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

277 seven-letter words have U 2nd and S 3rd, and 188 of them continue with T, H or S, as in JUSTICE, PUSHING and FUSSILY.

277 wordsTop pick HUSBANDHighest score JUSTIFY 20

22 of 277 are everyday words (8%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

2nd letter
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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.

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Common words 22 · most-used first

HUSBAND₁₃
JUSTICE₁₆
MUSICAL₁₁
SUSPECT₁₁
PUSHING₁₃
CUSTODY₁₃
CUSTOMS₁₁
JUSTIFY₂₀
MUSCLES₁₁
RUSHING₁₁
SUSTAIN₇
MUSEUMS₁₁
MUSTARD₁₀
SUSPEND₁₀
CUSHION₁₂
MUSTANG₁₀
BUSTING₁₀
BUSIEST₉
PUSSIES₉
HUSKIES₁₄
CUSTARD₁₀
DUSTING₉

All valid words 277

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

AUSFORM₁₂
AUSPICE₁₁
AUSTERE₇
AUSTRAL₇
AUSUBOS₉
BUSBARS₁₁
BUSBIES₁₁
BUSBOYS₁₄
BUSERAS₉
BUSGIRL₁₀
BUSHELS₁₂
BUSHERS₁₂
BUSHFLY₁₈
BUSHIDO₁₃
BUSHIER₁₂
BUSHIES₁₂
BUSHILY₁₅
BUSHING₁₃
BUSHLOT₁₂
BUSHMAN₁₄
BUSHMEN₁₄
BUSHPIG₁₅
BUSHTIT₁₂
BUSHWAH₁₈
BUSHWAS₁₅
BUSIEST₉
BUSINGS₁₀
BUSKERS₁₃
BUSKETS₁₃
BUSKING₁₄
BUSKINS₁₃
BUSLOAD₁₀
BUSSING₁₀
BUSTARD₁₀
BUSTEES₉
BUSTERS₉
BUSTICS₁₁
BUSTIER₉
BUSTING₁₀
BUSTLED₁₀
BUSTLER₉
BUSTLES₉
BUSUUTI₉
BUSYING₁₃
CUSHATS₁₂
CUSHAWS₁₅
CUSHIER₁₂
CUSHIES₁₂
CUSHILY₁₅
CUSHION₁₂
CUSPATE₁₁
CUSPIDS₁₂
CUSSERS₉
CUSSING₁₀
CUSTARD₁₀
CUSTOCK₁₅
CUSTODE₁₀
CUSTODY₁₃
CUSTOMS₁₁
CUSTREL₉
DUSHING₁₂
DUSKENS₁₂
DUSKEST₁₂
DUSKIER₁₂
DUSKILY₁₅
DUSKING₁₃
DUSKISH₁₅
DUSTBIN₁₀
DUSTERS₈
DUSTIER₈
DUSTILY₁₁
DUSTING₉
DUSTMAN₁₀
DUSTMEN₁₀
DUSTOFF₁₄
DUSTPAN₁₀
DUSTRAG₉
DUSTUPS₁₀
EUSTACY₁₂
EUSTASY₁₀
EUSTELE₇
EUSTYLE₁₀
FUSAINS₁₀
FUSARIA₁₀
FUSAROL₁₀
FUSCOUS₁₂
FUSHION₁₃
FUSIBLE₁₂
FUSIBLY₁₅
FUSILLI₁₀
FUSIONS₁₀
FUSSERS₁₀
FUSSIER₁₀
FUSSILY₁₃
FUSSING₁₁
FUSSPOT₁₂
FUSTETS₁₀
FUSTIAN₁₀
FUSTICS₁₂
FUSTIER₁₀
FUSTILY₁₃
FUSTING₁₁
FUSTOCS₁₂
FUSUMAS₁₂
GUSHERS₁₁
GUSHIER₁₁
GUSHILY₁₄
GUSHING₁₂
GUSLARS₈
GUSSETS₈
GUSSIED₉
GUSSIES₈
GUSTFUL₁₁
GUSTIER₈
GUSTILY₁₁
GUSTING₉
GUSTOES₈
HUSBAND₁₃
HUSHABY₁₈
HUSHERS₁₃
HUSHFUL₁₆
HUSHIER₁₃
HUSHING₁₄
HUSKERS₁₄
HUSKIER₁₄
HUSKIES₁₄
HUSKILY₁₇
HUSKING₁₅
HUSSARS₁₀
HUSSIES₁₀
HUSSIFS₁₃
HUSTLED₁₁
HUSTLER₁₀
HUSTLES₁₀
HUSWIFE₁₆
JUSSIVE₁₇
JUSTERS₁₄
JUSTEST₁₄
JUSTICE₁₆
JUSTIFY₂₀
JUSTING₁₅
JUSTLED₁₅
JUSTLES₁₄
LUSHERS₁₀
LUSHEST₁₀
LUSHIER₁₀
LUSHING₁₁
LUSKING₁₂
LUSKISH₁₄
LUSTERS₇
LUSTFUL₁₀
LUSTICK₁₃
LUSTIER₇
LUSTILY₁₀
LUSTING₈
LUSTRAL₇
LUSTRED₈
LUSTRES₇
LUSTRUM₉
LUSUSES₇
MUSANGS₁₀
MUSCATS₁₁
MUSCIDS₁₂
MUSCLED₁₂
MUSCLES₁₁
MUSCOID₁₂
MUSCONE₁₁
MUSCOSE₁₁
MUSEFUL₁₂
MUSETTE₉
MUSEUMS₁₁
MUSHERS₁₂
MUSHIER₁₂
MUSHILY₁₅
MUSHING₁₃
MUSHRAT₁₂
MUSICAL₁₁
MUSICKS₁₅
MUSIMON₁₁
MUSINGS₁₀
MUSJIDS₁₇
MUSKEGS₁₄
MUSKETS₁₃
MUSKIER₁₃
MUSKIES₁₃
MUSKILY₁₆
MUSKING₁₄
MUSKITS₁₃
MUSKLES₁₃
MUSKONE₁₃
MUSKRAT₁₃
MUSLINS₉
MUSMONS₁₁
MUSPIKE₁₅
MUSROLS₉
MUSSELS₉
MUSSIER₉
MUSSILY₁₂
MUSSING₁₀
MUSTANG₁₀
MUSTARD₁₀
MUSTEES₉
MUSTERS₉
MUSTIER₉
MUSTILY₁₂
MUSTING₁₀
OUSTERS₇
OUSTING₈
OUSTITI₇
PUSHERS₁₂
PUSHFUL₁₅
PUSHIER₁₂
PUSHILY₁₅
PUSHING₁₃
PUSHPIN₁₄
PUSHROD₁₃
PUSHUPS₁₄
PUSLEYS₁₂
PUSLIKE₁₃
PUSLING₁₀
PUSSELS₉
PUSSERS₉
PUSSIER₉
PUSSIES₉
PUSSLEY₁₂
PUSTULE₉
RUSALKA₁₁
RUSHEES₁₀
RUSHERS₁₀
RUSHIER₁₀
RUSHING₁₁
RUSSELS₇
RUSSETS₇
RUSSETY₁₀
RUSSIAS₇
RUSSIFY₁₃
RUSSULA₇
RUSTICS₉
RUSTIER₇
RUSTILY₁₀
RUSTING₈
RUSTLED₈
RUSTLER₇
RUSTLES₇
RUSTRED₈
RUSTRES₇
SUSLIKS₁₁
SUSPECT₁₁
SUSPEND₁₀
SUSPENS₉
SUSPIRE₉
SUSSING₈
SUSTAIN₇
TUSCHES₁₂
TUSHERY₁₃
TUSHIES₁₀
TUSHING₁₁
TUSHKAR₁₄
TUSHKER₁₄
TUSKARS₁₁
TUSKERS₁₁
TUSKIER₁₁
TUSKING₁₂
TUSSAHS₁₀
TUSSARS₇
TUSSEHS₁₀
TUSSERS₇
TUSSIVE₁₀
TUSSLED₈
TUSSLES₇
TUSSOCK₁₃
TUSSORE₇
TUSSORS₇
TUSSUCK₁₃
TUSSURS₇
WUSSIER₁₀
WUSSIES₁₀

Letters by positionIn 41% of these words the 5th letter is I.

1st letter

M17%
B14%
F8%

4th letter

T31%
H21%
S16%

5th letter

I41%
E17%
O8%

6th letter

E23%
N16%
R13%

7th letter

S36%
G12%
R10%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 10 in Scrabble; JUSTIFY tops the list with 20. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 25 words
8 points: 15 words
99 points: 32 words
10 points: 55 words
1111 points: 31 words
12 points: 40 words
1313 points: 31 words
14 points: 20 words
1515 points: 17 words
16 points: 4 words
1717 points: 3 words
18 points: 3 words
1919 points: 0 words
20 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
JUSTIFY	20	22	All three
HUSHABY	18	17	All three
BUSHWAH	18	18	All three
BUSHFLY	18	19	Collins only
HUSKILY	17	17	All three
JUSSIVE	17	21	All three
MUSJIDS	17	21	All three
JUSTICE	16	20	All three
HUSWIFE	16	16	All three
HUSHFUL	16	17	All three
MUSKILY	16	18	All three
HUSKING	15	17	All three

The _ U S _ _ _ _ frame has a clear internal map. After the US, the fourth tile is T 85 times, H 58 times and S 45 times, and each branch has its own stock of everyday words. MUS- and BUS- are the strongest openers.

Facts on the US frame

Openers: MUS- starts 46 words, BUS- 39, and TUS- and FUS- 22 each.
Closers: S ends 101 words, G ends 34, R ends 28 and Y ends 27.
JUSTIFY scores 20, with HUSHABY, BUSHWAH and BUSHFLY at 18.
22 matches are common words, from HUSBAND to SUSPEND.

What does the UST branch give?

85 words, the largest branch. JUSTICE, CUSTODY, CUSTOMS, JUSTIFY, MUSTARD, MUSTANG, CUSTARD and DUSTING are the everyday ones, and BUSTING and BUSIEST add inflected forms.

The -ILY adverbs split by branch. UST gives six of the 16, namely DUSTILY, FUSTILY, GUSTILY, LUSTILY, MUSTILY and RUSTILY. USH gives five, including BUSHILY and PUSHILY, USK gives three, and USS gives FUSSILY and MUSSILY.

How do the USH and USS branches compare?

USH gives 58 words: PUSHING, RUSHING, CUSHION, BUSHILY and HUSHABY. USS gives 45, such as MUSSILY, FUSSILY, TUSSAHS and TUSSARS. Both have fewer common words than UST, so they matter more as word-list material than as everyday vocabulary.

-ING is the commonest tail overall, with 31 words, then -IER with 23 and -ERS with 20.

The remaining 89 words use other fourth letters. K gives 31, such as HUSKILY and TUSKERS, and I gives 10, such as BUSIEST. Fewer than 10 words share each of the remaining fourth letters, so the T, H and S branches are the ones to check first.

Points and safety

Tip

JUSTIFY makes 20 and is accepted in Collins, NWL2023 and ENABLE alike. BUSHFLY also reaches 18, but only Collins takes it, so HUSHABY and BUSHWAH are the safer 18-point plays.

Questions people ask

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

277 words fit. Collins accepts 274, NWL2023 accepts 227 and ENABLE accepts 214, which makes this one of the best-supported U patterns. HUSBAND, JUSTICE and MUSICAL work in all three.

Which common words start MUS- in this pattern?

MUSICAL, MUSCLES, MUSEUMS, MUSTARD and MUSTANG are the common ones among the 46 words that start MUS-. All five keep U second and S third, and MUSEUMS and MUSCLES are plurals, which makes them easy to extend.

What is the best-scoring word with U 2nd and S 3rd?

JUSTIFY scores 20 points. HUSHABY, BUSHWAH and BUSHFLY make 18, and HUSKILY and JUSSIVE make 17. JUSTIFY gains from the J at 8 and the Y and F at 4 each.

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

Common words 22 · most-used first

Highest-scoring words

Facts on the US frame

What does the UST branch give?

How do the USH and USS branches compare?

Points and safety

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