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7-letter words with U as the 2nd letter and P as the 6th letter

19 seven-letter words have U as the 2nd letter and P as the 6th, and 13 of them end in S, like TURNIPS and HUBCAPS.

19 wordsTop pick SUBTYPEHighest score HUBCAPS 16

With U in 2nd place, E is the most common 6th letter (844 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 19 · most-used first

  • SUBTYPE14
  • TURNIPS9
  • PUSHUPS14
  • HUBCAPS16
  • PULLUPS11
  • BUNYIPS14
  • OUTROPE9
  • DUSTUPS10
  • TUNEUPS9
  • BURLAPS11
  • EUTROPY12
  • GUINEPS10
  • MUDCAPS14
  • OUTKEPT13
  • OUTTOPS9
  • OUTWEPT12
  • TURNIPY12
  • TURNUPS9

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All valid words 19

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

  • BUNYIPS14
  • BURLAPS11
  • DUSTUPS10
  • EUTROPY12
  • FUCKUPS18
  • GUINEPS10
  • HUBCAPS16
  • MUDCAPS14
  • OUTKEPT13
  • OUTROPE9
  • OUTTOPS9
  • OUTWEPT12
  • PULLUPS11
  • PUSHUPS14
  • SUBTYPE14
  • TUNEUPS9
  • TURNIPS9
  • TURNIPY12
  • TURNUPS9
Letters by positionIn 68% of these words the 7th letter is S.
1st letter
  1. T21%
  2. O21%
  3. P11%
3rd letter
  1. T26%
  2. R21%
  3. B11%
4th letter
  1. N21%
  2. T16%
  3. C11%
5th letter
  1. U32%
  2. A16%
  3. E16%
7th letter
  1. S68%
  2. E11%
  3. Y11%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
HUBCAPS1619All three
SUBTYPE1416All three
PUSHUPS1417All three
BUNYIPS1417Collins · NWL
MUDCAPS1418All three
OUTKEPT1315All three
TURNIPY1214NWL only
OUTWEPT1214All three
EUTROPY1213Collins only
PULLUPS1117All three
BURLAPS1115All three
DUSTUPS1013All three

With P sixth, the last tile is the only one left, and S takes it 13 times out of 19. The frame _ U _ _ _ P _ is a list of plurals and phrasal compounds, from HUBCAPS and MUDCAPS to PUSHUPS and TUNEUPS. None of the 19 ranks among the top 25,000 English words.

The whole U-P list at a glance

  • Closers: S ends 13 words, while E, T and Y end 2 each.
  • Openers: O and T start 4 words each, and B and P start 2 each.
  • HUBCAPS scores 16, and SUBTYPE, PUSHUPS, BUNYIPS and MUDCAPS score 14.
  • NWL2023 accepts 16 of the 19, Collins accepts 17 and ENABLE accepts 13.

Which plural groups does the S ending cover?

-UPS compounds form the biggest set, with six words that join a verb to UP, among them PUSHUPS, PULLUPS, TUNEUPS, TURNUPS and DUSTUPS. -APS gives three, namely HUBCAPS, MUDCAPS and BURLAPS, and -IPS gives two, TURNIPS and BUNYIPS.

Between them the three families cover 11 of the 13 S-enders. GUINEPS and OUTTOPS make up the remainder.

Pull the pattern apart by thinking in verbs: PUSH, PULL, TUNE, TURN and DUST each add UP and S. That is a quicker route to the answer than scanning a list of 19 unfamiliar words.

What are the OUT- and TUR- groups?

OUT- opens four words: OUTKEPT, OUTWEPT, OUTROPE and OUTTOPS. The first two are past tense verbs that end in -EPT, the only two words in the frame to do so, and both put the P in sixth place.

TUR- opens three: TURNIPS, TURNUPS and TURNIPY. TURNIPS is the plural you are most likely to meet at a table, and TURNIPY is a rarer adjective form.

A short list with a few traps

Note

BUNYIPS is accepted in NWL2023 and Collins but not ENABLE. Several of the -UPS compounds are valid in every list, but SUBTYPE and EUTROPY have less everyday use.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words have U second and P sixth?
The pattern gives 19 words. Collins accepts 17, NWL2023 accepts 16 and ENABLE accepts 13, so this is a short frame in every dictionary. S closes 13 of the 19.
Which compound plurals end in -UPS in this frame?
PUSHUPS, PULLUPS, TUNEUPS, TURNUPS and DUSTUPS are the clean ones, each built from a verb plus UP. They keep U second and P sixth because the verb is four letters long.
What do the best words in this frame score?
HUBCAPS makes 16 points, from a 3-point B, a 3-point C and a 3-point P. SUBTYPE, PUSHUPS, BUNYIPS and MUDCAPS make 14 each. Because P is worth only 3, this frame rarely produces big scores.

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