7-letter words with U as the 2nd letter and O as the 3rd letter
27 seven-letter words have U as the 2nd letter and O as the 3rd, and 18 of them begin QUO-, from QUOTING to QUOKKAS.
1 of 27 are everyday words (4%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.
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.
Best words to play first
- QUOTING17
- BUOYANT12
- DUOPOLY13
- QUONDAM19
- QUORUMS18
- BUOYING13
- DUOTONE8
- QUOKKAS24
- QUOMODO19
- QUORATE16
- DUODENA9
- BUOYAGE13
- DUOLOGS9
- EUOUAES7
- MUONIUM11
- QUODDED19
- QUODLIN17
- QUOHOGS20
- QUOIFED20
- QUOINED17
- QUOISTS16
- QUOITED17
- QUOITER16
- QUONKED21
- QUOPPED21
- QUOTERS16
- QUOTUMS18
All valid words 27
- BUOYAGE13
- BUOYANT12
- BUOYING13
- DUODENA9
- DUOLOGS9
- DUOPOLY13
- DUOTONE8
- EUOUAES7
- MUONIUM11
- QUODDED19
- QUODLIN17
- QUOHOGS20
- QUOIFED20
- QUOINED17
- QUOISTS16
- QUOITED17
- QUOITER16
- QUOKKAS24
- QUOMODO19
- QUONDAM19
- QUONKED21
- QUOPPED21
- QUORATE16
- QUORUMS18
- QUOTERS16
- QUOTING17
- QUOTUMS18
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUOKKAS | 24 | 25 | All three |
| QUONKED | 21 | 23 | Collins only |
| QUOPPED | 21 | 24 | Collins only |
| QUOHOGS | 20 | 21 | All three |
| QUOIFED | 20 | 21 | Collins only |
| QUONDAM | 19 | 22 | All three |
| QUOMODO | 19 | 21 | All three |
| QUODDED | 19 | 20 | Collins only |
| QUORUMS | 18 | 21 | All three |
| QUOTUMS | 18 | 21 | Collins only |
| QUOTING | 17 | 20 | All three |
| QUOINED | 17 | 19 | All three |
In the frame _ U O _ _ _ _, the Q does nearly all the work. Add the small DUO- and BUO- groups and 25 of the 27 are accounted for. That makes this a short, high-scoring list, with a 15.8 average, but a risky one if you play outside Collins.
The UO frame in brief
- Q opens 18 words, D opens 4, B opens 3, and E and M open 1 each.
- S closes 8 words and D closes 6, with E on 3.
- QUOKKAS scores 24, QUONKED and QUOPPED 21, QUOHOGS and QUOIFED 20.
- Only QUOTING is a common word.
Which QUO- words can you play anywhere?
Nine QUO- words appear in Collins, NWL2023 and ENABLE alike: QUOKKAS, QUOHOGS, QUOINED, QUOITED, QUOMODO, QUONDAM, QUORUMS, QUOTERS and QUOTING. Of those, QUOKKAS leads at 24 and QUONDAM scores 19.
The highest scorers beyond them are Collins-only. QUONKED and QUOPPED make 21, and QUOIFED makes 20, but a game on ENABLE will reject all three.
QUOTING is the everyday pick, and QUOTERS is its plural-style partner. Both use a single Q and no rare tiles, so they are the easiest to build from an ordinary rack when you hold Q, U and O together.
What are the DUO- and BUO- words?
DUO- gives DUODENA, DUOLOGS, DUOPOLY and DUOTONE, and BUO- gives BUOYAGE, BUOYANT and BUOYING. All seven play in every major list, which makes them the dependable core outside the Q group.
MUONIUM, the exotic atom, completes the safe set. Count them: 9 QUO- words plus 7 DUO- and BUO- words plus MUONIUM gives the 17 that ENABLE accepts.
The only Collins-only entry outside the Q group is EUOUAES, a word that is hard to guess and easy to forget. The DUO- and BUO- words will carry you further.
Collins versus the rest
Collins accepts all 27, NWL2023 accepts 18 and ENABLE accepts 17. QUORATE is the only extra word NWL2023 has. EUOUAES, QUODLIN and QUOISTS are Collins-only curiosities.
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