7-letter words with U as the 2nd letter and W as the 4th letter
49 7-letter words have U as the 2nd letter and W as the 4th, and 24 of them begin with OUT, from OUTWARD to OUTWORK.
2 of 49 are everyday words (4%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.
With U in 2nd place, L is the most common 4th letter (279 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.
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Best words to play first
- OUTWARD11
- RUNWAYS13
- SUBWAYS15
- BULWARK16
- OUTWITH13
- OUTWORK14
- MUGWORT13
- OUTWASH13
- OUTWEAR10
- GUNWALE11
- CUTWORM14
- OUTWITS10
- MUGWUMP17
- BUDWORM15
- SUNWARD11
- OUTWORN10
- CUTWORK16
- OUTWELL10
- SUNWISE10
- OUTWAIT10
- LUGWORM13
- NUTWOOD11
- OUTWALK14
- GUMWOOD14
- HUSWIFE16
- OUTWENT10
- OUTWORE10
- BUDWOOD14
- CUDWEED14
- BUGWORT13
- BUMWADS15
- BURWEED13
- GUMWEED14
- MUDWORT13
- OUTWARS10
- OUTWEED11
- OUTWEEP12
- OUTWEPT12
- OUTWICK16
- OUTWILE10
- OUTWILL10
- OUTWIND11
- OUTWING11
- OUTWINS10
- OUTWISH13
- OUTWRIT10
- PULWARS12
- TULWARS10
All valid words 49
- BUDWOOD14
- BUDWORM15
- BUGWORT13
- BULWARK16
- BUMWADS15
- BURWEED13
- CUDWEED14
- CUTWORK16
- CUTWORM14
- GUMWEED14
- GUMWOOD14
- GUNWALE11
- HUSWIFE16
- LUGWORM13
- MUDWORT13
- MUGWORT13
- MUGWUMP17
- NUTWOOD11
- OUTWAIT10
- OUTWALK14
- OUTWARD11
- OUTWARS10
- OUTWASH13
- OUTWEAR10
- OUTWEED11
- OUTWEEP12
- OUTWELL10
- OUTWENT10
- OUTWEPT12
- OUTWICK16
- OUTWILE10
- OUTWILL10
- OUTWIND11
- OUTWING11
- OUTWINS10
- OUTWISH13
- OUTWITH13
- OUTWITS10
- OUTWORE10
- OUTWORK14
- OUTWORN10
- OUTWRIT10
- PULWARS12
- RUNWAYS13
- SUBWAYS15
- SUNWARD11
- SUNWISE10
- TULWARS10
- TUTWORK14
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUGWUMP | 17 | 23 | All three |
| BULWARK | 16 | 19 | All three |
| CUTWORK | 16 | 18 | All three |
| HUSWIFE | 16 | 16 | All three |
| OUTWICK | 16 | 18 | Collins only |
| SUBWAYS | 15 | 16 | All three |
| BUDWORM | 15 | 18 | All three |
| BUMWADS | 15 | 18 | NWL only |
| OUTWORK | 14 | 15 | All three |
| CUTWORM | 14 | 17 | All three |
| OUTWALK | 14 | 16 | All three |
| GUMWOOD | 14 | 17 | All three |
Roughly half of this list is one prefix. OUT- plus a W-word makes OUTWASH, OUTWEAR and OUTWITS, while the rest are compounds, many ending in a plant or animal name. Decide if the answer starts with OUT, then check the second half against -WORM, -WORT and -WOOD.
Facts on U-then-W words
- Counts by list: Collins 47, NWL2023 39, ENABLE 36.
- OUT- opens 24 of them; no other opener has more than 2.
- Only 2 are common, OUTWARD and RUNWAYS.
- D ends 10 words, S ends 8, T ends 7 and K ends 6.
- MUGWUMP scores 17, and the average is 12.4.
Which OUT words and compounds fit the pattern?
OUTWARD is the common one. OUTWASH, OUTWEAR, OUTWITS, OUTWORK and OUTWORN are all real verbs or adjectives, while OUTWAIT, OUTWENT, OUTWORE and OUTWRIT are valid in all three major lists as well. The other 14 OUT words are rarer, and several are missing from NWL2023, such as OUTWICK, OUTWING and OUTWELL.
Three endings stand out. -WORM gives CUTWORM, BUDWORM and LUGWORM, -WORT gives MUGWORT, MUDWORT and BUGWORT, and -WOOD gives NUTWOOD, GUMWOOD and BUDWOOD.
RUNWAYS and SUBWAYS take -WAYS, and -WEED adds GUMWEED, BURWEED and CUDWEED. BULWARK, GUNWALE and SUNWARD have no family at all.
How high can the scores go with W in fourth place?
The W is worth 4 points, which lifts the average to 12.4. MUGWUMP reaches 17 with its two Ms, and BULWARK, CUTWORK, HUSWIFE and OUTWICK all make 16.
OUTWICK is the only one of the four that starts with OUT. MUGWORT at 13 and BULWARK are the compounds that most players already know.
Check the list before the compounds
10 of the 49 are absent from NWL2023, among them MUDWORT, BUGWORT, TUTWORK and OUTWICK. The 16-point OUTWICK is the costly one to get wrong, so confirm your list before betting a turn on it.
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