7-letter words with U as the 3rd letter and N as the 4th letter
Of the 170 7-letter words with U as the 3rd letter and N as the 4th, 140 continue with D, T, G, C or K.
33 of 170 are everyday words (19%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.
With U in 3rd place, N is the most common 4th letter (170 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.
Common words
- COUNTRY12
- COUNCIL11
- YOUNGER11
- COUNTER9
- FOUNDED12
- FOUNDER11
- WOUNDED12
- MOUNTED10
- COUNSEL9
- THUNDER11
- SOUNDED9
- LAUNDRY11
- COUNTED10
- ROUNDED9
- REUNION7
- HAUNTED11
- STUNNED8
- DRUNKEN12
- TSUNAMI9
- BOUNDED11
- BOUNCED12
- PLUNGED11
- REUNITE7
- FOUNDRY14
- ROUNDER8
- ROUNDUP10
- POUNDED11
- CRUNCHY17
- BOUNCES11
- BLUNDER10
- BOUNCER11
- SHUNNED11
- PLUNDER10
All valid words 170
- AHUNGRY14
- ALUNITE7
- ASUNDER8
- BLUNDER10
- BLUNGED11
- BLUNGER10
- BLUNGES10
- BLUNKED14
- BLUNKER13
- BLUNTED10
- BLUNTER9
- BLUNTLY12
- BOUNCED12
- BOUNCER11
- BOUNCES11
- BOUNDED11
- BOUNDEN10
- BOUNDER10
- BOUNING10
- BRUNETS9
- BRUNTED10
- CHUNDER13
- CHUNKED17
- CHUNNEL12
- CHUNNER12
- CHUNTER12
- CLUNKED14
- CLUNKER13
- COUNCIL11
- COUNSEL9
- COUNTED10
- COUNTER9
- COUNTRY12
- CRUNCHY17
- CRUNKLE13
- CRUNODE10
- DAUNDER9
- DAUNERS8
- DAUNTED9
- DAUNTER8
- DAUNTON8
- DRUNKEN12
- DRUNKER12
- EMUNGED11
- EMUNGES10
- FAUNIST10
- FAUNULA10
- FAUNULE10
- FLUNKED15
- FLUNKER14
- FLUNKEY17
- FLUNKIE14
- FOUNDED12
- FOUNDER11
- FOUNDRY14
- GAUNTED9
- GAUNTER8
- GAUNTLY11
- GAUNTRY11
- GRUNGER9
- GRUNGES9
- GRUNION8
- GRUNTED9
- GRUNTER8
- GRUNTLE8
- HAUNTED11
- HAUNTER10
- HOUNDED12
- HOUNDER11
- HOUNGAN11
- JAUNCED17
- JAUNCES16
- JAUNSED15
- JAUNSES14
- JAUNTED15
- JAUNTEE14
- JAUNTIE14
- JOUNCED17
- JOUNCES16
- LAUNCED10
- LAUNCES9
- LAUNDER8
- LAUNDRY11
- LOUNDED9
- LOUNDER8
- LOUNGED9
- LOUNGER8
- LOUNGES8
- LOUNGEY11
- LOUNING8
- MAUNDED11
- MAUNDER10
- MOUNDED11
- MOUNTED10
- MOUNTER9
- MZUNGUS19
- NOUNIER7
- OPUNTIA9
- PAUNCES11
- PAUNCHY17
- PLUNDER10
- PLUNGED11
- PLUNGER10
- PLUNGES10
- PLUNKED14
- PLUNKER13
- POUNCED12
- POUNCER11
- POUNCES11
- POUNCET11
- POUNDAL10
- POUNDED11
- POUNDER10
- PRUNERS9
- PRUNIER9
- PRUNING10
- PRUNTED10
- RAUNCHY15
- RAUNGED9
- RAUNGES8
- REUNIFY13
- REUNION7
- REUNITE7
- ROUNCES9
- ROUNDED9
- ROUNDEL8
- ROUNDER8
- ROUNDLE8
- ROUNDLY11
- ROUNDUP10
- SAUNAED8
- SAUNTED8
- SAUNTER7
- SCUNGED11
- SCUNGES10
- SCUNNER9
- SHUNNED11
- SHUNNER10
- SHUNTED11
- SHUNTER10
- SKUNKED16
- SOUNDED9
- SOUNDER8
- SOUNDLY11
- SPUNGES10
- SPUNKED14
- SPUNKIE13
- STUNNED8
- STUNNER7
- STUNTED8
- TAUNTED8
- TAUNTER7
- THUNDER11
- THUNKED15
- TRUNCAL9
- TRUNDLE8
- TRUNKED12
- TRUNNEL7
- TSUNAMI9
- VAUNCED13
- VAUNCES12
- VAUNTED11
- VAUNTER10
- VAUNTIE10
- WOUNDED12
- WOUNDER11
- YOUNGER11
- YOUNGLY14
- YOUNGTH14
- YOUNKER14
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| MZUNGUS | 19 | 24 | Collins only |
| CRUNCHY | 17 | 19 | All three |
| CHUNKED | 17 | 19 | All three |
| PAUNCHY | 17 | 19 | All three |
| FLUNKEY | 17 | 19 | All three |
| JOUNCED | 17 | 22 | All three |
| JAUNCED | 17 | 22 | All three |
| SKUNKED | 16 | 18 | All three |
| JOUNCES | 16 | 21 | All three |
| JAUNCES | 16 | 21 | All three |
| RAUNCHY | 15 | 16 | All three |
| FLUNKED | 15 | 18 | All three |
This frame rewards everyday guessing, since 33 of the 170 rank among the top 25,000 English words. Its structure is just as helpful. One of five consonants follows the N almost every time, and each one starts a recognisable family.
The U-N fourth frame in numbers
- Collins has 168 of the words, NWL2023 has 129 and ENABLE has 119.
- Common words include COUNTRY, COUNCIL, YOUNGER, COUNTER, FOUNDED and FOUNDER.
- D ends 50 words and R ends 47, which makes 97 together.
- S opens 20, P 19, B 18, C 15 and R 13.
- The average score is 10.8.
Which fifth letters follow U and N most often?
T leads with 37 words (COUNTED, COUNTER, COUNTRY, BLUNTLY) and D follows with 36 (FOUNDED, FOUNDER, BLUNDER, LAUNDRY). G has 25, such as YOUNGER, PLUNGED and LOUNGES, C has 22 (COUNCIL, BOUNCED, CRUNCHY) and K has 20, with DRUNKEN and FLUNKED.
Those five add up to 140 of the 170, about four in five. N, the sixth option, repeats in only 8 words, among them STUNNED and SHUNNED.
What scores best, and what is risky?
MZUNGUS tops the board at 19, ahead of CRUNCHY, CHUNKED, PAUNCHY, FLUNKEY and JOUNCED on 17. MZUNGUS is Collins-only, while the other five are valid in all three major dictionaries.
Collins carries 49 more words than ENABLE here. Odd forms such as BLUNKED, BOUNING and EMUNGED explain much of that gap.
Past tenses with a final D (FOUNDED, COUNTED, MOUNTED) and agent nouns with a final R (COUNTER, FOUNDER, THUNDER) are the commonest shapes among the everyday words on this list.
Work from the ending
-DER, -TED and -TER are the three biggest tails, with 16, 15 and 12 words. If a clue ends in D or R, test COUNTED, FOUNDER and COUNTER before anything exotic, then move on to the G and C families.
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