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

Of 78 seven-letter words with U second and P third, 25 double the P, among them SUPPORT, PUPPIES and YUPPIES.

78 wordsTop pick SUPPORTHighest score YUPPIFY 20

7 of 78 are everyday words (9%). 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.

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Best words to play first 78 · most-used first

  • SUPPORT11
  • SUPREME11
  • SUPPOSE11
  • PUPPIES13
  • PUPPETS13
  • CUPCAKE17
  • RUPTURE9
  • MUPPETS13
  • CUPPING14
  • NUPTIAL9
  • SUPREMO11
  • SUPPERS11
  • YUPPIES14
  • GUPPIES12
  • CUPOLAS11
  • DUPATTA10
  • SUPPING12
  • CUPHEAD15
  • EUPHONY15
  • PUPFISH17
  • LUPINES9
  • CUPROUS11
  • PUPPING14
  • RUPIAHS12
  • CUPULES11
  • PUPATES11
  • CUPPERS13
  • TUPPING12
  • DUPPIES12
  • PUPARIA11
  • PUPATED12
  • SUPPLES11
  • CUPFULS14
  • SUPERED10
  • BUPPIES13
  • DUPLIED11
  • CUPLIKE15
  • SUPPLER11
  • DUPPING13
  • DUPIONS10
  • TUPUNAS9
  • SUPPLED12
  • HUPPAHS17
  • CUPELED12
  • CUPELER11
  • CUPGALL12
  • CUPOLAR11
  • CUPPIER13

Showing the top 48 of 78 words. See every valid word

All valid words 78

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

  • BUPPIES13
  • CUPCAKE17
  • CUPELED12
  • CUPELER11
  • CUPFULS14
  • CUPGALL12
  • CUPHEAD15
  • CUPLIKE15
  • CUPOLAR11
  • CUPOLAS11
  • CUPPERS13
  • CUPPIER13
  • CUPPING14
  • CUPRITE11
  • CUPROUS11
  • CUPRUMS13
  • CUPSFUL14
  • CUPULAE11
  • CUPULAR11
  • CUPULES11
  • DUPABLE12
  • DUPATTA10
  • DUPINGS11
  • DUPIONS10
  • DUPLETS10
  • DUPLIED11
  • DUPLIES10
  • DUPPIES12
  • DUPPING13
  • EUPEPSY14
  • EUPHONS12
  • EUPHONY15
  • EUPHORY15
  • EUPHROE12
  • EUPLOID10
  • EUPNEAS9
  • EUPNEIC11
  • EUPNOEA9
  • GUPPIES12
  • HUPPAHS17
  • HUPPING15
  • JUPATIS16
  • LUPANAR9
  • LUPINES9
  • LUPULIN9
  • LUPUSES9
  • MUPPETS13
  • NUPTIAL9
  • PUPARIA11
  • PUPATED12
  • PUPATES11
  • PUPFISH17
  • PUPILAR11
  • PUPPETS13
  • PUPPIED14
  • PUPPIES13
  • PUPPING14
  • PUPUNHA14
  • RUPIAHS12
  • RUPTURE9
  • SUPAWNS12
  • SUPERED10
  • SUPINES9
  • SUPPAWN14
  • SUPPERS11
  • SUPPING12
  • SUPPLED12
  • SUPPLER11
  • SUPPLES11
  • SUPPORT11
  • SUPPOSE11
  • SUPREME11
  • SUPREMO11
  • TUPELOS9
  • TUPPING12
  • TUPUNAS9
  • YUPPIES14
  • YUPPIFY20
Letters by positionIn 40% of these words the 7th letter is S.
1st letter
  1. C24%
  2. S17%
  3. P13%
4th letter
  1. P32%
  2. A10%
  3. U9%
5th letter
  1. I26%
  2. L17%
  3. E13%
6th letter
  1. E28%
  2. A13%
  3. N13%
7th letter
  1. S40%
  2. E12%
  3. D10%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 11 in Scrabble; YUPPIFY tops the list with 20. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 99 points: 11 words
  2. 10 points: 6 words
  3. 1111 points: 21 words
  4. 12 points: 13 words
  5. 1313 points: 8 words
  6. 14 points: 9 words
  7. 1515 points: 5 words
  8. 16 points: 1 words
  9. 1717 points: 3 words
  10. 18 points: 0 words
  11. 1919 points: 0 words
  12. 20 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
YUPPIFY2021Collins · NWL
CUPCAKE1721All three
PUPFISH1719All three
HUPPAHS1718Collins · NWL
JUPATIS1620Collins only
CUPHEAD1517Collins only
EUPHONY1516All three
CUPLIKE1519All three
EUPHORY1515Collins only
HUPPING1519Collins only
CUPPING1420All three
YUPPIES1416All three

The _ U P _ _ _ _ frame is led by a double letter. A second P in fourth place gives about one word in three, and CUP- and SUP- openings supply another 32 between them. Few patterns are this easy to sort by sight.

The UP frame in numbers

  • Openers: C leads with 19 words, S has 13, P has 10, and D and E have 9 each.
  • Closers: S ends 31 words, E 9, D 8 and R 7.
  • YUPPIFY scores 20; CUPCAKE, PUPFISH and HUPPAHS score 17.
  • Seven common words appear: SUPPORT, SUPREME, SUPPOSE, PUPPIES, PUPPETS, CUPCAKE and RUPTURE.

How many words have a double P?

25 of the 78 repeat the P in fourth place. SUPPORT, SUPPOSE, SUPPERS, PUPPETS, PUPPIES, GUPPIES, YUPPIES, CUPPING and PUPPING are examples, which is more than any other fourth letter.

A is next with 8 words, then U with 7, I with 6, and R and L with 5 each.

The practical test is easy. If your rack holds two Ps, try the SUPP-, PUPP-, YUPP- and CUPP- stems first, since each one is a short, regular family. SUPPORT and SUPPOSE share the same four-letter start, which makes them a pair worth remembering.

What are the CUP- and SUP- families?

CUP- opens 19 words, including CUPCAKE, CUPPING, CUPOLAS, CUPRITE and CUPFULS. SUP- opens 13, including SUPREME, SUPREMO, SUPPORT, SUPPOSE and SUPINES.

EUP- and DUP- tie at 9 each. EUPHONY and EUPNEAS sit in the first group, and DUPLETS and DUPIONS in the second. None of those is everyday vocabulary.

The remaining words are scattered across many other openers, which is why a known first letter other than C or S helps little. The third letter is already fixed, so the first and fourth tiles do all the sorting.

Playing the rarer forms

Note

YUPPIFY is accepted in Collins and NWL2023 but not in ENABLE. HUPPAHS appears in the same two lists, and JUPATIS is Collins-only. PUPFISH works everywhere.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words have U second and P third?
78 words fit. Collins accepts 77 of them, NWL2023 accepts 62 and ENABLE accepts 56, so about four in five play in NWL2023. SUPPORT, SUPPOSE and PUPPIES are safe in every game.
What are the highest-scoring words with UP at the start?
YUPPIFY scores 20 points, helped by the Y and the F. CUPCAKE, PUPFISH and HUPPAHS follow with 17, and JUPATIS makes 16. Among them only PUPFISH and CUPCAKE are accepted in ENABLE.
Which words in this frame end in -IES?
PUPPIES, GUPPIES, YUPPIES, BUPPIES, DUPLIES and DUPPIES end in -IES, six words in all. PUPPIES is the only one in the top 25,000 English words, though GUPPIES and YUPPIES are widely known.

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