5 Letter Words with U as 1st and A as 3rd Letter

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  • UGALI
  • UKASE
  • ULAMA
  • ULANS
  • UNAIS
  • UNAPT
  • UNARM
  • UNARY
  • UNAUS
  • URAEI
  • URALI
  • URARE
  • URARI
  • URASE
  • URATE
  • USAGE
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Sixteen words put U first and A third, and the UR and UN openings take most of them.

Why U First and A Third Is Almost Empty

U is a rare opening letter and an A in the third box narrows what follows sharply. R takes the second box in six of the sixteen, thirty eight percent, and N takes five.

L takes two and G, K and S manage one apiece. That is the whole page, and most of it is specialised vocabulary rather than words you carry.

Nothing here repeats a letter, so a visible double rules the pattern out entirely. That is worth knowing before you spend a turn.

The UN Forms Behind U and A Words

UNAPT, UNARM and UNARY are the UN entries, all built by attaching the prefix to a short stem. USAGE and UKASE are the two most reachable words on the page, and neither comes from the dominant branch.

  • USAGE
  • UKASE
  • UNAPT
  • UNARM
  • URATE

E closes five of the sixteen, thirty one percent, with I on four. R leads the fourth box on four words. URARE, URARI and URALI are three variant spellings of the same arrow poison, which is a strange corner of a short page.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is USAGE the best opening

Yes. It is the most common word here by a wide margin and it tests S in the second box, which nothing else on the page uses.

What is a UKASE

An official decree. It is the second most reachable word here and the only one with K in the second box.

Why are there so few U and A words

U opens very few English words to begin with, and requiring A in the third box leaves sixteen. Most of what survives came in from other languages.

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