7-letter words with U as the 2nd letter and Y as the 4th letter
24 7-letter words have U as the 2nd letter and Y as the 4th, from BURYING and BUOYANT to JURYMAN and QUAYAGE.
1 of 24 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
- BURYING13
- BUOYANT12
- BUTYRIC14
- BUSYING13
- BUOYING13
- JURYMAN19
- GUAYULE11
- JURYMEN19
- BUNYIPS14
- QUAYAGE20
- BUTYRAL12
- JURYING18
- BUOYAGE13
- BUTYRIN12
- BUTYRYL15
- EURYOKY17
- GUNYAHS14
- KUMYSES16
- LUNYIES10
- OUTYELL10
- OUTYELP12
- QUBYTES21
- QUEYNIE19
- RUBYING13
All valid words 24
- BUNYIPS14
- BUOYAGE13
- BUOYANT12
- BUOYING13
- BURYING13
- BUSYING13
- BUTYRAL12
- BUTYRIC14
- BUTYRIN12
- BUTYRYL15
- EURYOKY17
- GUAYULE11
- GUNYAHS14
- JURYING18
- JURYMAN19
- JURYMEN19
- KUMYSES16
- LUNYIES10
- OUTYELL10
- OUTYELP12
- QUAYAGE20
- QUBYTES21
- QUEYNIE19
- RUBYING13
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUBYTES | 21 | 22 | Collins · NWL |
| QUAYAGE | 20 | 21 | All three |
| JURYMAN | 19 | 23 | All three |
| JURYMEN | 19 | 23 | All three |
| QUEYNIE | 19 | 20 | Collins only |
| JURYING | 18 | 22 | All three |
| EURYOKY | 17 | 16 | All three |
| KUMYSES | 16 | 17 | All three |
| BUTYRYL | 15 | 16 | All three |
| BUTYRIC | 14 | 16 | All three |
| BUNYIPS | 14 | 17 | Collins · NWL |
| GUNYAHS | 14 | 15 | Collins only |
The 4-point Y pushes this frame's average score to 14.6, well above a typical seven-letter list. Three families explain most of it: five -ING verbs, the BUOY- words and a run of BUTYR- chemical terms. Everything else is a one-off, and most one-offs are Collins or NWL2023 curiosities.
Counts and top scores for U-?-Y
- 24 words fit: Collins accepts all 24, NWL2023 21, ENABLE 19.
- Only BURYING is rated common.
- -ING ends 5 words, BUT- opens 4 and BUO- opens 3.
- QUBYTES scores 21, QUAYAGE 20, and JURYMAN and JURYMEN 19.
- B opens 10 of the 24 words; J opens 3 and Q opens 3.
Which -ING and BUOY- words fit?
Five verbs end in -ING: BURYING, BUSYING, BUOYING, RUBYING and JURYING. BURYING is the sole common one, and the others are valid but unfamiliar as verb forms.
BUOYANT, BUOYAGE and BUOYING share a stem. BUOYANT is the best known of the three, and the other two are valid in all three major lists.
What are the BUTYR- words?
BUTYRIC, BUTYRAL, BUTYRIN and BUTYRYL come from the chemistry of butter and are accepted in every major list. BUTYRIC scores 14 and BUTYRYL 15, a solid return for plain letters plus the Y.
JURYMAN and JURYMEN are the plain-English pair at 19 points each. QUAYAGE, a fee for using a dock, scores 20.
Two OUT- verbs also fit, OUTYELL and OUTYELP, though both are rarer. The Q words are QUBYTES, QUAYAGE and QUEYNIE, and the J words are JURYMAN, JURYMEN and JURYING.
EURYOKY, an ecology term, scores 17, and GUAYULE, a rubber-yielding shrub, scores 11. Both are valid in every major list.
A dictionary note on QUBYTES
QUBYTES scores 21, the highest on the list, but it is accepted by NWL2023 and Collins only. ENABLE players should use QUAYAGE at 20, which all three lists allow.
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