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

There are 21 7-letter words with U as the 3rd letter and H as the 7th, and eight of them end in -ISH.

21 wordsTop pick NOURISHHighest score SQUELCH 21

With U in 3rd place, S is the most common 7th letter (373 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 21 · most-used first

  • NOURISH10
  • BRUTISH12
  • SQUELCH21
  • PRUDISH13
  • GOULASH11
  • CHUMASH17
  • BLUEISH12
  • LOUTISH10
  • KHUTBAH19
  • CHUPPAH19
  • SQUINCH21
  • SQUOOSH19
  • SOURISH10
  • YOUNGTH14
  • SQUITCH21
  • ALUMISH12
  • CHUDDAH17
  • LOUDISH11
  • POUFTAH15
  • PRUTOTH12
  • SCULTCH14
All valid words 21

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

  • ALUMISH12
  • BLUEISH12
  • BRUTISH12
  • CHUDDAH17
  • CHUMASH17
  • CHUPPAH19
  • GOULASH11
  • KHUTBAH19
  • LOUDISH11
  • LOUTISH10
  • NOURISH10
  • POUFTAH15
  • PRUDISH13
  • PRUTOTH12
  • SCULTCH14
  • SOURISH10
  • SQUELCH21
  • SQUINCH21
  • SQUITCH21
  • SQUOOSH19
  • YOUNGTH14
Letters by positionIn 52% of these words the 6th letter is S.
1st letter
  1. S29%
  2. C14%
  3. P14%
2nd letter
  1. O33%
  2. H19%
  3. Q19%
4th letter
  1. T19%
  2. D14%
  3. E10%
5th letter
  1. I38%
  2. T14%
  3. A10%
6th letter
  1. S52%
  2. A19%
  3. C19%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 12 in Scrabble; SQUELCH tops the list with 21. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 1010 points: 3 words
  2. 11 points: 2 words
  3. 1212 points: 4 words
  4. 13 points: 1 words
  5. 1414 points: 2 words
  6. 15 points: 1 words
  7. 1616 points: 0 words
  8. 17 points: 2 words
  9. 1818 points: 0 words
  10. 19 points: 3 words
  11. 2020 points: 0 words
  12. 21 points: 3 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
SQUELCH2123All three
SQUINCH2123All three
SQUITCH2122Collins only
KHUTBAH1919Collins only
CHUPPAH1921Collins · NWL
SQUOOSH1919All three
CHUMASH1718Collins only
CHUDDAH1717All three
POUFTAH1516Collins only
YOUNGTH1415Collins only
SCULTCH1417Collins · NWL
PRUDISH1314All three

Not one of the 21 is a common word, so this frame is pure word-list territory. The -ISH adjectives are the friendliest entries, and the Q-words SQUELCH, SQUINCH, SQUITCH and SQUOOSH carry the points. Everything else is a single odd shape.

What fits the U-H final frame

  • Collins accepts all 21, NWL2023 accepts 15 and ENABLE accepts 13.
  • No word in the group ranks in the top 25,000 English words.
  • S opens 6 of the 21, C and P open 3 each, and B and L open 2 each, as in BRUTISH and LOUTISH.
  • Four words start with SQ: SQUELCH, SQUINCH, SQUITCH and SQUOOSH.
  • The average score is 14.8.

Which 7-letter words with U 3rd and H 7th end in -ISH?

NOURISH, BRUTISH, PRUDISH, LOUTISH, BLUEISH, SOURISH, LOUDISH and ALUMISH make eight. They are the easiest to guess, because -ISH turns a short stem such as NOUR, BRUT or LOUT into an adjective.

ALUMISH is Collins-only, but the other seven are valid in all three dictionaries, so a -ISH guess rarely fails in North American play. Eight of 21 is a little over a third of the frame, which makes -ISH the single best bet here.

What else ends in H?

Four end in -AH: CHUPPAH, KHUTBAH, CHUDDAH and POUFTAH. GOULASH and CHUMASH end in -ASH, while PRUTOTH and YOUNGTH stand alone with their -OTH and -GTH tails.

SQUELCH, SQUINCH and SQUITCH each score 21, from the 10-point Q, a 3-point C and a 4-point H. SQUOOSH, KHUTBAH and CHUPPAH reach 19.

Six words live only in Collins: ALUMISH, CHUMASH, KHUTBAH, POUFTAH, SQUITCH and YOUNGTH. The remaining 15 appear in at least one North American list.

Playing it safe

Tip

In NWL2023 and ENABLE games, SQUELCH and SQUINCH are the dependable 21-pointers, as 13 of the 21 words appear in all three lists. SQUITCH, KHUTBAH and POUFTAH are Collins-only, so keep them for Collins boards.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have U third and H seventh?
Twenty-one words fit, and all of them are valid in Collins. NWL2023 accepts 15 and ENABLE accepts 13. The H is always the last letter, so each entry ends in H.
What are the highest-scoring 7-letter words with U 3rd and H 7th?
SQUELCH, SQUINCH and SQUITCH tie at 21 points. KHUTBAH, CHUPPAH and SQUOOSH follow with 19 each. The average for the frame is 14.8, lifted by the Q, the K and two 4-point Hs.
Are there any common words in this frame?
No. None of the 21 ranks in the top 25,000 English words. NOURISH, BRUTISH, PRUDISH and GOULASH are the likeliest to be familiar, and each is valid in Collins, NWL2023 and ENABLE.

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