7-letter words starting with U
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter U. This section showcases how U at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with U, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| usually | 10 | under normal conditions | usually she was late |
| useless | 7 | having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully | a kitchen full of useless gadgets |
| uniform | 12 | always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences | a street of uniform tall white buildings |
| unusual | 7 | being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird | - |
| unknown | 14 | being or having an unknown or unnamed source | a poem by an unknown author |
| unhappy | 17 | generalized feeling of distress | - |
| unlucky | 16 | marked by or promising bad fortune | the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons |
| utterly | 10 | completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers | utterly miserable |
| uptight | 13 | being in a tense state | - |
| undress | 8 | get undressed | please don't undress in front of everybody! |
| unaware | 10 | (often followed by `of') not aware | seemed unaware of the scrutiny |
| upright | 13 | a vertical structural member as a post or stake | the ball sailed between the uprights |
| unarmed | 10 | (used of persons or the military) not having or using arms | went alone and unarmed |
| upgrade | 11 | give a promotion to or assign to a higher position | - |
| unclear | 9 | not easily deciphered | - |
| uranium | 9 | a heavy toxic silvery-white radioactive metallic element; occurs in many isotopes; used for nuclear fuels and nuclear weapons | - |
| updated | 11 | - | - |
| undergo | 9 | pass through | The chemical undergoes a sudden change |
| unleash | 10 | turn loose or free from restraint | - |
| unified | 11 | formed or united into a whole | - |
| urgency | 13 | insistent solicitation and entreaty | - |
| upwards | 13 | to a later time | - |
| uncover | 12 | reveal to view as by removing a cover | - |
| urinate | 7 | eliminate urine | - |
| unicorn | 9 | an imaginary creature represented as a white horse with a long horn growing from its forehead | - |
| unheard | 11 | not necessarily inaudible but not heard | - |
| upstate | 9 | - | - |
| utility | 10 | (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer | a computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users |
| unravel | 10 | become undone | the sweater unraveled |
| uncanny | 12 | suggesting the operation of supernatural influences | stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures |
| unclean | 9 | having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws | unclean meat |
| uttered | 8 | communicated in words | frequently uttered sentiments |
| upfront | 12 | frank and honest | he was upfront about his intentions |
| uniting | 8 | the combination of two or more commercial companies | - |
| undying | 12 | never dying | his undying fame |
| undoing | 9 | loosening the ties that fasten something | - |
| utilize | 16 | put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose | How do you utilize this tool? |
| upriver | 12 | toward the source or against the current | - |
| utopian | 9 | an idealistic (but usually impractical) social reformer | - |
| uncouth | 12 | lacking refinement or cultivation or taste | an untutored and uncouth human being |
| ungodly | 12 | characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin | ungodly acts |
| ukulele | 11 | a small guitar having four strings | - |
| untamed | 10 | in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated | - |
| urinary | 10 | of or relating to the function or production or secretion of urine | - |
| upscale | 11 | appropriate for people with good incomes | an upscale neighborhood |
| unquote | 16 | - | - |
| unscrew | 12 | loosen by turning | unscrew the bottle cap |
| unloved | 11 | not loved | - |
| upstart | 9 | characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position | - |
| urethra | 10 | duct through which urine is discharged in most mammals and which serves as the male genital duct | - |
| unsound | 8 | physically unsound or diseased | an unsound limb |
| unequal | 16 | lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task | she was unequal to the task |
| unstuck | 13 | thrown into a state of disorganization or incoherence | price programs became unstuck because little grain was available |
| unearth | 10 | recover through digging | - |
| unstrap | 9 | remove the strap or straps from | - |
| utensil | 7 | an implement for practical use (especially in a household) | - |
| unchain | 12 | make free | - |
| uterine | 7 | of or involving the uterus | uterine cancer |
| upstage | 10 | remote in manner | he was upstage with strangers |
| unnamed | 10 | being or having an unknown or unnamed source | an unnamed donor |
| unction | 9 | excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm | - |
| untying | 11 | loosening the ties that fasten something | the tying of bow ties is an art; the untying is easy |
| unblock | 15 | make (assets) available | - |
| unglued | 9 | - | - |
| unlearn | 7 | discard something previously learnt, like an old habit | - |
| unmoved | 13 | being in the original position; not having been moved | - |
| unhinge | 11 | disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed | - |
| unaided | 9 | carried out without aid or assistance | his first unaided walk through the park |
| unkempt | 15 | not neatly combed | wild unkempt hair |
| unquiet | 16 | causing or fraught with or showing anxiety | an unquiet mind |
| unbound | 10 | not held in chemical or physical combination | - |
| upstair | 9 | on or of upper floors of a building | the upstairs maid |
| unfunny | 13 | not funny; especially failing to achieve the intended humor | a very unfunny joke |
| umpteen | 11 | innumerable but many | - |
| unmanly | 12 | not possessing qualities befitting a man | - |
| urology | 11 | the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the urinary tract or urogenital system | - |
| utilise | 7 | put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose | - |
| usurper | 9 | one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another | - |
| upsurge | 10 | a sudden forceful flow | - |
| untruth | 10 | a false statement | - |
| untried | 8 | not tried or tested by experience | an illustrator untried in mural painting |
| unnerve | 10 | disturb the composure of | - |
| useable | 9 | convenient for use or disposal | - |
| updraft | 13 | a strong upward air current | - |
| upchuck | 20 | eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth | - |
| upswing | 13 | - | - |
| uncross | 9 | change from a crossed to an uncrossed position | She uncrossed her legs |
| unasked | 12 | uninvited | A swift picture of the sort of women he would have in his bed sprang unasked into her mind. |
| unlived | 11 | - | - |
| unrated | 8 | - | - |
| uveitis | 10 | inflammation of the uvea of the eye | - |
| unstick | 13 | - | - |
| unpaved | 13 | not having a paved surface | - |
| uneaten | 7 | - | - |
| unfroze | 19 | - | - |
| unwound | 11 | - | - |
| unhuman | 12 | divested of human qualities or attributes | - |
| unitary | 10 | having the indivisible character of a unit | a unitary action |
| upended | 11 | turned up on end | - |
| unfazed | 20 | - | - |
| untimed | 10 | - | - |
| untwist | 10 | cause to become untwisted | - |
| upfield | 13 | away from the defending teams' end of the playing field | - |
| upsides | 10 | - | - |
| uncivil | 12 | lacking civility or good manners | want nothing from you but to get away from your uncivil tongue |
| unclasp | 11 | release from a clasp | She clasped and unclasped her hands |
| unfixed | 18 | lacking definition or definite content | unfixed as were her general notions of what men ought to be |
| ufology | 14 | - | - |
| umbrage | 12 | a feeling of anger caused by being offended | - |
| unspent | 9 | (of financial resources) not spent | his unspent allowance |
| unsaved | 11 | in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell | - |
| unwrung | 11 | - | - |
| untaxed | 15 | (of goods or funds) not taxed | an untaxed expense account |
| untuned | 8 | - | - |
| unsated | 8 | not having been satisfied | - |
| unmerry | 12 | - | - |
| unhorse | 10 | alight from (a horse) | - |
| unitard | 8 | a tight-fitting garment of stretchy material that covers the body from the shoulders to the thighs (and may have long sleeves or legs reaching down to the ankles); worn by ballet dancers and acrobats for practice or performance | - |
| unrisen | 7 | - | - |
| unroyal | 10 | - | - |
| underdo | 9 | - | - |
| unfound | 11 | - | - |
| unbaked | 14 | - | - |
| unbowed | 13 | erect in posture | stood defiantly with unbowed back |
| unalike | 11 | not alike or similar | as unalike as two people could be |
| unsnaps | 9 | - | - |
| unspars | 9 | - | - |
| unspeak | 13 | - | - |
| unspell | 9 | release from a spell | - |
| unspide | 10 | - | - |
| unspied | 10 | - | - |
| unspilt | 9 | - | - |
| unsplit | 9 | - | - |
| unsowed | 11 | - | - |
| unsnarl | 7 | extricate from entanglement | - |
| unsneck | 13 | - | - |
| unsober | 9 | - | - |
| unsolid | 8 | - | - |
| unsoncy | 12 | - | - |
| unsonsy | 10 | - | - |
| unsoote | 7 | - | - |
| unsouls | 7 | - | - |
| unspoke | 13 | - | - |
| unspool | 9 | - | - |
| unstack | 13 | - | - |
| unstuft | 10 | - | - |
| unstung | 8 | - | - |
| unsuits | 7 | - | - |
| unsunny | 10 | - | - |
| unsured | 8 | - | - |
| unsurer | 7 | - | - |
| unswear | 10 | - | - |
| unstrip | 9 | - | - |
| unstaid | 8 | - | - |
| unstate | 7 | - | - |
| unsteel | 7 | - | - |
| unsteps | 9 | - | - |
| unstock | 13 | - | - |
| unstops | 9 | - | - |
| unstows | 10 | - | - |
| unsweet | 10 | (of champagne) moderately dry | - |
| unsnags | 8 | - | - |
| unsells | 7 | - | - |
| unsense | 7 | - | - |
| unsewed | 11 | - | - |
| unsexed | 15 | deprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributes | - |
| unsexes | 14 | - | - |
| unshale | 10 | - | - |
| unshape | 12 | - | - |
| unsharp | 12 | - | - |
| unselfs | 10 | - | - |
| unseens | 7 | - | - |
| unsawed | 11 | - | - |
| unscale | 9 | - | - |
| unscary | 12 | - | - |
| unseals | 7 | - | - |
| unseams | 9 | - | - |
| unseats | 7 | - | - |
| unseels | 7 | - | - |
| unshell | 10 | - | - |
| unshent | 10 | - | - |
| unshewn | 13 | - | - |
| unsight | 11 | - | - |
| unsinew | 10 | - | - |
| unsized | 17 | not fashioned to sizes | unsized gloves; one size fits all |
| unslain | 7 | - | - |
| unslick | 13 | - | - |
| unsling | 8 | - | - |
| unslung | 8 | - | - |
| unsmart | 9 | - | - |
| unshuts | 10 | - | - |
| unshowy | 16 | - | - |
| unshift | 13 | - | - |
| unships | 12 | - | - |
| unshoed | 11 | not shod | - |
| unshoes | 10 | - | - |
| unshoot | 10 | - | - |
| unshorn | 10 | not sheared | a grizzly unshorn beard |
| unshout | 10 | - | - |
| unshown | 13 | - | - |
| unsmote | 9 | - | - |
| unvaile | 10 | - | - |
| unwarie | 10 | - | - |
| unwater | 10 | - | - |
| unwaxed | 18 | not waxed | the unwaxed floor |
| unwayed | 14 | - | - |
| unweals | 10 | - | - |
| unweary | 13 | with unreduced energy | - |
| unweave | 13 | undo strands that have been woven together | - |
| unweldy | 14 | - | - |
| unwares | 10 | - | - |
| unwaked | 15 | - | - |
| unvails | 10 | - | - |
| unveils | 10 | - | - |
| unvexed | 18 | - | - |
| unvisor | 10 | - | - |
| unvital | 10 | - | - |
| unvocal | 12 | - | - |
| unvoice | 12 | - | - |
| unwaged | 12 | - | - |
| unwhipt | 15 | - | - |
| unwhite | 13 | - | - |
| unwills | 10 | - | - |
| unwooed | 11 | - | - |
| unworks | 14 | - | - |
| unworth | 13 | - | - |
| unwoven | 13 | not woven | tapa cloth is an unwoven fabric made by pounding bark into a thin sheet |
| unwraps | 12 | - | - |
| unwrite | 10 | - | - |
| unwrote | 10 | - | - |
| unwoman | 12 | - | - |
| unwives | 13 | - | - |
| unwinds | 11 | - | - |
| unwiped | 13 | - | - |
| unwired | 11 | - | - |
| unwires | 10 | - | - |
| unwiser | 10 | - | - |
| unwitch | 15 | - | - |
| unwitty | 13 | - | - |
| unwived | 14 | - | - |
| unswept | 12 | not having been swept | unswept floors |
| untents | 7 | - | - |
| untenty | 10 | - | - |
| unthaws | 13 | - | - |
| unthink | 14 | - | - |
| untiled | 8 | - | - |
| untiles | 7 | - | - |
| untired | 8 | with unreduced energy | - |
| unteams | 9 | - | - |
| unteach | 12 | cause to disbelieve; teach someone the contrary of what he or she had learned earlier | - |
| unswore | 10 | - | - |
| unsworn | 10 | not bound by or stated on oath | the witness stands unsworn |
| untacks | 13 | - | - |
| untaken | 11 | - | - |
| untames | 9 | - | - |
| untaxes | 14 | - | - |
| untombs | 11 | - | - |
| untoned | 8 | - | - |
| untrace | 9 | - | - |
| untucks | 13 | - | - |
| untunes | 7 | - | - |
| unturfs | 10 | - | - |
| unturns | 7 | - | - |
| untwine | 10 | undo what has been twined together | untwine the strings |
| untrust | 7 | - | - |
| untrack | 13 | - | - |
| untread | 8 | - | - |
| untride | 8 | - | - |
| untrims | 9 | - | - |
| untruer | 7 | - | - |
| untruly | 10 | in a untrue manner | he silenced the whisperings which connected her, untruly and unfairly, with his separation from his wife |
| untruss | 7 | - | - |
| unurged | 9 | - | - |
| unlaces | 9 | - | - |
| unliked | 12 | - | - |
| unlikes | 11 | - | - |
| unlimed | 10 | - | - |
| unlimes | 9 | - | - |
| unlined | 8 | smooth, especially of skin | his cheeks were unlined |
| unlines | 7 | - | - |
| unlinks | 11 | - | - |
| unlevel | 10 | - | - |
| unladed | 9 | - | - |
| unladen | 8 | - | - |
| unlades | 8 | - | - |
| unlaste | 7 | - | - |
| unlatch | 12 | - | - |
| unlawed | 11 | - | - |
| unleads | 8 | - | - |
| unlives | 10 | - | - |
| unloads | 8 | - | - |
| unlobed | 10 | without lobes | - |
| unmarry | 12 | - | - |
| unmasks | 13 | - | - |
| unmated | 10 | of the remaining member of a pair | - |
| unmeant | 9 | - | - |
| unmeted | 10 | - | - |
| unmewed | 13 | - | - |
| unmined | 10 | not mined | deposits of unmined uranium |
| unmakes | 13 | - | - |
| unlocks | 13 | - | - |
| unloose | 7 | grant freedom to; free from confinement | - |
| unlords | 8 | - | - |
| unloves | 10 | - | - |
| unmacho | 14 | - | - |
| unmaker | 13 | - | - |
| unmiter | 9 | - | - |
| unlaced | 10 | not under constraint in action or expression | unlaced behavior in the neighborhood pub |
| unhooks | 14 | - | - |
| unideal | 8 | - | - |
| uniface | 12 | - | - |
| unifier | 10 | - | - |
| unifies | 10 | - | - |
| unipeds | 10 | - | - |
| unipods | 10 | - | - |
| unicity | 12 | - | - |
| unhoops | 12 | - | - |
| unhoped | 13 | so unexpected as to have not been imagined | an unhoped-for piece of luck |
| unhouse | 10 | - | - |
| unhusks | 14 | - | - |
| unibody | 13 | - | - |
| unibrow | 12 | - | - |
| uniquer | 16 | - | - |
| uniques | 16 | - | - |
| unisize | 16 | - | - |
| unitize | 16 | divide (bulk material) and process as units | - |
| unjaded | 16 | - | - |
| unjoint | 14 | - | - |
| unkings | 12 | - | - |
| unkinks | 15 | - | - |
| unknits | 11 | - | - |
| unknots | 11 | - | - |
| unitive | 10 | - | - |
| unitise | 7 | divide (bulk material) and process as units | - |
| unisons | 7 | - | - |
| unitage | 8 | - | - |
| uniters | 7 | - | - |
| unities | 7 | - | - |
| unition | 7 | - | - |
| unprays | 12 | - | - |
| unrazed | 17 | - | - |
| unready | 11 | not prepared or in a state of readiness; slow to understand or respond | she cursed her unready tongue |
| unreave | 10 | - | - |
| unreels | 7 | - | - |
| unreeve | 10 | - | - |
| unreins | 7 | - | - |
| unrests | 7 | - | - |
| unright | 11 | - | - |
| unprops | 11 | - | - |
| unpurse | 9 | - | - |
| unqueen | 16 | - | - |
| unraced | 10 | - | - |
| unraked | 12 | - | - |
| unrakes | 11 | - | - |
| unrimed | 10 | not having rhyme | - |
| unriper | 9 | - | - |
| unrough | 11 | - | - |
| unround | 8 | - | - |
| unroven | 10 | - | - |
| unruffe | 13 | - | - |
| unruled | 8 | - | - |
| unrules | 7 | - | - |
| unsafer | 10 | - | - |
| unropes | 9 | - | - |
| unroped | 10 | - | - |
| unriven | 10 | - | - |
| unrivet | 10 | - | - |
| unrobed | 10 | - | - |
| unrobes | 9 | - | - |
| unrolls | 7 | - | - |
| unroofs | 10 | - | - |
| unroost | 7 | - | - |
| unroots | 7 | - | - |
| unsaint | 7 | - | - |
| unposed | 10 | not arranged for pictorial purposes | unposed photographs |
| unmitre | 9 | - | - |
| unneath | 10 | - | - |
| unnests | 7 | - | - |
| unnoble | 9 | - | - |
| unnoisy | 10 | - | - |
| unnoted | 8 | not taken into account | - |
| unoften | 10 | - | - |
| unoiled | 8 | not having oil rubbed into the surface | - |
| unnails | 7 | - | - |
| unmixed | 17 | not mixed with extraneous elements | not an unmixed blessing |
| unmixes | 16 | - | - |
| unmolds | 10 | - | - |
| unmoors | 9 | - | - |
| unmoral | 9 | - | - |
| unmould | 10 | - | - |
| unmount | 9 | - | - |
| unorder | 8 | - | - |
| unowned | 11 | having no owner | - |
| unpaced | 12 | - | - |
| unpiles | 9 | - | - |
| unpinkt | 13 | - | - |
| unplace | 11 | - | - |
| unplait | 9 | - | - |
| unplugs | 10 | - | - |
| unplumb | 13 | - | - |
| unplume | 11 | - | - |
| unpoped | 12 | - | - |
| unpiled | 10 | - | - |
| unpicks | 15 | - | - |
| unpacks | 15 | - | - |
| unpaged | 11 | - | - |
| unpaint | 9 | - | - |
| unpanel | 9 | - | - |
| unpaper | 11 | - | - |
| unpared | 10 | - | - |
| unperch | 14 | - | - |
| unpopes | 11 | - | - |
| urnlike | 11 | - | - |
| usaunce | 9 | - | - |
| useably | 12 | - | - |
| usefuls | 10 | - | - |
| ushered | 11 | - | - |
| ustions | 7 | - | - |
| usances | 9 | - | - |
| usagers | 8 | - | - |
| urodele | 8 | amphibians that resemble lizards | - |
| urolith | 10 | a urinary stone | - |
| uromere | 9 | - | - |
| uropods | 10 | - | - |
| urosome | 9 | - | - |
| urtexts | 14 | - | - |
| urticas | 9 | - | - |
| usucapt | 11 | - | - |
| usurers | 7 | - | - |
| usuress | 7 | - | - |
| utmosts | 9 | - | - |
| utopias | 9 | - | - |
| utopism | 11 | - | - |
| utopist | 9 | - | - |
| utricle | 9 | a small pouch into which the semicircular canals open | - |
| usuries | 7 | - | - |
| usuring | 8 | - | - |
| usurous | 7 | - | - |
| usurped | 10 | - | - |
| uswards | 11 | - | - |
| utterer | 7 | someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous) | an utterer of useful maxims |
| urnings | 8 | - | - |
| upwound | 13 | - | - |
| uranism | 9 | - | - |
| uranite | 7 | - | - |
| uranous | 7 | - | - |
| uranyls | 10 | - | - |
| urbaner | 9 | - | - |
| urceoli | 9 | - | - |
| urchins | 12 | - | - |
| uranins | 7 | - | - |
| uranide | 8 | - | - |
| upwraps | 14 | - | - |
| urachus | 12 | - | - |
| uracils | 9 | - | - |
| uraemia | 9 | accumulation in the blood of nitrogenous waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine | - |
| uraemic | 11 | of or involving excess nitrogenous waste products in the urine (usually due to kidney insufficiency) | - |
| uralite | 7 | - | - |
| uranian | 7 | - | - |
| uranias | 7 | - | - |
| ureases | 7 | - | - |
| uredial | 8 | - | - |
| uredine | 8 | - | - |
| uridine | 8 | - | - |
| urinals | 7 | - | - |
| urinant | 7 | - | - |
| urining | 8 | - | - |
| urinose | 7 | - | - |
| urinous | 7 | - | - |
| uricase | 9 | - | - |
| urgings | 9 | - | - |
| uredium | 10 | - | - |
| ureides | 8 | - | - |
| uremias | 9 | - | - |
| ureters | 7 | - | - |
| urethan | 10 | - | - |
| urgence | 10 | - | - |
| urnfuls | 10 | - | - |
| uveitic | 12 | - | - |
| uvulars | 10 | - | - |
| uxorial | 14 | befitting or characteristic of a wife | - |
| upwinds | 13 | - | - |
| updraws | 13 | - | - |
| upfurls | 12 | - | - |
| upgangs | 11 | - | - |
| upgazed | 20 | - | - |
| upgazes | 19 | - | - |
| upgirds | 11 | - | - |
| upgoing | 11 | - | - |
| upgrown | 13 | - | - |
| upfolds | 13 | - | - |
| updried | 11 | - | - |
| updries | 10 | - | - |
| upfills | 12 | - | - |
| upfling | 13 | - | - |
| upflows | 15 | - | - |
| upflung | 13 | - | - |
| upgrows | 13 | - | - |
| uphangs | 13 | - | - |
| uphauds | 13 | - | - |
