FUNKIER₁₄
FUNKILY₁₇
FUNKING₁₅
FUNNELS₁₀
FUNNEST₁₀
FUNNIER₁₀
FUNNIES₁₀
FUNNILY₁₃
FUNNING₁₁
FUNPLEX₁₉
FUNSTER₁₀
GUNBOAT₁₀
GUNDIES₉
GUNDOGS₁₀
GUNFIRE₁₁
GUNGIER₉
GUNGING₁₀
GUNITES₈
GUNKIER₁₂
GUNKING₁₃
GUNLESS₈
GUNLOCK₁₄
GUNNAGE₉
GUNNELS₈
GUNNERA₈
GUNNERS₈
GUNNERY₁₁
GUNNIES₈
GUNNING₉
GUNPLAY₁₃
GUNPORT₁₀
GUNROOM₁₀
GUNSELS₈
GUNSHIP₁₃
GUNSHOT₁₁
GUNTERS₈
GUNWALE₁₁
GUNYAHS₁₄
HUNCHED₁₆
HUNCHES₁₅
HUNDRED₁₂
HUNGANS₁₁
HUNGERS₁₁
HUNKERS₁₄
HUNKEYS₁₇
HUNKIER₁₄
HUNKIES₁₄
HUNKSES₁₄
HUNNISH₁₃
HUNTERS₁₀
HUNTING₁₁
JUNCATE₁₆
JUNCOES₁₆
JUNGLED₁₆
JUNGLES₁₅
JUNGLIS₁₅
JUNIORS₁₄
JUNIPER₁₆
JUNKERS₁₈
JUNKETS₁₈
JUNKIER₁₈
JUNKIES₁₈
JUNKING₁₉
JUNKMAN₂₀
JUNKMEN₂₀
KUNJOOS₁₈
KUNKARS₁₅
KUNKURS₁₅
KUNZITE₂₀
LUNATED₈
LUNATES₇
LUNATIC₉
LUNCHED₁₃
LUNCHER₁₂
LUNCHES₁₂
LUNETTE₇
LUNGANS₈
LUNGEES₈
LUNGERS₈
LUNGFUL₁₁
LUNGIES₈
LUNGING₉
LUNGYIS₁₁
LUNIEST₇
LUNKERS₁₁
LUNTING₈
LUNULAE₇
LUNULAR₇
LUNULES₇
LUNYIES₁₀
MUNCHED₁₅
MUNCHER₁₄
MUNCHES₁₄
MUNCHIE₁₄
MUNDANE₁₀
MUNDICS₁₂
MUNDIFY₁₆
MUNGING₁₁
MUNGOES₁₀
MUNITED₁₀
MUNITES₉
MUNNION₉
MUNSHIS₁₂
MUNSTER₉
MUNTERS₉
MUNTING₁₀
MUNTINS₉
MUNTJAC₁₈
MUNTJAK₂₀
MUNTRIE₉
NUNATAK₁₁
NUNCHUK₁₆
NUNCIOS₉
NUNCLES₉
NUNDINE₈
NUNHOOD₁₁
NUNLIKE₁₁
NUNNERY₁₀
NUNNISH₁₀
NUNSHIP₁₂
OUNCERS₉
PUNALUA₉
PUNCHED₁₅
PUNCHER₁₄
PUNCHES₁₄
PUNCING₁₂
PUNCTOS₁₁
PUNCTUM₁₃
PUNDITS₁₀
PUNGENT₁₀
PUNGLED₁₁
PUNGLES₁₀
PUNIEST₉
PUNKAHS₁₆
PUNKERS₁₃
PUNKEST₁₃
PUNKEYS₁₆
PUNKIER₁₃
PUNKIES₁₃
PUNKING₁₄
PUNKINS₁₃
PUNKISH₁₆
PUNNERS₉
PUNNETS₉
PUNNIER₉
PUNNING₁₀
PUNSTER₉
PUNTEES₉
PUNTERS₉
PUNTIES₉
PUNTING₁₀
RUNANGA₈
RUNAWAY₁₃
RUNBACK₁₅
RUNCHES₁₂
RUNDALE₈
RUNDLED₉
RUNDLES₈
RUNDLET₈
RUNDOWN₁₁
RUNFLAT₁₀
RUNKLED₁₂
RUNKLES₁₁
RUNLESS₇
RUNLETS₇
RUNNELS₇
RUNNERS₇
RUNNETS₇
RUNNIER₇
RUNNING₈
RUNNION₇
RUNOFFS₁₃
RUNOUTS₇
RUNOVER₁₀
RUNRIGS₈
RUNTIER₇
RUNTISH₁₀
RUNWAYS₁₃
SUNBACK₁₅
SUNBAKE₁₃
SUNBATH₁₂
SUNBEAM₁₁
SUNBEAT₉
SUNBEDS₁₀
SUNBELT₉
SUNBIRD₁₀
SUNBOWS₁₂
SUNBURN₉
SUNCARE₉
SUNDAES₈
SUNDARI₈
SUNDECK₁₄
SUNDERS₈
SUNDEWS₁₁
SUNDIAL₈
SUNDOGS₉
SUNDOWN₁₁
SUNDRAS₈
SUNDRIS₈
SUNFAST₁₀
SUNFISH₁₃
SUNGARS₈
SUNGLOW₁₁
SUNHATS₁₀
SUNKERS₁₁
SUNKETS₁₁
SUNKIES₁₁
SUNLAMP₁₁
SUNLAND₈
SUNLESS₇
SUNLIKE₁₁
SUNNAHS₁₀
SUNNIER₇
SUNNIES₇
SUNNILY₁₀
SUNNING₈
SUNRAYS₁₀
SUNRISE₇
SUNROOF₁₀
SUNROOM₉
SUNSETS₇
SUNSPOT₉
SUNSTAR₇
SUNSUIT₇
SUNTANS₇
SUNTRAP₉
SUNWARD₁₁
SUNWISE₁₀
TUNABLE₉
TUNABLY₁₂
TUNDING₉
TUNDISH₁₁
TUNDRAS₈
TUNDUNS₈
TUNEFUL₁₀
TUNEUPS₉
TUNICAE₉
TUNICIN₉
TUNICLE₉
TUNIEST₇
TUNINGS₈
TUNKETS₁₁
TUNNAGE₈
TUNNELS₇
TUNNIES₇
TUNNING₈
WUNNERS₁₀

Letters by positionIn 43% of these words the 7th letter is S.

1st letter

S15%
B12%
P9%

4th letter

N15%
K13%
D12%

5th letter

I30%
E21%
A10%

6th letter

E29%
R13%
N13%

7th letter

S43%
G9%
R9%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; JUNKMAN tops the list with 20. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 28 words
8 points: 43 words
99 points: 57 words
10 points: 52 words
1111 points: 44 words
12 points: 24 words
1313 points: 28 words
14 points: 25 words
1515 points: 12 words
16 points: 12 words
1717 points: 2 words
18 points: 6 words
1919 points: 2 words
20 points: 4 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
JUNKMAN	20	26	All three
KUNZITE	20	22	All three
JUNKMEN	20	26	All three
MUNTJAK	20	25	All three
JUNKING	19	25	All three
FUNPLEX	19	23	Collins · NWL
JUNKIES	18	22	All three
JUNKERS	18	22	All three
JUNKETS	18	22	All three
MUNTJAC	18	24	All three
JUNKIER	18	22	All three
KUNJOOS	18	22	Collins only

This is the biggest of the U-N frames, but it is rich in recognisable stems. Five openers hold about half of it, and a final S is the single best clue for the end. The words below show how to cut 339 candidates to a handful.

The UN frame in numbers

SUN- opens 50 words, BUN- 41, PUN- 30, and RUN- and GUN- 27 each.
S closes 147 words, G closes 30, R closes 29 and E closes 28.
JUNKMAN, JUNKMEN, KUNZITE and MUNTJAK score 20 each.
30 matches are common words, including RUNNING, HUNDRED and DUNGEON.

Which fourth letter should you try first?

N is the fourth letter in 52 words, more than any other. The UNN family gives RUNNING, TUNNELS, CUNNING, GUNNERS and BUNNIES. K follows with 44, D with 41, G with 37, C with 34 and T with 25.

Those six fourth letters hold 233 of the 339 words. The UND group is the most recognisable, with HUNDRED, FUNDING, MUNDANE, BUNDLES and PUNDITS, and the UNC group gives PUNCHED, PUNCHES and LUNCHES. The UNK group is rarer in daily use but richer in points, with JUNKMAN, JUNKING and BUNKERS.

What does SUN- give you?

Fifty compounds and inflections, including SUNBEAM, SUNBURN, SUNDIAL, SUNRISE, SUNROOF, SUNROOM, SUNSETS and SUNSPOT. SUNRISE is the only common one in the top 25,000 English words, so the rest are mostly compounds that sit just outside everyday use, even though each one is perfectly good in play.

When the first tile is S, the ending narrows it further: SUNNIER, SUNNILY and SUNNING all use the extra N, while SUNBACK and SUNDECK go the compound route.

Rare-letter plays

Tip

KUNZITE uses a 10-point Z and a 5-point K to make 20 points, and JUNKMAN gets there on the J and K. FUNPLEX at 19 is valid in Collins and NWL2023, but not in ENABLE.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words have U second and N third?

339 words fit. Collins lists 327 of them, NWL2023 lists 259 and ENABLE lists 226, so ENABLE leaves out about a third of the pattern. RUNNING, HUNDRED and FUNDING work in all three.

Which words in the UN frame end in -ING?

RUNNING, FUNDING, HUNTING and CUNNING are the common -ING words, from 30 in total. Others include GUNNING, PUNTING and SUNNING, each keeping N in third place because the stem begins with UN.

What is the highest-scoring UN word at seven letters?

JUNKMAN, JUNKMEN, KUNZITE and MUNTJAK tie at 20 points. JUNKING scores 19, and FUNPLEX also scores 19. The J, K and Z tiles are what lift all of them above the typical word in the frame.

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7-letter words with U as the 2nd letter and N as the 3rd letter

Common words 30 · most-used first

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The UN frame in numbers

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