7-letter words with U as the 3rd letter and R as the 4th letter
Among the 161 7-letter words with U as the 3rd letter and R as the 4th, 66 have O as the second letter, as in JOURNEY.
16 of 161 are everyday words (10%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.
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
- SOURCES9
- JOURNAL14
- JOURNEY17
- COURSES9
- COURAGE10
- TOURISM9
- TOURIST7
- TOURING8
- POURING10
- NEURONS7
- COURIER9
- BOURBON11
- SOURCED10
- BLURRED10
- GOURMET10
- SPURRED10
All valid words 161
- ANURANS7
- ANURIAS7
- ANUROUS7
- AZUREAN16
- AZURINE16
- AZURITE16
- BEURRES9
- BLURBED12
- BLURRED10
- BLURTED10
- BLURTER9
- BOURBON11
- BOURDER10
- BOURDON10
- BOURGIE10
- BOURKHA16
- BOURLAW12
- BOURNES9
- BOURREE9
- BOURSES9
- BOURSIN9
- CHURCHY20
- CHURNED13
- CHURNER12
- CHURRED13
- CHURROS12
- CHURRUS12
- COURAGE10
- COURANT9
- COURBED12
- COURIED10
- COURIER9
- COURIES9
- COURING10
- COURLAN9
- COURSED10
- COURSER9
- COURSES9
- COURTED10
- COURTER9
- COURTLY12
- DAURING9
- DHURNAS11
- DHURRAS11
- DHURRIE11
- DIURNAL8
- DIURONS8
- DOURAHS11
- DOUREST8
- DOURINE8
- ECURIES9
- EMURING10
- ENURING8
- EPURATE9
- EXURBAN16
- EXURBIA16
- FAUREST10
- FLURRED11
- FOURGON11
- FOURSES10
- FOURTHS13
- GLURGES9
- GOURAMI10
- GOURDES9
- GOURMET10
- HEUREKA14
- HEURISM12
- INURING8
- INURNED8
- JOURNAL14
- JOURNEY17
- JOURNOS14
- KAURIES11
- KHURTAS14
- KNURLED12
- LAURELS7
- LAURYLS10
- LOURIER7
- LOURIES7
- LOURING8
- MOURNED10
- MOURNER9
- NEURINE7
- NEURISM9
- NEURITE7
- NEUROID8
- NEUROMA9
- NEURONE7
- NEURONS7
- NEURULA7
- NOURICE9
- NOURISH10
- NOURSLE7
- PLURALS9
- POURERS9
- POURIES9
- POURING10
- POURSEW12
- POURSUE9
- PRURIGO10
- PYURIAS12
- RAURIKI11
- REURGED9
- REURGES8
- SAURELS7
- SAURIAN7
- SAURIES7
- SAUROID8
- SCURRED10
- SCURRIL9
- SLURBAN9
- SLURPED10
- SLURPER9
- SLURRED8
- SLURVES10
- SMURRED10
- SOURCED10
- SOURCES9
- SOUREST7
- SOURGUM10
- SOURING8
- SOURISH10
- SOUROCK13
- SOURSES7
- SOURSOP9
- SPURGES10
- SPURIAE9
- SPURNED10
- SPURNER9
- SPURNES9
- SPURRED10
- SPURRER9
- SPURREY12
- SPURTED10
- SPURTER9
- SPURTLE9
- SPURWAY15
- STURMER9
- STURNUS7
- STURTED8
- TAUREAN7
- TAURINE7
- THURIFY16
- TOURACO9
- TOURERS7
- TOURIES7
- TOURING8
- TOURISM9
- TOURIST7
- TOURNEY10
- UNURGED9
- USURERS7
- USURESS7
- USURIES7
- USURING8
- USUROUS7
- USURPED10
- USURPER9
- VAURIEN10
- WAURING11
- WOURALI10
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHURCHY | 20 | 20 | All three |
| JOURNEY | 17 | 20 | All three |
| AZURITE | 16 | 17 | All three |
| EXURBAN | 16 | 19 | All three |
| EXURBIA | 16 | 18 | All three |
| AZUREAN | 16 | 18 | Collins only |
| AZURINE | 16 | 18 | Collins only |
| BOURKHA | 16 | 17 | Collins only |
| THURIFY | 16 | 15 | Collins only |
| SPURWAY | 15 | 16 | Collins only |
| JOURNAL | 14 | 19 | All three |
| JOURNOS | 14 | 18 | Collins · NWL |
The OUR trio is the most recognisable sound in this frame, and it runs through two-fifths of the list: SOURCES, COURAGE, TOURISM, POURING and BOURBON all carry it. After the R, the fifth letter is I in 43 words. Together those two clues cut the list sharply.
What the U-R fourth list contains
- Collins reaches 158 of the words, NWL2023 reaches 105 and ENABLE reaches 97.
- Sixteen are common, such as SOURCES, JOURNAL, JOURNEY, COURSES and COURAGE.
- S closes 45 words, D closes 27, E closes 17, R closes 14 and G closes 11.
- S opens 36 words, C opens 20, B opens 15 and N opens 11.
- The average score is 9.8.
How many 7-letter words with U 3rd and R 4th contain OUR?
Sixty-six have O in second place, about two in five. They include SOURCED, COURTED, GOURMET, TOURNEY, MOURNED and NOURISH.
The pairs help: TOURING and POURING share -OURING, and TOURISM, TOURIST and TOURNEY share TOUR-. Spot the prefix and the ending usually follows.
COURAGE, COURIER, COURSES and COURTED all open COUR-. CO leads the two-letter openers with 14 words, ahead of SP with 12 and BO with 10, so that start is a strong first test.
What follows the R?
I leads with 43 words (COURIER, TOURING, AZURITE, TAURINE). R and N follow with 16 each: BLURRED, SPURRED and BOURREE for double R, and JOURNAL, JOURNEY and CHURNED for N. E gives 12, and T and S give 11 each.
The top scorer is CHURCHY at 20, and JOURNEY follows at 17. AZURITE, EXURBAN, EXURBIA and AZUREAN tie at 16, but AZUREAN is accepted only in Collins.
Plural check
A final S closes 45 of the 161 words, and -IES alone gives 8. If your rack has an S, look for plural and verb forms first, such as SOURCES and COURSES.
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