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

22 7-letter words have U as the 2nd letter and W as the 6th, such as RUNDOWN, SUNDOWN, BURROWS and OUTLAWS.

22 wordsTop pick BURROWSHighest score GUFFAWS 17

3 of 22 are everyday words (14%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

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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
  • 6
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Best words to play first 22 · most-used first

  • BURROWS12
  • OUTLAWS10
  • RUNDOWN11
  • SUNDOWN11
  • FURROWS13
  • CURFEWS15
  • GUFFAWS17
  • CURLEWS12
  • CUTDOWN13
  • RUBDOWN13
  • PUTDOWN13
  • SUNDEWS11
  • CUSHAWS15
  • FURROWY16
  • OUTBAWL12
  • OUTFAWN13
  • OUTHOWL13
  • OUTROWS10
  • PURSEWS12
  • SUBDEWS13
  • SUNBOWS12
  • SUPPAWN14
All valid words 22

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

  • BURROWS12
  • CURFEWS15
  • CURLEWS12
  • CUSHAWS15
  • CUTDOWN13
  • FURROWS13
  • FURROWY16
  • GUFFAWS17
  • OUTBAWL12
  • OUTFAWN13
  • OUTHOWL13
  • OUTLAWS10
  • OUTROWS10
  • PURSEWS12
  • PUTDOWN13
  • RUBDOWN13
  • RUNDOWN11
  • SUBDEWS13
  • SUNBOWS12
  • SUNDEWS11
  • SUNDOWN11
  • SUPPAWN14
Letters by positionIn 55% of these words the 7th letter is S.
1st letter
  1. S23%
  2. O23%
  3. C18%
3rd letter
  1. T32%
  2. R27%
  3. N18%
4th letter
  1. D32%
  2. R18%
  3. F14%
5th letter
  1. O50%
  2. A27%
  3. E23%
7th letter
  1. S55%
  2. N32%
  3. L9%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 13 in Scrabble; GUFFAWS tops the list with 17. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 1010 points: 2 words
  2. 11 points: 3 words
  3. 1212 points: 5 words
  4. 13 points: 7 words
  5. 1414 points: 1 words
  6. 15 points: 2 words
  7. 1616 points: 1 words
  8. 17 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
GUFFAWS1719All three
FURROWY1616All three
CURFEWS1517All three
CUSHAWS1516All three
SUPPAWN1418Collins only
FURROWS1314All three
CUTDOWN1316All three
RUBDOWN1316All three
PUTDOWN1316Collins · NWL
SUBDEWS1315Collins only
OUTFAWN1315All three
OUTHOWL1314All three

W in sixth place leaves one letter after it, and that letter is S in 12 words and N in 7. So the pattern collapses into four endings: -OWN, -EWS, -OWS and -AWS. Name the ending, and a short list of three to five words is all that is left to check.

The U-second, W-sixth frame in brief

  • 22 words fit: Collins 22, NWL2023 19, ENABLE 18.
  • Only 3 are common: BURROWS, OUTLAWS and RUNDOWN.
  • -OWN and -EWS end 5 words each, -OWS ends 4 and -AWS ends 3.
  • GUFFAWS scores 17, the highest, and the average is 12.8.
  • OUT- begins 5 words, SUN- begins 3.

Which words end in -OWN or -OWS?

-OWN gives RUNDOWN, SUNDOWN, CUTDOWN, RUBDOWN and PUTDOWN, all built from a verb plus DOWN. Seven words end in N in total, because -AWN adds SUPPAWN and OUTFAWN.

-OWS covers BURROWS, FURROWS, SUNBOWS and OUTROWS. The first of those is one of the three common words, and FURROWS is just as playable. It scores 13 against 12, close enough that the board square matters more than the word.

What are the -EWS and -AWS words?

-EWS has CURFEWS, CURLEWS, SUNDEWS, SUBDEWS and PURSEWS. A curlew is a wading bird and a sundew is a plant. -AWS has OUTLAWS, GUFFAWS and CUSHAWS, and GUFFAWS tops the list at 17 points.

The odd one out is FURROWY at 16, an adjective that ends in Y and is the only word here that does not close in S, N or L. The two L endings are OUTBAWL and OUTHOWL, both built the same way as the OUT- verbs elsewhere in this family.

A note on the three Collins-only words

Note

SUBDEWS, SUPPAWN and PURSEWS are valid in Collins only. SUPPAWN scores 14, the best of the three, but the other 19 words are accepted in NWL2023 too.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have U second and W sixth?
22 seven-letter words have U as the 2nd letter and W as the 6th. Collins accepts all 22, NWL2023 accepts 19 and ENABLE accepts 18. Three of them are common: BURROWS, OUTLAWS and RUNDOWN.
What 7-letter words end in -OWN with U second?
RUNDOWN, SUNDOWN, CUTDOWN, RUBDOWN and PUTDOWN. These five are all valid, and RUNDOWN is the one rated common. PUTDOWN is accepted by Collins and NWL2023 but not by ENABLE.
What is the highest-scoring word with U second and W sixth?
GUFFAWS scores 17 points, with FURROWY next at 16 and CURFEWS and CUSHAWS at 15. The two Fs and the W carry the scoring, and GUFFAWS is accepted in every major list.

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