7-letter words with U as the 3rd letter and O as the 6th letter
Nineteen of the 40 7-letter words with U as the 3rd letter and O as the 6th end in N, such as CAUTION and BOURBON.
6 of 40 are everyday words (15%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.
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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Best words to play first
- STUDIOS8
- CAUTION9
- REUNION7
- BOURBON11
- NEUTRON7
- EQUATOR16
- EQUINOX23
- SQUALOR16
- GLUTTON8
- JOURNOS14
- CHURROS12
- GAUCHOS13
- BOURDON10
- ELUTION7
- SOURSOP9
- GRUNION8
- CAUDRON10
- FLUMMOX21
- MOUFLON12
- TRUSTOR7
- SOUPCON11
- STUCCOS11
- ELUSION7
- FAUCHON15
- GLUEPOT10
- HOUMMOS14
- HAUTBOY15
- FLUXION17
- ABUSION9
- AQUILON16
- CHUPPOT16
- DAUNTON8
- EDUCTOR10
- EMULSOR9
- FOURGON11
- KOUSSOS11
- NEUSTON7
- PLUMCOT13
- THUGGOS12
- VAUDOOS11
All valid words 40
- ABUSION9
- AQUILON16
- BOURBON11
- BOURDON10
- CAUDRON10
- CAUTION9
- CHUPPOT16
- CHURROS12
- DAUNTON8
- EDUCTOR10
- ELUSION7
- ELUTION7
- EMULSOR9
- EQUATOR16
- EQUINOX23
- FAUCHON15
- FLUMMOX21
- FLUXION17
- FOURGON11
- GAUCHOS13
- GLUEPOT10
- GLUTTON8
- GRUNION8
- HAUTBOY15
- HOUMMOS14
- JOURNOS14
- KOUSSOS11
- MOUFLON12
- NEUSTON7
- NEUTRON7
- PLUMCOT13
- REUNION7
- SOUPCON11
- SOURSOP9
- SQUALOR16
- STUCCOS11
- STUDIOS8
- THUGGOS12
- TRUSTOR7
- VAUDOOS11
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| EQUINOX | 23 | 25 | All three |
| FLUMMOX | 21 | 25 | All three |
| FLUXION | 17 | 20 | All three |
| EQUATOR | 16 | 17 | All three |
| SQUALOR | 16 | 18 | All three |
| AQUILON | 16 | 19 | Collins only |
| CHUPPOT | 16 | 19 | NWL only |
| FAUCHON | 15 | 17 | Collins only |
| HAUTBOY | 15 | 15 | All three |
| JOURNOS | 14 | 18 | Collins · NWL |
| HOUMMOS | 14 | 16 | Collins · NWL |
| GAUCHOS | 13 | 15 | All three |
A sixth-place O nearly always sets up an -ON ending, and seven of those words end in -ION. The frame also hides three X words and an unusually high average of 11.5, so it rewards a rack with an X or a Q as much as one with an N.
Overview of the U third, O sixth list
- Dictionary spread: 39 words in Collins, 31 in NWL2023 and 27 in ENABLE.
- Six are common: STUDIOS, CAUTION, REUNION, BOURBON, NEUTRON and EQUATOR.
- Final letters: N 19, S 9, R 5, T 3 and X 2.
- E opens 6 words, S opens 5, and C, F and G open 4 each.
- The leaders are EQUINOX 23, FLUMMOX 21, FLUXION 17 and EQUATOR 16.
What are the 7-letter words with U 3rd and O 6th that end in N?
-ION supplies CAUTION, REUNION, ELUTION, ELUSION, FLUXION and GRUNION. The other N-enders include BOURBON, NEUTRON, GLUTTON, BOURDON, MOUFLON and SOUPCON.
Those 19 words are nearly half the frame. The 9 S-enders are plurals such as STUDIOS, JOURNOS, CHURROS and GAUCHOS, and the remaining 12 words end in R, T, X or Y and P.
Which words score best?
EQUINOX scores 23 and FLUMMOX 21, both from an 8-point X, and both are valid in Collins, NWL2023 and ENABLE. SQUALOR and EQUATOR each earn 16 with a 10-point Q.
AQUILON also scores 16 but is accepted only by Collins, as are ABUSION, CAUDRON, DAUNTON and FAUCHON. Nine words on the list live in Collins alone.
Counting letters helps with the X words. EQUINOX and FLUMMOX end in X, and FLUXION holds the X in fifth place.
Shortcut for a loose rack
Holding E and Q? Try EQUATOR and EQUINOX before anything else. They are the only two EQU- words in the frame, and they differ just in the last two letters.
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