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

Only 41 7-letter words have U as the 3rd letter and F as the 4th, and 32 of them are built on a double F, like STUFFED.

41 wordsTop pick STUFFEDHighest score CHUFFED 19

2 of 41 are everyday words (5%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

With U in 3rd place, N is the most common 4th letter (170 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 41 · most-used first

  • STUFFED14
  • SHUFFLE16
  • TRUFFLE13
  • SCUFFLE15
  • CHUFFED19
  • SNUFFED14
  • SCUFFED16
  • SOUFFLE13
  • FLUFFED17
  • STUFFER13
  • BLUFFED16
  • FLUFFER16
  • GRUFFLY17
  • SNUFFLE13
  • SNUFFER13
  • BLUFFER15
  • MOUFLON12
  • STUFFIE13
  • GRUFFER14
  • CHUFFER18
  • POUFTER12
  • POUFFES15
  • SNUFFLY16
  • TRUFFES13
  • GAUFRES11
  • BOUFFES15
  • BLUFFLY18
  • GAUFERS11
  • GAUFFER14
  • GRUFFED15
  • GRUFTED12
  • HOUFFED17
  • HOUFING14
  • PLUFFED16
  • POUFFED16
  • POUFING13
  • POUFTAH15
  • SCUFFER15
  • SHUFTIS13
  • SLUFFED14
  • WAUFFED17
All valid words 41

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

  • BLUFFED16
  • BLUFFER15
  • BLUFFLY18
  • BOUFFES15
  • CHUFFED19
  • CHUFFER18
  • FLUFFED17
  • FLUFFER16
  • GAUFERS11
  • GAUFFER14
  • GAUFRES11
  • GRUFFED15
  • GRUFFER14
  • GRUFFLY17
  • GRUFTED12
  • HOUFFED17
  • HOUFING14
  • MOUFLON12
  • PLUFFED16
  • POUFFED16
  • POUFFES15
  • POUFING13
  • POUFTAH15
  • POUFTER12
  • SCUFFED16
  • SCUFFER15
  • SCUFFLE15
  • SHUFFLE16
  • SHUFTIS13
  • SLUFFED14
  • SNUFFED14
  • SNUFFER13
  • SNUFFLE13
  • SNUFFLY16
  • SOUFFLE13
  • STUFFED14
  • STUFFER13
  • STUFFIE13
  • TRUFFES13
  • TRUFFLE13
  • WAUFFED17
Letters by positionIn 78% of these words the 5th letter is F.
1st letter
  1. S34%
  2. G17%
  3. P15%
2nd letter
  1. O24%
  2. L17%
  3. R15%
5th letter
  1. F78%
  2. T10%
  3. I5%
6th letter
  1. E63%
  2. L20%
  3. N5%
7th letter
  1. D32%
  2. R22%
  3. S15%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 13 in Scrabble; CHUFFED tops the list with 19. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 1111 points: 2 words
  2. 12 points: 3 words
  3. 1313 points: 9 words
  4. 14 points: 6 words
  5. 1515 points: 7 words
  6. 16 points: 7 words
  7. 1717 points: 4 words
  8. 18 points: 2 words
  9. 1919 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
CHUFFED1920All three
CHUFFER1819All three
BLUFFLY1821All three
FLUFFED1719All three
GRUFFLY1719All three
HOUFFED1717Collins only
WAUFFED1718Collins only
SHUFFLE1617All three
SCUFFED1618All three
BLUFFED1619All three
FLUFFER1618Collins · NWL
SNUFFLY1618All three

This is a small, high-scoring corner of the seven-letter list. The average word earns 14.6 points, and the pattern funnels into four endings: -FED with 12 words, -FER with 8, -FLE with 5 and -FLY with 3. Pick the double F, then choose the tail.

What the U-F frame looks like

  • Dictionary counts: Collins 40, NWL2023 30, ENABLE 27.
  • Common words are rare here: only STUFFED and SHUFFLE reach the top 25,000 English words.
  • First letters: S opens 14 words, G opens 7, P opens 6 and B opens 4.
  • Top scorers: CHUFFED 19, CHUFFER 18, BLUFFLY 18, FLUFFED 17.
  • Last letters: D ends 13 words, R ends 9, E and S end 6 each.

Which 7-letter words with U 3rd and F 4th use a double F?

32 of the 41 repeat the F in fifth place. That group runs from STUFFED, BLUFFED and SNUFFED to TRUFFLE, SCUFFLE, SNUFFLE and GRUFFLY, and it is where almost every playable guess lives.

The other nine drop the double: MOUFLON, GAUFRES, POUFTER and POUFTAH are examples. MOUFLON is accepted by all three dictionaries, but GAUFRES, POUFTER and POUFTAH are Collins-only, so treat those as long shots.

Pick the ending first

A -FED ending is the biggest bet: STUFFED, CHUFFED, SNUFFED, SCUFFED, FLUFFED and BLUFFED all fit. Swap D for R and you get STUFFER, FLUFFER, BLUFFER and GRUFFER. With 28 of the 41 ending in one of four tails, the ending filters harder than the opening letter.

Only three words end in -FLY: GRUFFLY, SNUFFLY and BLUFFLY. BLUFFLY ties CHUFFER at 18 points, one behind CHUFFED, so it is worth remembering when the board offers a Y.

Why this frame scores so well

Note

Each F is worth 4, so a double F banks 8 points before any other tile counts. That is why the average here, 14.6, sits well above a typical seven-letter word.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have U in third place and F in fourth?
There are 41 in the tournament dictionaries. Collins accepts 40, NWL2023 accepts 30 and ENABLE accepts 27. Thirty-two of them contain a double F, and 12 end in -FED.
What is the best-scoring 7-letter word with U 3rd and F 4th?
CHUFFED scores 19 points, followed by CHUFFER and BLUFFLY at 18 each and FLUFFED at 17. The average for the whole group is 14.6.
Which common words fit U as 3rd and F as 4th letter?
Just two rank in the top 25,000 English words: STUFFED and SHUFFLE. TRUFFLE, SCUFFLE and SNUFFLE fit the frame too, but they fall below that frequency line, so STUFFED and SHUFFLE are the safest first guesses.

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