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

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  • UNSAY
  • UNSET
  • UNSEW
  • UNSEX
  • UPSET
  • UPSEY
  • URSAE
  • URSID
  • URSON
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Nine words put U first and S third, and most are built from a prefix rather than being words in their own right.

Why U First and S Third Is Mostly Prefixes

N takes the second box in four of the nine and P in two. UNSAY, UNSET, UNSEW and UNSEX all attach UN to a short verb, and UPSET and UPSEY do the same with UP. Only the R branch of three words works differently.

The Handful of Real U and S Words

UPSET is the one word here you would use without thinking. UNSET and UNSAY are reachable. After those the page turns technical.

URSAE, URSID and URSON come from the R branch and all three relate to bears in one way or another. None is likely to occur to you during a puzzle.

E dominates the fourth box with five of the nine, fifty six percent. That single fact narrows the page more than anything in the second box does.

  • UPSET
  • UNSET
  • UNSAY
  • UNSEW
  • URSID

Nothing here repeats a letter, so a visible double rules the pattern out. Endings scatter badly, with seven different letters closing nine words, so the last box is the wrong place to spend a guess.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is UPSET the answer most of the time

It is the most common word here by a wide margin. UNSET is the nearest rival and they differ in two boxes.

What is a URSID

A member of the bear family. URSAE and URSON come from the same root and all three sit in the R branch.

Does UNSEX mean what it sounds like

It means to deprive of the characteristics of a sex, and it is an old literary word. It is one of the UN prefix entries rather than anything modern.

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