7-letter words with U as the 3rd letter and F as the 5th letter
41 7-letter words have U as the 3rd letter and F as the 5th, and SQUIFFY leads the scoring at 25 points.
3 of 41 are everyday words (7%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.
With U in 3rd place, I is the most common 5th letter (303 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.
Best words to play first
- STUFFED14
- SHUFFLE16
- SOULFUL10
- TRUFFLE13
- AQUIFER19
- SCUFFLE15
- CHUFFED19
- SNUFFED14
- SCUFFED16
- BLUEFIN12
- SOUFFLE13
- FLUFFED17
- STUFFER13
- BLUFFED16
- FLUFFER16
- GRUFFLY17
- SNUFFLE13
- SNUFFER13
- SQUIFFY25
- BLUFFER15
- STUFFIE13
- AQUAFIT19
- GRUFFER14
- CHUFFER18
- POUFFES15
- SNUFFLY16
- TRUFFES13
- AQUAFER19
- BOUFFES15
- BLUFFLY18
- GAUFFER14
- GOUTFLY14
- GRUFFED15
- HOUFFED17
- PLUFFED16
- POUFFED16
- POUTFUL12
- SCUFFER15
- SLUFFED14
- SOUPFIN12
- WAUFFED17
All valid words 41
- AQUAFER19
- AQUAFIT19
- AQUIFER19
- BLUEFIN12
- BLUFFED16
- BLUFFER15
- BLUFFLY18
- BOUFFES15
- CHUFFED19
- CHUFFER18
- FLUFFED17
- FLUFFER16
- GAUFFER14
- GOUTFLY14
- GRUFFED15
- GRUFFER14
- GRUFFLY17
- HOUFFED17
- PLUFFED16
- POUFFED16
- POUFFES15
- POUTFUL12
- SCUFFED16
- SCUFFER15
- SCUFFLE15
- SHUFFLE16
- SLUFFED14
- SNUFFED14
- SNUFFER13
- SNUFFLE13
- SNUFFLY16
- SOUFFLE13
- SOULFUL10
- SOUPFIN12
- SQUIFFY25
- STUFFED14
- STUFFER13
- STUFFIE13
- TRUFFES13
- TRUFFLE13
- WAUFFED17
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| SQUIFFY | 25 | 25 | All three |
| AQUIFER | 19 | 20 | All three |
| CHUFFED | 19 | 20 | All three |
| AQUAFIT | 19 | 20 | NWL only |
| AQUAFER | 19 | 20 | Collins only |
| CHUFFER | 18 | 19 | All three |
| BLUFFLY | 18 | 21 | All three |
| FLUFFED | 17 | 19 | All three |
| GRUFFLY | 17 | 19 | All three |
| HOUFFED | 17 | 17 | Collins only |
| WAUFFED | 17 | 18 | Collins only |
| SHUFFLE | 16 | 17 | All three |
Nine of these words leave the double F behind, which sets them apart from the neighbouring frame with F in fourth place. SOULFUL, AQUIFER and BLUEFIN are in that nine. The other 32, such as STUFFED and TRUFFLE, show up on both pages.
Counts and scores for the U-F fifth frame
- Dictionary counts: Collins 39, NWL2023 35, ENABLE 31.
- Everyday words: STUFFED, SHUFFLE and SOULFUL, which are the 3 in the top 25,000.
- Final letters: D ends 12 words, R ends 10, E ends 6, Y ends 5.
- Average score is 15.3, thanks to words like SQUIFFY (25) and AQUIFER (19).
- Endings: -FED has 12, -FER has 10, -FLE has 5 and -FLY has 4.
Which 7-letter words with U 3rd and F 5th are not double-F words?
Nine have something other than F in fourth place: AQUIFER, AQUAFER, AQUAFIT, BLUEFIN, SOULFUL, POUTFUL, GOUTFLY, SOUPFIN and SQUIFFY. Only SOULFUL is common.
These are your escape routes when a -FED guess fails. AQUIFER is the one to remember for Scrabble, since the Q alone is worth 10 and the word scores 19, and it is accepted by all three dictionaries.
Does the -FED ending dominate?
Yes, though only narrowly: 12 words end in -FED, and 10 end in -FER. Examples are STUFFED, CHUFFED, SNUFFED and FLUFFED on one side, and STUFFER, FLUFFER and GRUFFER on the other.
S opens 16 of the 41, far ahead of B, G and P at 5, 5 and 4. If your first letter is S, STUFFED, SHUFFLE, SCUFFLE and SNUFFLE all fit.
The 12 -FED words and 10 -FER words together make 22 of the 41, so more than half the frame ends in one of those two tails.
A note on the limits
Collins accepts 39 of the 41, but NWL2023 accepts 35 and ENABLE only 31. SQUIFFY is safe in all three, while AQUAFER, GOUTFLY and SOUPFIN are Collins-only and AQUAFIT is NWL2023-only, so check your game's list first.
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