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

A Q followed by U and I is a stubborn shape, and it fills more than four in ten of the entries. The rest split into -RUI- and -LUI- words such as CRUISER, BRUISES and FLUIDLY. That is why the average score reaches 13.7, with SQUIFFY on 25.

Numbers for the U-I fourth frame

• Collins lists 65 of the 67 words, NWL2023 lists 43 and ENABLE lists 40.
• Four are common: CRUISER, BRUISES, CRUISES and BRUISED.
• Last letters: S ends 23 words, Y ends 9, D ends 8, R ends 7.
• S opens 22 words, and B, A, C and E open 8, 7, 7 and 7.
• Top scorers: SQUIFFY 25, EQUINOX 23, SQUISHY 22.

Which 7-letter words with U 3rd and I 4th hold a Q?

Twenty-eight do, and 19 of them open with SQ. SQUIRTS, SQUINTS, SQUIRES, SQUIRMY and SQUISHY are the best known, and SQUINCH, SQUIDGE and SQUIFFY complete the high scorers.

EQUI- gives six more, namely EQUINOX, EQUINES, EQUITES, EQUINAL, EQUINIA and EQUIPES. EQUINOX is the standout, scoring 23 on its Q and X, and it is accepted in Collins, NWL2023 and ENABLE.

What are the common words without a Q?

CRUISER, CRUISES and BRUISES are the everyday ones, plus BRUISED, with -UIS- as a shared core. FLUIDLY, DRUIDIC and TRUISMS fill out the plain vocabulary.

Dictionaries differ here. SQUIDGY is in NWL2023 and Collins but not ENABLE, so its 21 points may not be available in every game. Only two of the 67 words fall outside Collins altogether.

Across the whole frame, S, Y, D and R end 47 of the 67 words, so the last letter is a quick way to split the list.

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