7-letter words with U as the 3rd letter and I as the 5th letter

There are 303 7-letter words with U as the 3rd letter and I as the 5th, and 114 of them end in -ING.

303 wordsTop pick STUDIESHighest score ZEUXITE 23

22 of 303 are everyday words (7%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

3rd letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

5th letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

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.

Length
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Common words 22 · most-used first

STUDIES₈
HOUSING₁₁
CAUSING₁₀
STUDIED₉
ROUTINE₇
CRUCIAL₁₁
TOURISM₉
TOURIST₇
STUDIOS₈
CAUTION₉
COUSINS₉
REUNION₇
TOURING₈
ABUSIVE₁₂
POURING₁₀
AMUSING₁₀
COURIER₉
ABUSING₁₀
ROUTING₈
ELUSIVE₁₀
HAULING₁₁
REUNITE₇

All valid words 303

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

ABULIAS₉
ABUSING₁₀
ABUSION₉
ABUSIVE₁₂
ALUMINA₉
ALUMINE₉
ALUMINS₉
ALUMISH₁₂
ALUMIUM₁₁
ALUNITE₇
AMUSIAS₉
AMUSING₁₀
AMUSIVE₁₂
ANURIAS₇
AZURINE₁₆
AZURITE₁₆
BAUKING₁₄
BAUXITE₁₆
BLUDIER₁₀
BLUEING₁₀
BLUEISH₁₂
BLUMING₁₂
BOUDINS₁₀
BOUGIER₁₀
BOUGIES₁₀
BOUGING₁₁
BOUJIER₁₆
BOUNING₁₀
BOUSIER₉
BOUSING₁₀
BOUVIER₁₂
BRUCINE₁₁
BRUCINS₁₁
BRUCITE₁₁
BRUTIFY₁₅
BRUTING₁₀
BRUTISH₁₂
BRUTISM₁₁
BRUXING₁₇
BRUXISM₁₈
CAULINE₉
CAUMING₁₂
CAUSING₁₀
CAUTION₉
CHUSING₁₃
CHUTING₁₃
CHUTIST₁₂
CLUEING₁₀
CLUSIAS₉
COUPING₁₂
COURIED₁₀
COURIER₉
COURIES₉
COURING₁₀
COUSINS₉
COUTILS₉
COUZINS₁₈
CRUCIAL₁₁
CRUCIAN₁₁
CRUCIFY₁₇
CRUDITY₁₃
CRUSIAN₉
CRUSIES₉
CRUSILY₁₂
CRUZIES₁₈
DAUBIER₁₀
DAUBING₁₁
DAUDING₁₀
DAURING₉
DAUTIES₈
DAUTING₉
DEUCING₁₁
DOUCINE₁₀
DOUKING₁₃
DOURINE₈
DOUSING₉
DOUTING₉
DRUSIER₈
DRUXIER₁₅
ECURIES₉
EDUCING₁₁
ELUDING₉
ELUSION₇
ELUSIVE₁₀
ELUTING₈
ELUTION₇
ELUVIAL₁₀
ELUVIUM₁₂
EMULING₁₀
EMURING₁₀
ENURING₈
ERUDITE₈
EXUDING₁₆
EXUVIAE₁₇
EXUVIAL₁₇
EXUVIUM₁₉
FAUCIAL₁₂
FAUNIST₁₀
FAUTING₁₁
FAUVISM₁₅
FAUVIST₁₃
FEUDING₁₂
FEUDIST₁₁
FLUKIER₁₄
FLUKILY₁₇
FLUKING₁₅
FLUMING₁₃
FLUTIER₁₀
FLUTINA₁₀
FLUTING₁₁
FLUTIST₁₀
FLUVIAL₁₃
FLUXING₁₈
FLUXION₁₇
FLUXIVE₂₀
FOULIES₁₀
FOULING₁₁
FRUTIFY₁₆
GAUCIER₁₀
GAUDIER₉
GAUDIES₉
GAUDILY₁₂
GAUDING₁₀
GAUGING₁₀
GAUMIER₁₀
GAUMING₁₁
GAUPING₁₁
GAUZIER₁₇
GAUZILY₂₀
GLUCINA₁₀
GLUEING₉
GOUGING₁₀
GOUTIER₈
GOUTILY₁₁
GRUEING₉
GRUNION₈
HAUDING₁₂
HAULIER₁₀
HAULING₁₁
HAUSING₁₁
HEURISM₁₂
HOUFING₁₄
HOUSIER₁₀
HOUSING₁₁
HOUTING₁₁
INULINS₇
INURING₈
INUTILE₇
JAUKING₁₉
JAUPING₁₇
JOUKING₁₉
JOULING₁₅
KAURIES₁₁
KLUGING₁₃
KOUMISS₁₃
LAUDING₉
LAUWINE₁₀
LEUCINE₉
LEUCINS₉
LEUCISM₁₁
LEUCITE₉
LOUDISH₁₁
LOUNING₈
LOUPING₁₀
LOURIER₇
LOURIES₇
LOURING₈
LOUSIER₇
LOUSILY₁₀
LOUSING₈
LOUTING₈
LOUTISH₁₀
MAUBIES₁₁
MAULING₁₀
MAUSIER₉
MAUVINE₁₂
MAUVINS₁₂
MAUZIER₁₈
MEUSING₁₀
MOUJIKS₂₀
MOULINS₉
MOUPING₁₂
MOUSIER₉
MOUSIES₉
MOUSILY₁₂
MOUSING₁₀
NAUTICS₉
NAUTILI₇
NEURINE₇
NEURISM₉
NEURITE₇
NOUNIER₇
NOURICE₉
NOURISH₁₀
OCULIST₉
PAUCITY₁₄
PAULINS₉
PAUSING₁₀
PIUPIUS₁₁
PLUMIER₁₁
PLUMING₁₂
PLUMIST₁₁
PLUSING₁₀
PLUVIAL₁₂
PLUVIAN₁₂
POUFING₁₃
POUKING₁₄
POUPING₁₂
POURIES₉
POURING₁₀
POUTIER₉
POUTINE₉
POUTING₁₀
PRUDISH₁₃
PRUNIER₉
PRUNING₁₀
PRURIGO₁₀
PRUSIKS₁₃
PYURIAS₁₂
RAUCITY₁₂
RAURIKI₁₁
REUNIFY₁₃
REUNION₇
REUNITE₇
REUSING₈
ROUGING₉
ROUMING₁₀
ROUPIER₉
ROUPILY₁₂
ROUPING₁₀
ROUSING₈
ROUTINE₇
ROUTING₈
SAUCIER₉
SAUCILY₁₂
SAUCING₁₀
SAULIES₇
SAURIAN₇
SAURIES₇
SAUTING₈
SCUSING₁₀
SHULING₁₁
SHUTING₁₁
SLUEING₈
SLUMISM₁₁
SOUBISE₉
SOUCING₁₀
SOUKING₁₂
SOUMING₁₀
SOUPIER₉
SOUPILY₁₂
SOUPING₁₀
SOURING₈
SOURISH₁₀
SOUSING₈
SOUTIES₇
SPUEING₁₀
SPUMIER₁₁
SPUMING₁₂
SPURIAE₉
SQUAILS₁₆
STUDIED₉
STUDIER₈
STUDIES₈
STUDIOS₈
STUPIDS₁₀
STUPING₁₀
TAUHINU₁₀
TAUPIES₉
TAURINE₇
TAUTING₈
THULIAS₁₀
THULITE₁₀
THULIUM₁₂
THURIFY₁₆
TOUKING₁₂
TOUPIES₉
TOURIES₇
TOURING₈
TOURISM₉
TOURIST₇
TOUSIER₇
TOUSING₈
TOUTIER₇
TOUTING₈
TOUZIER₁₆
TOUZING₁₇
TRUCIAL₉
TRUCING₁₀
TRUEING₈
USURIES₇
USURING₈
VAURIEN₁₀
VAUTING₁₁
WAUKING₁₅
WAULING₁₁
WAURING₁₁
WOUBITS₁₂
YAUPING₁₃
YAUTIAS₁₀
YEUKING₁₅
YOUKING₁₅
ZEUXITE₂₃

Letters by positionIn 47% of these words the 6th letter is N.

1st letter

S11%
C8%
B8%

2nd letter

O32%
A22%
L14%

4th letter

R14%
S13%
T13%

6th letter

N47%
E19%
S9%

7th letter

G38%
S16%
R12%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 10 in Scrabble; ZEUXITE tops the list with 23. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 26 words
8 points: 29 words
99 points: 54 words
10 points: 65 words
1111 points: 37 words
12 points: 35 words
1313 points: 14 words
14 points: 5 words
1515 points: 8 words
16 points: 9 words
1717 points: 9 words
18 points: 5 words
1919 points: 3 words
20 points: 3 words
2121 points: 0 words
22 points: 0 words
2323 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
ZEUXITE	23	24	Collins only
MOUJIKS	20	24	All three
GAUZILY	20	22	All three
FLUXIVE	20	23	Collins only
EXUVIUM	19	23	All three
JAUKING	19	24	All three
JOUKING	19	24	All three
BRUXISM	18	21	All three
FLUXING	18	22	All three
COUZINS	18	21	Collins only
CRUZIES	18	20	Collins only
MAUZIER	18	20	NWL only

Four endings explain three words in five: -ING with 114, -IER with 35, -IES with 21 and -INE with 13. Learn those and the frame stops looking large. The leftovers, from TOURISM to CRUCIFY, are one-offs worth recognising by shape.

Quick facts on U 3rd and I 5th

Collins accepts 295 of the 303, NWL2023 accepts 203 and ENABLE accepts 185.
22 words are common, such as STUDIES, HOUSING, CAUSING, STUDIED and ROUTINE.
First letters: S opens 34, C opens 25, B and P open 24 each, T opens 23.
Last letters: G ends 114, S ends 48, R ends 35, E ends 32, Y ends 18.
The average score is 10.8.

Which endings cover most 7-letter words with U 3rd and I 5th?

-ING is the giant. HOUSING, CAUSING, TOURING, POURING and AMUSING all come from it, and the same 114 words sit on the U 3rd and N 6th page and the U 3rd and G 7th page, because ING fills those spots too.

-IER adds COURIER, SAUCIER, STUDIER and BOUVIER. -IES gives STUDIES and its relatives, and -INE gives ROUTINE, POUTINE, TAURINE and LEUCINE. Of the four tails, -ING and -IER are the ones worth testing first on any rack.

What do the leftover words look like?

ERUDITE, BAUXITE, AZURITE and NEURITE close with -ITE, ten words in all. TOURISM, TOURIST, CRUCIAL, CAUTION and REUNION are single shapes that each need to be remembered separately.

ZEUXITE tops the scores at 23, ahead of GAUZILY, MOUJIKS and FLUXIVE at 20. ZEUXITE is a Collins word, though, so MOUJIKS and GAUZILY are the safer high scorers across all three dictionaries.

Nobody should expect to memorise 303 words. Learn the four big tails, then treat TOURISM, CRUCIAL, CAUTION and REUNION as the handful of everyday words that sit outside them.

Stem trick for racks

Tip

If your rack has an I, an N and a G, play the ING stem first: S in fourth place gives 18 words, led by AMUSING, CAUSING and HOUSING.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have U as the third letter and I as the fifth?

There are 303 in the tournament lists, of which Collins has 295, NWL2023 has 203 and ENABLE has 185. The big endings are -ING with 114, -IER with 35 and -IES with 21.

Which 7-letter words with U 3rd and I 5th score highest?

ZEUXITE scores 23, then MOUJIKS, GAUZILY and FLUXIVE at 20, and EXUVIUM and JAUKING at 19. The frame averages 10.8, so Z, X and J words stand out.

Why do so many of these end in -ING?

Any four-letter stem with U in third place takes -ING and fits the frame, as HOUS, CAUS, TOUR and POUR show. That single tail accounts for 114 of the 303 words, or more than a third, which dwarfs every other ending.

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7-letter words with U as the 3rd letter and I as the 5th letter

Common words 22 · most-used first

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