7 Letter Words Starting with U

Common seven-letter words that start with U

The 50 most used in spoken English (SUBTLEX-US), with a short meaning.

• usually 10/13 under normal conditions
• uniform 12/15 always the same
• unusual 7/12 not usual or common or ordinary
• useless 7/9 having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully
• unhappy 17/19 experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
• unknown 14/18 not known
• utterly 10/11 completely and without qualification
• unlucky 16/20 having or bringing misfortune
• uptight 13/15 being in a tense state
• unarmed 10/13 (used of persons or the military) not having or using arms
• upright 13/15 in a vertical position
• upstate 9/11 in or toward the northern parts of a state
• unicorn 9/13 an imaginary creature represented as a white horse with a long horn growing from its forehead
• undress 8/10 get undressed
• unaware 10/12 (often followed by `of') not aware
• utility 10/11 a company that performs a public service
• upgrade 11/14 rate higher
• uranium 9/13 a heavy toxic silvery-white radioactive metallic element
• uncover 12/16 remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
• unleash 10/12 release or vent
• ugliest 8/11 (form of ugli) large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin
• unheard 11/12 not necessarily inaudible but not heard
• uncanny 12/16 suggesting the operation of supernatural influences
• unclear 9/13 poorly stated or described
• urgency 13/16 the state of being urgent
• updated 11/13 (form of update) modernize or bring up to date
• unclean 9/14 soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
• updates 10/12 (form of update) modernize or bring up to date
• unified 11/13 formed or united into a whole
• urinate 7/9 pass after the manner of urine
• unravel 10/14 become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of
• upriver 12/15 toward the source or against the current
• upwards 13/15 spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
• upfront 12/15 frank and honest
• utilize 16/18 put into service
• undying 12/15 never dying
• undergo 9/12 pass through
• uttered 8/9 communicated in words
• unquote 16/19
• undoing 9/13 an act that makes a previous act of no effect (as if not done)
• upchuck 20/24 eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
• untamed 10/13 in a natural state
• ungodly 12/15 characterized by iniquity
• uncouth 12/15 lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
• ukulele 11/15 a small guitar having four strings
• upscale 11/15 appropriate for people with good incomes
• unscrew 12/15 loosen something by unscrewing it
• unnamed 10/14 being or having an unknown or unnamed source
• unglued 9/14
• unfolds 11/14 (form of unfold) develop or come to a promising stage

All 532 seven-letter words that start with U

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