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

184 7-letter words have U as the 2nd letter and S as the 6th, and 44 end in -ISH, including PUBLISH, RUBBISH and FURNISH.

184 wordsTop pick SUCCESSHighest score JUJUISM 23

18 of 184 are everyday words (10%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

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.

  • Length
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Common words 18 · most-used first

Showing the top 17 of 18 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 184

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

  • AULDEST8
  • AUTOPSY12
  • BUCKISH18
  • BUDLESS10
  • BUDMASH15
  • BUFFEST15
  • BUGLOSS10
  • BULLISH12
  • BULLOSA9
  • BULRUSH12
  • BUMMEST13
  • BUNDIST10
  • BURDASH13
  • BURGESS10
  • BURLESK13
  • BURNISH12
  • BUSIEST9
  • CUBBISH16
  • CUBLESS11
  • CUIRASS9
  • CULTISH12
  • CULTISM11
  • CULTIST9
  • CURIOSA9
  • CURRISH12
  • CURTEST9
  • CURTESY12
  • CUTLASS9
  • DUALISE8
  • DUALISM10
  • DUALIST8
  • DUCHESS13
  • DUCKISH17
  • DUELIST8
  • DUENESS8
  • DUFFEST14
  • DULCOSE10
  • DULLEST8
  • DULLISH11
  • DULNESS8
  • DUMAIST10
  • DUMBASS12
  • DUMBEST12
  • DUMPISH15
  • DUNCISH13
  • DUNNESS8
  • DUNNEST8
  • DUNNISH11
  • DURESSE8
  • DURMAST10
  • DUSKEST12
  • DUSKISH15
  • EUCLASE9
  • EUPEPSY14
  • EUSTASY10
  • FUGUIST11
  • FULLEST10
  • FULLISH13
  • FULNESS10
  • FUMIEST12
  • FUNFEST13
  • FUNNEST10
  • FURBISH15
  • FURIOSO10
  • FURLESS10
  • FURNISH13
  • GUANASE8
  • GUARISH11
  • GULLISH11
  • GUMLESS10
  • GUMMOSE12
  • GUNLESS8
  • GURUISM10
  • GUTLESS8
  • HUBLESS12
  • HUELESS10
  • HUFFISH19
  • HUNNISH13
  • JUDOIST15
  • JUJITSU21
  • JUJUISM23
  • JUJUIST21
  • JUJUTSU21
  • JUSTEST14
  • KURBASH16
  • LUBFISH15
  • LUMPISH14
  • LUNIEST7
  • LUSHEST10
  • LUSKISH14
  • LUTFISK14
  • MUDFISH16
  • MUFFISH18
  • MUGGISH14
  • MUMPISH16
  • MURKEST13
  • MURKISH16
  • MUSCOSE11
  • NUMBEST11
  • NUNNISH10
  • NURDISH11
  • NUTCASE9
  • OULDEST8
  • OURIEST7
  • OUTCAST9
  • OUTFAST10
  • OUTFISH13
  • OUTGUSH11
  • OUTJEST14
  • OUTKISS11
  • OUTLASH10
  • OUTLAST7
  • OUTMOST9
  • OUTNESS7
  • OUTPASS9
  • OUTPOST9
  • OUTPUSH12
  • OUTRUSH10
  • OUTTASK11
  • OUTWASH13
  • OUTWISH13
  • PUBLISH14
  • PUCKISH18
  • PUGGISH14
  • PUIREST9
  • PUKIEST13
  • PULIEST9
  • PUNIEST9
  • PUNKEST13
  • PUNKISH16
  • PUPFISH17
  • PURPOSE11
  • QUAMASH21
  • QUAREST16
  • QUERIST16
  • RUBASSE9
  • RUBBISH14
  • RUBIEST9
  • RULESSE7
  • RULIEST7
  • RUMMEST11
  • RUMMISH14
  • RUMNESS9
  • RUNLESS7
  • RUNTISH10
  • RUTTISH10
  • SUAVEST10
  • SUBBASE11
  • SUBBASS11
  • SUBFUSC14
  • SUBFUSK16
  • SUBMISS11
  • SUBSIST9
  • SUBTASK13
  • SUBTEST9
  • SUCCESS11
  • SUCCISE11
  • SUCCOSE11
  • SUCCUSS11
  • SUCRASE9
  • SUCROSE9
  • SUFFUSE13
  • SUGGEST9
  • SUMLESS9
  • SUMMIST11
  • SUMOIST9
  • SUNFAST10
  • SUNFISH13
  • SUNLESS7
  • SUNRISE7
  • SUNWISE10
  • SUPPOSE11
  • SURBASE9
  • SURMISE9
  • SURPASS9
  • TUBAIST9
  • TUBBISH14
  • TUBFAST12
  • TUBFISH15
  • TUGLESS8
  • TUNDISH11
  • TUNIEST7
  • TUTRESS7
  • YUKIEST14
Letters by positionIn 38% of these words the 5th letter is I.
1st letter
  1. S16%
  2. D13%
  3. O10%
3rd letter
  1. R13%
  2. T13%
  3. N13%
4th letter
  1. L16%
  2. F10%
  3. N8%
5th letter
  1. I38%
  2. E33%
  3. A15%
7th letter
  1. T31%
  2. H29%
  3. S17%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; JUJUISM tops the list with 23. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 77 points: 11 words
  2. 8 points: 15 words
  3. 99 points: 30 words
  4. 10 points: 27 words
  5. 1111 points: 25 words
  6. 12 points: 15 words
  7. 1313 points: 18 words
  8. 14 points: 15 words
  9. 1515 points: 8 words
  10. 16 points: 9 words
  11. 1717 points: 2 words
  12. 18 points: 3 words
  13. 1919 points: 1 words
  14. 20 points: 0 words
  15. 2121 points: 4 words
  16. 22 points: 0 words
  17. 2323 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
JUJUISM2330All three
JUJITSU2127All three
JUJUTSU2128All three
QUAMASH2122All three
JUJUIST2127All three
HUFFISH1918All three
PUCKISH1820All three
BUCKISH1820All three
MUFFISH1819Collins only
PUPFISH1719All three
DUCKISH1718NWL only
PUNKISH1618All three

With S sitting one place from the end, the last letter is nearly always T, H or S. That turns this frame into a hunt for suffixes: -ISH, -EST, -ESS and -IST account for most of the list. Name the suffix you expect, and the first three letters are all that is left to guess.

What fits U 2nd and S 6th

  • 184 words match: Collins 180, NWL2023 144, ENABLE 131.
  • Last letters: T ends 57 words, H ends 54, S ends 32 and E ends 22.
  • 18 are everyday words, such as SUCCESS, PURPOSE, SUGGEST and SUNRISE.
  • JUJUISM scores 23, the highest, and the average is 11.5.
  • 40 of the 184 are missing from NWL2023.

Why do -ISH and -EST words dominate this pattern?

-ISH and -EST together make up 80 of the 184 words, because both suffixes bolt onto short U-stems. The -ISH group has PUBLISH, RUBBISH, BULLISH and FURNISH as everyday words, plus a long tail of adjectives like PUCKISH, DUMPISH and PUNKISH.

-EST leans on superlatives: FULLEST, BUSIEST, DULLEST, LUSHEST and the odd noun such as SUGGEST. Only four of its 36 words are common, so most of them will not appear in casual play.

Which other endings are worth knowing?

-ESS gives 22 words, led by SUCCESS, DUCHESS and BURGESS. 12 of them are plain -LESS adjectives: SUNLESS, GUTLESS, FURLESS and RUNLESS.

-OSE has 7 words, with PURPOSE and SUPPOSE as the common pair, and -IST has 13, from CULTIST and DUELIST to QUERIST.

Final T or H covers 111 of the 184 words, about three in five. If your fourth and fifth letters are already placed, try ST and SH endings before anything else.

A Scrabble tip for the J words

Tip

JUJUISM scores 23, and JUJITSU, JUJUTSU, JUJUIST and QUAMASH all reach 21. Four of those five start JUJ-, so a pair of J tiles is what drives those totals, so the frame pays best when you hold both.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have U as the second letter and S as the sixth?
184 seven-letter words have U as the 2nd letter and S as the 6th. Collins accepts 180 of them, NWL2023 accepts 144 and ENABLE accepts 131. Eighteen of them are common English words.
What common words end in -ISH with U second?
PUBLISH, RUBBISH, BULLISH and FURNISH are the common ones. They belong to a group of 44 -ISH words in this frame, most of which are rarer adjectives such as PUCKISH and MURKISH.
Which words score the most with U second and S sixth?
JUJUISM leads at 23 points. JUJITSU, JUJUTSU, JUJUIST and QUAMASH tie at 21. Two J tiles at 8 points each carry all four J words, while QUAMASH relies on Q instead.

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