7-letter words with U as the 3rd letter and P as the 4th letter

The -UP- core is short, so the first two letters and the ending carry the weight. COUP- opens 9 words, including COUPLES, COUPLED and COUPONS, and C starts 15 in all. Only 30 of the 57 are accepted by ENABLE, so dictionary choice matters more here than in most frames.

Figures for the U-P fourth frame

• Collins reaches 54 of the 57 words, NWL2023 reaches 37 and ENABLE reaches only 30.
• Four words are common: COUPLES, COUPLED, COUPONS and ERUPTED.
• S closes 20 words, G closes 10, D and R close 5 each, and Y closes 4.
• C starts 15 words, S starts 14, T starts 5, and R and Y start 4 each.
• A typical word is worth 11.5.

Which COUP- words fit 7-letter words with U 3rd and P 4th?

COUPLES, COUPLED, COUPLER, COUPLET, COUPONS, COUPERS, COUPURE, COUPEES and COUPING are the nine. COUPLES and COUPLED are the common pair, and COUPLET and COUPLER are accepted in every major dictionary.

Other C openers add CHUPPAH, CHUPPAS and CHUPATI, and they bring the points: CHUPPAH scores 19 and CHUPPAS 16. None of the three scores above 11.

COUPERS, COUPURE and COUPEES are Collins-only, so they matter only if your game uses that list.

What are the -ING words?

Ten words end in -ING, and six of them (COUPING, JAUPING, LOUPING, ROUPING, SOUPING and YAUPING) are valid everywhere. The other four, GAUPING, MOUPING, POUPING and STUPING, are Collins-only.

JAUPING scores 17 on its 8-point J. WHUPPED reaches 18 but is accepted only in NWL2023 and Collins, and KOUPREY at 16 is accepted by all three. Dictionary checks matter more than spelling here.

Why the dictionary gap is so wide