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7-letter words with U as the 3rd letter and N as the 6th letter

114 of the 184 7-letter words with U as the 3rd letter and N as the 6th end in -ING, led by HOUSING and CAUSING.

184 wordsTop pick STUDENTHighest score SQUINNY 19

14 of 184 are everyday words (8%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

With U in 3rd place, E is the most common 6th letter (671 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 14 · most-used first

All valid words 184

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

  • ABUSING10
  • ACUMENS11
  • ALUMINA9
  • ALUMINE9
  • ALUMINS9
  • AMUSING10
  • ANURANS7
  • AZURINE16
  • BAUKING14
  • BAUSOND10
  • BLUEING10
  • BLUMING12
  • BOUDINS10
  • BOUGING11
  • BOUNING10
  • BOUSING10
  • BOUTONS9
  • BRUCINE11
  • BRUCINS11
  • BRUTING10
  • BRUXING17
  • CAULINE9
  • CAUMING12
  • CAUSING10
  • CHUSING13
  • CHUTING13
  • CLUEING10
  • COUGANS10
  • COUPING12
  • COUPONS11
  • COURANT9
  • COURING10
  • COUSINS9
  • COUZINS18
  • CRUMENS11
  • DAUBING11
  • DAUDING10
  • DAURING9
  • DAUTING9
  • DEUCING11
  • DEUTONS8
  • DIURONS8
  • DOUCINE10
  • DOUKING13
  • DOURINE8
  • DOUSING9
  • DOUTING9
  • ECUMENE11
  • EDUCING11
  • ELUDING9
  • ELUTING8
  • EMULING10
  • EMURING10
  • ENURING8
  • EXUDING16
  • FAUTING11
  • FEUDING12
  • FLUKING15
  • FLUMING13
  • FLUTINA10
  • FLUTING11
  • FLUXING18
  • FOULING11
  • GAUDING10
  • GAUGING10
  • GAUMING11
  • GAUPING11
  • GLUCANS10
  • GLUCINA10
  • GLUEING9
  • GLUTENS8
  • GOUGING10
  • GOUJONS15
  • GRUEING9
  • HAUDING12
  • HAULING11
  • HAUSENS10
  • HAUSING11
  • HOUDANS11
  • HOUFING14
  • HOUSING11
  • HOUTING11
  • INULINS7
  • INURING8
  • JAUKING19
  • JAUPING17
  • JOUKING19
  • JOULING15
  • KLUGING13
  • KOULANS11
  • LAUDING9
  • LAUWINE10
  • LEUCINE9
  • LEUCINS9
  • LEUCONS9
  • LEUKONS11
  • LOUDENS8
  • LOUNING8
  • LOUPING10
  • LOURING8
  • LOUSING8
  • LOUTING8
  • MAULING10
  • MAUVINE12
  • MAUVINS12
  • MEUSING10
  • MOULINS9
  • MOUPING12
  • MOUSING10
  • MOUTANS9
  • MOUTONS9
  • NEURINE7
  • NEURONE7
  • NEURONS7
  • NOUMENA9
  • OPULENT9
  • PAULINS9
  • PAUSING10
  • PLUMING12
  • PLUSING10
  • PLUTONS9
  • POUFING13
  • POUKING14
  • POUPING12
  • POURING10
  • POUTINE9
  • POUTING10
  • PRUDENT10
  • PRUNING10
  • REUSING8
  • ROUGING9
  • ROUMING10
  • ROUPING10
  • ROUSANT7
  • ROUSING8
  • ROUTINE7
  • ROUTING8
  • SAUCING10
  • SAUTING8
  • SCUSING10
  • SHULING11
  • SHUTING11
  • SLUEING8
  • SOUCING10
  • SOUDANS8
  • SOUKING12
  • SOUMING10
  • SOUPING10
  • SOURING8
  • SOUSING8
  • SOUTANE7
  • SPUEING10
  • SPUMING12
  • SPUMONE11
  • SPUMONI11
  • SQUINNY19
  • STUDENT8
  • STUPENT9
  • STUPING10
  • TAUHINU10
  • TAURINE7
  • TAUTENS7
  • TAUTING8
  • TOUCANS9
  • TOUKING12
  • TOURING8
  • TOUSING8
  • TOUTING8
  • TOUTONS7
  • TOUZING17
  • TRUCING10
  • TRUEING8
  • ULULANT7
  • USURING8
  • VAUTING11
  • VOUDONS11
  • WAUKING15
  • WAULING11
  • WAURING11
  • YAUPING13
  • YAUPONS12
  • YEUKING15
  • YOUKING15
  • YOUPONS12
Letters by positionIn 77% of these words the 5th letter is I.
1st letter
  1. S12%
  2. C8%
  3. B7%
2nd letter
  1. O38%
  2. A21%
  3. L13%
4th letter
  1. T15%
  2. S12%
  3. R11%
5th letter
  1. I77%
  2. O10%
  3. E7%
7th letter
  1. G62%
  2. S21%
  3. E9%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 10 in Scrabble; SQUINNY tops the list with 19. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 77 points: 12 words
  2. 8 points: 27 words
  3. 99 points: 29 words
  4. 10 points: 45 words
  5. 1111 points: 30 words
  6. 12 points: 15 words
  7. 1313 points: 7 words
  8. 14 points: 3 words
  9. 1515 points: 6 words
  10. 16 points: 2 words
  11. 1717 points: 3 words
  12. 18 points: 2 words
  13. 1919 points: 3 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
SQUINNY1921All three
JAUKING1924All three
JOUKING1924All three
FLUXING1822All three
COUZINS1821Collins only
BRUXING1721Collins · NWL
JAUPING1723All three
TOUZING1720Collins only
EXUDING1619All three
AZURINE1618Collins only
GOUJONS1520Collins only
FLUKING1519All three

N in sixth place makes -ING the obvious guess, and it is right for 62 percent of the frame. The other 70 words are not random either. Five endings, -ONS, -INE, -INS, -ANS and -ENS, take 51 of them, so the leftover words are few.

The U third, N sixth list in numbers

  • Only 3 of the 184 words fall outside Collins, while 59 are missing from NWL2023 and 69 from ENABLE.
  • Fourteen are common, including STUDENT, ROUTINE, COUSINS, NEURONS, COUPONS and PRUDENT.
  • G closes 114 words, S closes 38, E closes 17 and T closes 7.
  • S begins 22 words, C begins 14, and B, P and T begin 13 each.
  • A typical word scores 10.4.

Which 7-letter words with U 3rd and N 6th avoid -ING?

-ONS leads with 14 words, among them NEURONS, COUPONS, BOUTONS and PLUTONS. -INE gives ROUTINE, POUTINE, LEUCINE and TAURINE, and -INS gives COUSINS and MOULINS.

Smaller groups include -ANS (TOUCANS, GLUCANS, ANURANS) and -ENS (GLUTENS, ACUMENS, LOUDENS), plus four -ENT words: STUDENT, PRUDENT, OPULENT and STUPENT. Together the five main endings explain 51 of the 70 non-ING words.

Which -ING words score highest?

JAUKING and JOUKING score 19, FLUXING scores 18 and BRUXING scores 17. SQUINNY, also 19, is the highest non-ING word, and COUZINS follows at 18, though COUZINS is accepted only in Collins.

The same 114 -ING words appear on the pages for U third with I fifth and U third with G seventh, because ING fills places five to seven. Only the 70 other words are unique to this frame.

Where the -ING words break the rule

Tip

Treat an N in sixth place as an -ING signal only when the fifth letter is I. Otherwise the word probably ends in -ONS, -INE, -INS, -ANS or -ENS, and the vowel before the N tells you which.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have U as the third letter and N as the sixth?
The total is 184. Collins includes 181, NWL2023 includes 125 and ENABLE includes 115. Of those, 114 end in -ING and 38 more end in S, so the final letter is G or S for most of the frame.
What are common 7-letter words with U 3rd and N 6th?
Fourteen rank in the top 25,000 English words: STUDENT, HOUSING, CAUSING, ROUTINE, COUSINS, TOURING, POURING, AMUSING, NEURONS, COUPONS, ABUSING, ROUTING, PRUDENT and HAULING. Most are ordinary -ING forms.
What is the highest-scoring word with U 3rd and N 6th?
SQUINNY, JAUKING and JOUKING tie at 19 points. FLUXING and COUZINS follow at 18, and BRUXING scores 17. The average across all 184 words is 10.4.

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