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9-letter words with U as the 3rd letter

A curated list of 9-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Use this when U is fixed in the 3rd slot; rotate high-frequency consonants elsewhere to prune fast. For example: abuilding, abundance, abusively.

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945 words
Word Definition Length Syllables
abuilding93
abundance93
abusively95
abutilons94
abutments93
acuminate94
acutances94
acuteness94
adularias94
adulating94
adulation94
adulators94
adulatory95
adulterer94
adulthood93
adultlike93
adultness93
adumbrate93
agueweeds93
aluminate94
aluminium94
aluminize94
aluminous94
aluminums94
alumroots93
amusement94
amusingly94
aquacades94
aquanauts93
aquaplane93
aquarelle93
aquarians93
aquarists93
aquariums93
aquatints93
aquatones94
aqueducts93
aquilegia94
aruspices94
avulsions93
avuncular94
ayurvedas93
baudekins93
bauhinias93
baulkiest92
blubbered93
bludgeons92
blueballs92
bluebeard92
bluebells92
blueberry93
bluebills92
bluebirds92
bluebooks92
bluecoats92
bluegills92
bluegrass92
blueheads92
bluejacks92
bluejeans92
bluelines93
bluenoses93
bluepoint92
blueprint92
blueshift92
bluesiest92
bluestems92
bluestone92
blueticks92
blueweeds92
bluewoods92
bluffness92
blundered93
blunderer93
bluntness92
blurriest92
blustered93
blusterer93
bouffants92
boughpots92
bouillons92
bouldered93
boulevard93
bounciest92
boundless92
bounteous92
bountiful93
bourgeois92
bourgeons92
bourrides93
bourtrees92
bousoukia93
bousoukis93
boutiques93
bouzoukia93
bouzoukis93
brucellae92
brucellas93
brummagem93
brunching92
brunettes93
brunizems93
brushback92
brushfire92
brushiest92
brushland92
brushoffs92
brushwood92
brushwork92
brusquely93
brusquest92
brutalise93
brutality94
brutalize93
brutified93
brutifies93
brutishly93
caucusing93
caucussed93
caucusses93
caudillos93
cauldrons92
caulicles93
caulkings92
causalgia93
causalgic93
causality94
causation93
causative93
causeless93
causeries93
causeways93
cauteries93
cauterize93
cautioned93
chubascos93
chubbiest92
chuckhole92
chucklers92
chuckling92
chuffiest92
chugalugs93
chummiest92
chumships92
chunkiest92
chuntered93
churchier92
churching92
churchman92
churchmen92
churnings92
chutzpahs92
clubbable92
clubbiest92
clubhands92
clubhauls92
clubhouse92
clubrooms92
clubroots92
clumpiest92
clumsiest92
clunkiest92
clupeoids92
clustered93
clutching92
cluttered93
couchings92
coulisses93
coulombic93
coumarins93
coumarous93
councilor93
counseled93
counselee92
counselor93
countable92
countably93
countdown92
countered93
countians92
countless92
countries92
couplings92
couponing93
courantes93
courantos93
courgette92
coursings92
courteous92
courtesan93
courtiers92
courtlier92
courtroom92
courtship92
courtside92
courtyard92
cousinage93
couthiest92
couturier93
crucially93
crucibles93
crucifers93
crucified93
crucifies93
cruciform93
cruddiest92
crudeness93
crudities93
cruellest92
cruelness92
cruelties92
cruisings92
crumbiest92
crumblier92
crumbling92
crumhorns92
crummiest92
crumplier92
crumpling92
crunchers92
crunchier92
crunchily93
crunching92
crusaders93
crusading93
crusadoes93
crushable92
crustacea93
crustiest92
crustless92
crutching92
cruzadoes93
cruzeiros93
dauberies93
daughters92
daundered93
dauntless92
dauphines93
deuterate93
deuterium93
deuterons93
diuretics93
diurnally93
doubleton93
doubloons92
doublures93
doubtable92
doubtless92
doughboys92
doughface92
doughiest92
doughlike92
doughnuts92
doughtier92
doughtily93
doupionis93
douzepers93
drubbings92
druggiest92
druggists92
drugmaker93
drugstore92
druidical93
druidisms92
drumbeats92
drumbling92
drumfires93
drumheads92
drumliest92
drumrolls92
drumstick92
drunkards92
drunkenly93
drupelets93
ebullient93
ecumenics94
ecumenism94
ecumenist94
educables94
educating94
education94
educative94
educators94
eductions93
elucidate94
elusively95
elutriate93
eluviated94
eluviates94
emulating94
emulation94
emulative94
emulators94
emulously94
emulsions93
emulsoids93
enucleate93
enumerate94
enunciate93
enuretics94
equalised94
equaliser94
equalises94
equalized94
equalizer94
equalizes94
equalling93
equations93
equerries93
equimolar94
equinoxes94
equipages94
equipment93
equipoise93
equippers93
equipping93
equisetum94
equitable93
equitably94
equivocal94
equivokes94
equivoque93
eructated94
eructates94
eruditely95
erudition94
eruptible93
eruptions93
eruptives94
esurience93
evulsions93
exuberant94
exuberate94
exudation94
exudative94
exultance93
exultancy94
exuviated94
exuviates94
faubourgs92
faultiest92
faultless92
faunistic93
fauteuils92
feudalism93
feudalist93
feudality94
feudalize93
feudaries93
feudatory94
fluctuant92
fluctuate92
fluencies92
fluffiest92
fluidally93
fluidised93
fluidises93
fluidized93
fluidizer93
fluidizes93
fluidness92
fluidrams92
flummoxed93
flummoxes93
fluorenes93
fluoresce92
fluorides93
fluorines93
fluorites93
fluoroses93
fluorosis93
fluorotic93
fluorspar92
flurrying92
flushable92
flushness92
flustered93
flutelike93
fluttered93
flutterer93
fluxgates93
fluxional93
foulbrood92
foundered93
foundling92
foundries92
fountains92
fourscore92
foursomes93
fourteens92
fructoses93
fructuous92
frugality94
frugivore93
fruitages93
fruitcake92
fruiterer93
fruitiest92
fruitions92
fruitless92
fruitlets92
fruitwood92
frumpiest92
frustrate92
frustules93
fruticose93
gaucherie92
gauderies93
gaudiness93
gauffered93
gauntlets92
gauntness92
gauntries92
gauzelike93
glucagons93
glucinums93
gluconate93
glucoside93
glumpiest92
glunching92
glutamate93
glutamine93
glutelins93
glutenous93
glutinous93
goulashes93
gouramies93
gourmands92
grubbiest92
grubstake92
grubworms92
gruelings92
gruellers92
gruelling92
gruesomer93
gruffiest92
gruffness92
grumblers92
grumbling92
grumphies92
grumpiest92
grungiest92
gruntling92
grutching92
haughtier92
haughtily93
haulmiest92
haulyards92
hausfraus92
haustella93
haustoria93
heuristic93
hourglass92
houseboat93
houseboys93
housecarl93
housecoat93
housefuls93
household93
housekeep93
housekept93
houseleek93
houseless93
houseling93
houselled93
housemaid93
housemate93
houseroom93
housesits93
housetops93
housewife93
housework93
ibuprofen94
iguanians93
iguanodon94
inunction93
inundated94
inundates94
inundator94
inurement94
inutility95
jaundiced93
jaundices93
jauntiest92
jiujitsus93
jiujutsus93
jounciest92
journeyed92
journeyer92
klutziest92
knubbiest92
knucklers92
knucklier92
knuckling92
knurliest92
koumisses93
koumysses93
krumhorns92
krummholz92
krummhorn92
laudanums93
laudation93
laudative93
laudators93
laudatory94
laughable92
laughably93
laughings92
laughters92
launchers92
launching92
launchpad92
laundered93
launderer93
laundress92
laundries92
laureated93
laureates93
laureling93
laurelled93
leucemias93
leukaemia93
leukemias93
leukemics93
leukemoid93
leukocyte93
leukotomy94
loudening93
loudliest92
loudmouth92
lousewort93
lousiness93
loutishly93
maulstick92
maundered93
maunderer93
mausoleum93
mouchoirs92
moufflons92
mouldered93
mouldiest92
mouldings92
mountable92
mountains92
mountainy93
mountings92
mournings92
mousetrap93
mousiness93
moussakas93
moustache92
mouthfuls92
mouthiest92
mouthlike92
mouthpart92
mouthwash92
naughtier92
naughtily93
naumachia93
nauseants92
nauseated93
nauseates93
nautiloid93
neuralgia93
neuralgic93
neuraxons93
neuritics93
neuroglia93
neurology94
neuromata94
neurotics93
neutering93
neutrally93
neutrinos93
neutronic93
ngultrums92
nourished93
nourisher93
nourishes93
ocularist94
opulences94
opulently94
opuscules94
opusculum94
ovulating94
ovulation94
ovulatory95
paucities93
pauldrons92
paulownia93
paunchier92
paupering93
pauperism93
pauperize93
paupiette92
pluckiest92
plumbagos93
plumbings92
plumbisms92
plumelets93
plumerias93
plumipeds93
plummeted93
plummiest92
plumpened93
plumpness92
plundered93
plunderer93
pluralism93
pluralist93
plurality94
pluralize93
plushiest92
plushness92
plussages93
plutocrat93
plutonian93
plutonium93
pouchiest92
poulardes93
poulterer93
poulticed93
poultices93
poultries92
poundages93
pourboire92
pouringly93
pourpoint92
poussette92
prudences93
prudently93
pruderies93
prudishly93
prunellas93
prunelles93
prunellos93
prurience92
pruriency93
raucities93
raucously93
raunchier92
raunchily93
rauwolfia93
reunified93
reunifies93
reuniters93
reuniting93
reutilize93
reuttered93
rhumbaing92
roughages93
roughcast92
roughened93
roughhewn92
roughhews92
roughlegs92
roughneck92
roughness92
roughshod92
rouletted93
roulettes93
roundelay93
roundlets92
roundness92
roundsman92
roundsmen92
roundwood92
roundworm92
rousement93
rousingly93
rousseaus92
routeways93
routinely94
routinize93
sauceboat93
saucepans93
sauciness93
sauntered93
saunterer93
sauropods93
sauternes93
sautoires93
scufflers92
scuffling92
scullions92
sculpting92
sculptors92
sculpture92
scumbling92
scummiest92
scungilli93
scunnered93
scuppaugs92
scuppered93
scurfiest92
scurrying92
scurviest92
scutcheon92
scutchers92
scutching92
scutellar93
scutellum93
scuttered93
scuttling92
scuzziest92
shuckings92
shuddered93
shufflers92
shuffling92
shunpiked93
shunpiker93
shunpikes93
shutdowns92
shuttered93
shuttling92
skullcaps92
slubbered93
slubbings92
sludgiest92
slugabeds93
slugfests92
sluggards92
sluiceway93
slumbered93
slumberer93
slumbrous92
slumlords92
slummiest92
slungshot92
slurrying92
slushiest92
smudgiest92
smugglers92
smuggling92
smutchier92
smutching92
smuttiest92
snubbiest92
snuffiest92
snufflers92
snufflier92
snuffling92
snuggling92
soubrette92
souchongs92
souffleed92
soulfully93
soundable92
soundings92
soundless92
soundness92
soupspoon92
sourballs92
sourdines93
sourdough92
sourwoods92
soutaches93
southeast92
southerly93
southerns92
southings92
southland92
southpaws92
southrons92
southward92
southwest92
souvenirs93
souvlakia93
souvlakis93
spunkiest92
spurgalls92
spurriers92
sputtered93
sputterer93
squabbier92
squabbled92
squabbler92
squabbles92
squadding92
squadrons92
squalenes93
squalider93
squalidly93
squallers92
squallier92
squalling92
squamosal93
squanders92
squashers92
squashier92
squashily93
squashing92
squatness92
squatters92
squattest92
squattier92
squatting92
squawfish92
squawkers92
squawking92
squawroot92
squeakers92
squeakier92
squeaking92
squealers92
squealing92
squeamish92
squeegeed92
squeegees92
squeezers92
squeezing92
squegging92
squelched92
squelcher92
squelches92
squibbing92
squidding92
squiffier92
squiggled92
squiggles92
squilgeed92
squilgees92
squinched92
squinches92
squinnied92
squinnier92
squinnies92
squinters92
squintest92
squintier92
squinting92
squireens92
squirmers92
squirmier92
squirming92
squirrels92
squirters92
squirting92
squishier92
squishing92
squooshed92
squooshes92
squushing92
stubbiest92
stubblier92
stuccoers92
stuccoing92
studbooks92
studdings92
studhorse92
studiedly93
studliest92
studworks92
stuffiest92
stuffings92
stuffless92
stumblers92
stumbling92
stumpages93
stumpiest92
stunsails92
stupefied93
stupefies93
stupidest93
stupidity94
stuporous93
sturdiest92
sturgeons92
stuttered93
stutterer93
tautening93
tautology94
tautomers93
tautonyms93
tautonymy94
teutonize93
thumbhole92
thumbkins92
thumbnail92
thumbnuts92
thumbtack92
thundered93
thunderer93
thuribles93
thurifers93
touchable92
touchback92
touchdown92
touchhole92
touchiest92
touchline92
touchmark92
touchwood92
toughened93
toughness92
touristic93
tournedos93
tourneyed92
truancies92
truanting92
truckages93
truckfuls92
truckings92
trucklers92
truckline92
truckling92
truckload92
truculent93
trudgeons92
trueblues92
trueloves93
truepenny93
trumpeted93
trumpeter93
truncated93
truncates93
truncheon92
trundlers92
trundling92
trunkfish92
trunkfuls92
trunksful92
trunnions92
trussings92
trustable92
trustiest92
trustless92
ululating94
ululation94
unusually94
urushiols93
usualness93
usufructs93
vaultiest92
vaultings92
vouchered93
vouchsafe92
voussoirs92
wauchting92
waughting92
woundless92
youngling92
youngness92
youngster92
youthened93

FAQs

How do I play around a fixed U in the 3rd slot?
Try mixing common consonant clusters (ST, TR, CH) in other positions while keeping U locked.

Why are uncommon words included?
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