7-letter words with U as the 3rd letter and D as the 4th letter

The letter after the D is the quickest filter here. It is G in 26 words, I in 21 and a second D in 18, which covers 65 of the 99. STU- is the strongest opener, with nine words, and the common ones nearly all come from it.

Counts for the UD frame

• Dictionary split: 98 words in Collins, 71 in NWL2023, 62 in ENABLE.
• Common words total 8: STUDENT, STUDIES, STUDIED, STUDIOS, PRUDENT, STUDDED, LOUDEST and SHUDDER.
• The fifth letter is G in 26 words, I in 21 and D in 18.
• Top scorers are VAUDOUX at 18 and CHUDDAH at 17; the average is 10.8.
• Final letters: S for 26 words, R for 16, D for 15 and E for 11.

Which STU- and DD words are most useful?

STUDENT, STUDIES, STUDIED, STUDIOS and STUDDED all fit, and STUDDED shares the double D with SHUDDER, THUDDED and SPUDDED. The nine STU- words include five of the eight common ones on the page.

Outside STU-, PRUDENT, LOUDEST and SHUDDER are the other three. PRUDENT and LOUDEST are the ones to try first when the clue gives you only the U and the D.

The -ING words are another easy group: FEUDING, EXUDING, ELUDING and LAUDING all keep the D in fourth place. Seven words end in -ING in total.

What are the UDG words?

UDG brings 26 words, mostly in three endings. -GES gives GRUDGES, SMUDGES, TRUDGES, SLUDGES and DRUDGES, -GED gives SMUDGED, TRUDGED, GRUDGED and DRUDGED, and -GER gives GRUDGER, DRUDGER and TRUDGER.

KLUDGEY, KLUDGES and KLUDGED are the high scorers of the family. KLUDGEY makes 16 and is accepted in NWL2023 and Collins, though not ENABLE.

Where the dictionary risk sits