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7-letter words with U as the 3rd letter and D as the 6th letter

11 7-letter words have U as the 3rd letter and D as the 6th, and CRUSADE is the only common one.

11 wordsTop pick CRUSADEHighest score SQUADDY 21

1 of 11 are everyday words (9%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

With U in 3rd place, E is the most common 6th letter (671 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 11 · most-used first

  • CRUSADE10
  • STUPIDS10
  • ROULADE8
  • COUVADE13
  • CRUZADO19
  • AOUDADS9
  • BOUTADE10
  • CRUNODE10
  • CRUSADO10
  • FOUGADE12
  • SQUADDY21
All valid words 11

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

  • AOUDADS9
  • BOUTADE10
  • COUVADE13
  • CRUNODE10
  • CRUSADE10
  • CRUSADO10
  • CRUZADO19
  • FOUGADE12
  • ROULADE8
  • SQUADDY21
  • STUPIDS10

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
SQUADDY2121Collins · NWL
CRUZADO1921All three
COUVADE1316All three
FOUGADE1214Collins only
CRUSADE1012All three
STUPIDS1012All three
CRUNODE1013All three
CRUSADO1012All three
BOUTADE1012Collins · NWL
AOUDADS910All three
ROULADE810All three

The D sits one place from the end, so the seventh letter is E in six words, O in two, S in two and Y in one. Five words end in -ADE, which is the strongest family, and four open with CRU-. With only eleven words, you can learn the whole set.

The full list, grouped

  • 11 words fit: Collins takes all 11, NWL2023 10, ENABLE 8.
  • -ADE ends 5: CRUSADE, ROULADE, COUVADE, BOUTADE and FOUGADE.
  • -ADO ends 2: CRUSADO and CRUZADO.
  • CRU- opens 4 words, and C opens 5 in total.
  • SQUADDY scores 21, CRUZADO 19, and the average is 12.

What do the -ADE words mean?

CRUSADE is the one everyday word. ROULADE is a rolled meat or sponge dish, and COUVADE is a custom in which a father mimics childbirth. BOUTADE and FOUGADE are rare Collins-style entries, a sudden outburst and a type of mine.

BOUTADE and FOUGADE are missing from ENABLE, and FOUGADE is also missing from NWL2023. SQUADDY is the third word that ENABLE lacks.

Four of the five -ADE words start with ROU, COU, BOU or FOU, and CRUSADE is the exception. The OU opening is a fast way to tell them apart from the CRU- words.

What are the other five words?

CRUZADO scores 19 because of its 10-point Z, and CRUSADO is a variant at 10. CRUNODE, a point where a curve crosses itself, completes the CRU- set.

SQUADDY makes 21 with the Q, though only NWL2023 and Collins take it.

STUPIDS and AOUDADS fill the last two places. They are plurals of STUPID and AOUDAD, a wild sheep, and they score 10 and 9. Both are rare, and both are accepted by all three lists.

Keep it simple in an 11-word frame

Tip

Eight of the eleven words are accepted by all three lists. If your rack holds C, R, U and Z, CRUZADO at 19 is the safest high score.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have U third and D sixth?
Eleven. Collins lists all of them, NWL2023 lists 10 and ENABLE lists 8. CRUSADE is the only one rated as a common word, and the rest are specialist or loan words.
What is the highest-scoring word with U third and D sixth?
SQUADDY scores 21 points, ahead of CRUZADO at 19 and COUVADE at 13. CRUZADO is valid in Collins, NWL2023 and ENABLE, while SQUADDY is limited to NWL2023 and Collins.
Which of these words end in -ADE?
CRUSADE, ROULADE, COUVADE, BOUTADE and FOUGADE. They are the largest group in the frame, five of the eleven words, and CRUSADE is the only common one.

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