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

Exactly 10 7-letter words have U as the 3rd letter and I as the 7th, and TSUNAMI is the only everyday one.

10 wordsTop pick TSUNAMIHighest score CHUPATI 14

1 of 10 are everyday words (10%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

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 10 · most-used first

  • TSUNAMI9
  • GOURAMI10
  • SPUMONI11
  • NAUPLII9
  • BOUILLI9
  • NAUTILI7
  • CHUPATI14
  • GLUTAEI8
  • RAURIKI11
  • WOURALI10
All valid words 10

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

  • BOUILLI9
  • CHUPATI14
  • GLUTAEI8
  • GOURAMI10
  • NAUPLII9
  • NAUTILI7
  • RAURIKI11
  • SPUMONI11
  • TSUNAMI9
  • WOURALI10

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
CHUPATI1416Collins only
SPUMONI1115All three
RAURIKI1112Collins only
GOURAMI1013All three
WOURALI1012Collins only
TSUNAMI912All three
NAUPLII913All three
BOUILLI913Collins only
GLUTAEI811Collins only
NAUTILI710All three

This is a complete list rather than a filtered one: TSUNAMI, GOURAMI, SPUMONI, NAUPLII, BOUILLI, NAUTILI, CHUPATI, GLUTAEI, RAURIKI and WOURALI. Five of them are accepted in Collins, NWL2023 and ENABLE alike, and the other five exist only in Collins.

All ten at a glance

  • Collins accepts all 10, while NWL2023 and ENABLE accept 5 each.
  • Only one is common: TSUNAMI, which ranks in the top 25,000 English words.
  • Every word ends in I, by definition of the frame.
  • G and N each open 2 words, and the average score is 9.8.
  • CHUPATI leads on points with 14, then SPUMONI and RAURIKI with 11.

Which of these 7-letter words work in every dictionary?

Five qualify: TSUNAMI, GOURAMI, SPUMONI, NAUPLII and NAUTILI. They are the safe plays in North American games, and they all appear in ENABLE as well as NWL2023.

NAUPLII and NAUTILI are Latin-style plurals, of NAUPLIUS and NAUTILUS. GOURAMI is a freshwater fish and SPUMONI a layered ice cream.

Two tails repeat across the ten. -AMI closes TSUNAMI and GOURAMI, and -LI closes NAUTILI and WOURALI, while the other six words are one-offs with their own endings.

What do the Collins-only words look like?

BOUILLI, CHUPATI, GLUTAEI, RAURIKI and WOURALI are valid only in Collins. CHUPATI scores 14 because of its C, H and P, and RAURIKI and WOURALI reach 11 and 10.

Treat this frame as a long shot in most rack situations. With ten words in total, it matters only if the board gives you U and I in the right spots and your rack holds the letters around them, so scan for TSUNAMI first.

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Note

TSUNAMI, at 9 points, scores below the 9.8 average despite being the only common word. Play it for the tile turnover, not the score; CHUPATI at 14 pays more in Collins.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have U as third letter and I as seventh?
Ten. Collins accepts all 10, NWL2023 accepts 5 and ENABLE accepts 5. TSUNAMI, GOURAMI, SPUMONI, NAUPLII and NAUTILI are the five accepted in all three.
What is the highest-scoring 7-letter word with U 3rd and I 7th?
CHUPATI scores 14 points. SPUMONI and RAURIKI score 11 each, GOURAMI and WOURALI score 10, and TSUNAMI scores 9. The average for these ten words is 9.8.
Is TSUNAMI the only common word with U in third place and I in seventh?
Yes. TSUNAMI is the single word of the 10 that ranks in the top 25,000 English words. The other nine are far rarer, and five of them, including CHUPATI and RAURIKI, are valid only in Collins.

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