7-letter words with W as the 3rd letter and U as the 5th letter
7-letter words with W as the 3rd letter and U as the 5th letter number 17, from LAWSUIT and SAWDUST to HAWBUCK.
1 of 17 are everyday words (6%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.
With W in 3rd place, I is the most common 5th letter (146 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.
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Best words to play first
- LAWSUIT10
- SAWDUST11
- UNWOUND11
- REWOUND11
- SAWBUCK18
- UNWRUNG11
- BOWHUNT15
- BAWSUNT12
- COWPUNK18
- DEWFULL14
- ENWOUND11
- HAWBUCK21
- INWOUND11
- LOWBUSH15
- MOWBURN14
- SOWBUGS13
- UPWOUND13
All valid words 17
- BAWSUNT12
- BOWHUNT15
- COWPUNK18
- DEWFULL14
- ENWOUND11
- HAWBUCK21
- INWOUND11
- LAWSUIT10
- LOWBUSH15
- MOWBURN14
- REWOUND11
- SAWBUCK18
- SAWDUST11
- SOWBUGS13
- UNWOUND11
- UNWRUNG11
- UPWOUND13
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAWBUCK | 21 | 23 | Collins only |
| SAWBUCK | 18 | 21 | All three |
| COWPUNK | 18 | 22 | NWL only |
| BOWHUNT | 15 | 17 | NWL only |
| LOWBUSH | 15 | 17 | NWL only |
| DEWFULL | 14 | 17 | Collins only |
| MOWBURN | 14 | 18 | Collins only |
| UPWOUND | 13 | 17 | Collins only |
| SOWBUGS | 13 | 16 | NWL only |
| BAWSUNT | 12 | 15 | All three |
| SAWDUST | 11 | 12 | All three |
| UNWOUND | 11 | 15 | All three |
One rule holds for ??W?U??: every word that ends in D is a -WOUND word. Five of the 17 do, and the other twelve spread across T, K, G, H, L, N and S. HAWBUCK tops the scores at 21 points.
What to know about ??W?U??
- 17 words fit; Collins and NWL2023 accept 13 each, ENABLE accepts 9.
- D ends five words, T four and K three; G, H, L, N and S end one each.
- S and U each start three words, more than any other opening letter.
- HAWBUCK scores 21, with SAWBUCK and COWPUNK at 18.
- Only 1 of the 17 is a common word; 11 have definitions.
The -WOUND set and its relatives
UNWOUND, REWOUND, ENWOUND, INWOUND and UPWOUND are the five D endings.
The fourth letter is the free hinge, and B and O tie as its commonest values with five words each: SAWBUCK, HAWBUCK, LOWBUSH, MOWBURN and SOWBUGS against the five -WOUND words.
The T group is LAWSUIT, SAWDUST, BOWHUNT and BAWSUNT, and the K group is SAWBUCK, HAWBUCK and COWPUNK. DEWFULL, LOWBUSH, MOWBURN and SOWBUGS fill the remaining ending slots.
Where the points are
HAWBUCK is 21 because K is worth 5, W and H are worth 4 and C and B 3. SAWBUCK drops the H and lands on 18, level with COWPUNK.
BOWHUNT and LOWBUSH score 15, and DEWFULL 14. The two words players know best, LAWSUIT and SAWDUST, score only 10 and 11, so the high scorers here are the ones you have to recall from a word list rather than from conversation.
Dictionary support is uneven: ENABLE accepts only 9 of the 17, so verify the exact entry in your game's word list.
Looking for more matches?
W third with I fifth has 146 matches and E fifth has 89, so move the U slot to those if this list comes up dry.
Questions people ask
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