4-letter words with U as the 2nd letter

4-letter words with U as the 2nd letter total 566; familiar choices include JUST, MUCH, MUST, SURE, and TURN.

566 wordsTop pick JUSTHighest score FUZZ 25

177 of 566 are everyday words (31%). A friendly list: most players will know the top picks.

2nd letter
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C
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F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

A is the most common 2nd letter in 4-letter words (1,057 words); Q is the rarest (1). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 177 · most-used first

Showing the top 48 of 177 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 566

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

AUFS₇
AUGH₈
AUKS₈
AULA₄
AULD₅
AUNE₄
AUNT₄
AURA₄
AUTO₄
BUAT₆
BUBA₈
BUBO₈
BUBS₈
BUBU₈
BUCK₁₂
BUDA₇
BUDI₇
BUDO₇
BUDS₇
BUFF₁₂
BUFO₉
BUGS₇
BUHL₉
BUHR₉
BUIK₁₀
BUKE₁₀
BULB₈
BULK₁₀
BULL₆
BUMF₁₁
BUMP₁₀
BUMS₈
BUNA₆
BUND₇
BUNG₇
BUNK₁₀
BUNN₆
BUNS₆
BUNT₆
BUOY₉
BURA₆
BURB₈
BURD₇
BURG₇
BURK₁₀
BURL₆
BURN₆
BURP₈
BURR₆
BURS₆
BURY₉
BUSH₉
BUSK₁₀
BUSS₆
BUST₆
BUSY₉
BUTE₆
BUTS₆
BUTT₆
BUYS₉
BUZZ₂₄
CUBE₈
CUBS₈
CUCK₁₂
CUDS₇
CUED₇
CUES₆
CUFF₁₂
CUIF₉
CUIT₆
CUKE₁₀
CULL₆
CULM₈
CULT₆
CUMS₈
CUNT₆
CUPS₈
CURB₈
CURD₇
CURE₆
CURF₉
CURL₆
CURN₆
CURR₆
CURS₆
CURT₆
CUSH₉
CUSK₁₀
CUSP₈
CUSS₆
CUTE₆
CUTS₆
DUAD₆
DUAL₅
DUAN₅
DUAR₅
DUBS₇
DUCE₇
DUCI₇
DUCK₁₁
DUCT₇
DUDE₆
DUDS₆
DUED₆
DUEL₅
DUES₅
DUET₅
DUFF₁₁
DUGS₆
DUIT₅
DUKA₉
DUKE₉
DULE₅
DULL₅
DULY₈
DUMA₇
DUMB₉
DUMP₉
DUNE₅
DUNG₆
DUNK₉
DUNS₅
DUNT₅
DUOS₅
DUPE₇
DUPS₇
DURA₅
DURE₅
DURN₅
DURO₅
DURR₅
DUSH₈
DUSK₉
DUST₅
DUTY₈
EUGE₅
EUGH₈
EUKS₈
EUOI₄
EURO₄
FUBS₉
FUCI₉
FUCK₁₃
FUDS₈
FUEL₇
FUFF₁₃
FUGS₈
FUGU₈
FUJI₁₄
FULL₇
FUME₉
FUMS₉
FUMY₁₂
FUND₈
FUNG₈
FUNK₁₁
FUNS₇
FURL₇
FURR₇
FURS₇
FURY₁₀
FUSC₉
FUSE₇
FUSS₇
FUST₇
FUTZ₁₆
FUZE₁₆
FUZZ₂₅
GUAC₇
GUAN₅
GUAR₅
GUBS₇
GUCK₁₁
GUDE₆
GUES₅
GUFF₁₁
GUGA₆
GUID₆
GULA₅
GULE₅
GULF₈
GULL₅
GULP₇
GULS₅
GULY₈
GUMP₉
GUMS₇
GUNG₆
GUNK₉
GUNS₅
GUPS₇
GURL₅
GURN₅
GURS₅
GURU₅
GUSH₈
GUST₅
GUTS₅
GUVS₈
GUYS₈
HUBS₉
HUCK₁₃
HUED₈
HUER₇
HUES₇
HUFF₁₃
HUGE₈
HUGS₈
HUGY₁₁
HUHU₁₀
HUIA₇
HUIC₉
HUIS₇
HULA₇
HULE₇
HULK₁₁
HULL₇
HUMA₉
HUMF₁₂
HUMP₁₁
HUMS₉
HUNG₈
HUNH₁₀
HUNK₁₁
HUNS₇
HUNT₇
HUPS₉
HURL₇
HURT₇
HUSH₁₀
HUSK₁₁
HUSO₇
HUSS₇
HUTS₇
IURE₄
JUBA₁₃
JUBE₁₃
JUCO₁₃
JUDO₁₂
JUDS₁₂
JUDY₁₅
JUGA₁₂
JUGS₁₂
JUJU₁₈
JUKE₁₅
JUKU₁₅
JUMP₁₅
JUNK₁₅
JUPE₁₃
JURA₁₁
JURE₁₁
JURY₁₄
JUST₁₁
JUTE₁₁
JUTS₁₁
JUVE₁₄
KUDO₉
KUDU₉
KUEH₁₁
KUES₈
KUFI₁₁
KUIA₈
KUKU₁₂
KULA₈
KUNA₈
KUNE₈
KURI₈
KURU₈
KUTA₈
KUTI₈
KUTU₈
KUZU₁₇
LUAU₄
LUBE₆
LUCE₆
LUCK₁₀
LUDE₅
LUDO₅
LUDS₅
LUES₄
LUFF₁₀
LUGE₅
LUGS₅
LUIT₄
LUKE₈
LULL₄
LULU₄
LUMA₆
LUMP₈
LUMS₆
LUNA₄
LUNE₄
LUNG₅
LUNK₈
LUNS₄
LUNT₄
LUNY₇
LURE₄
LURK₈
LURS₄
LUSH₇
LUSK₈
LUST₄
LUTE₄
LUTZ₁₃
LUVS₇
LUXE₁₁
MUCH₁₁
MUCK₁₂
MUDS₇
MUFF₁₂
MUGG₈
MUGS₇
MUID₇
MUIL₆
MUIR₆
MULE₆
MULL₆
MUMM₁₀
MUMP₁₀
MUMS₈
MUMU₈
MUNG₇
MUNI₆
MUNS₆
MUNT₆
MUON₆
MURA₆
MURE₆
MURK₁₀
MURL₆
MURR₆
MUSE₆
MUSH₉
MUSK₁₀
MUSO₆
MUSS₆
MUST₆
MUTE₆
MUTI₆
MUTS₆
MUTT₆
MUZZ₂₄
NUBS₆
NUDE₅
NUFF₁₀
NUGS₅
NUKE₈
NULL₄
NUMB₈
NUNS₄
NURD₅
NURL₄
NURR₄
NURS₄
NUTS₄
OUCH₉
OUDS₅
OUKS₈
OULD₅
OULK₈
OUMA₆
OUPA₆
OUPH₉
OUPS₆
OURN₄
OURS₄
OUST₄
OUTA₄
OUTS₄
OUZO₁₃
PUBE₈
PUBS₈
PUCE₈
PUCK₁₂
PUDS₇
PUDU₇
PUER₆
PUFF₁₂
PUGH₁₀
PUGS₇
PUHA₉
PUIR₆
PUJA₁₃
PUKA₁₀
PUKE₁₀
PUKU₁₀
PULA₆
PULE₆
PULI₆
PULK₁₀
PULL₆
PULP₈
PULS₆
PULU₆
PULY₉
PUMA₈
PUMP₁₀
PUMY₁₁
PUNA₆
PUNG₇
PUNK₁₀
PUNS₆
PUNT₆
PUNY₉
PUPA₈
PUPS₈
PUPU₈
PURE₆
PURI₆
PURL₆
PURR₆
PURS₆
PUSH₉
PUSS₆
PUTS₆
PUTT₆
PUTZ₁₅
PUYS₉
QUAD₁₄
QUAG₁₄
QUAI₁₃
QUAT₁₃
QUAY₁₆
QUEP₁₅
QUEY₁₆
QUID₁₄
QUIM₁₅
QUIN₁₃
QUIP₁₅
QUIT₁₃
QUIZ₂₂
QUOD₁₄
QUOP₁₅
RUBE₆
RUBS₆
RUBY₉
RUCK₁₀
RUCS₆
RUDD₆
RUDE₅
RUDS₅
RUED₅
RUER₄
RUES₄
RUFF₁₀
RUGA₅
RUGS₅
RUIN₄
RUKH₁₁
RULE₄
RULY₇
RUME₆
RUMP₈
RUMS₆
RUND₅
RUNE₄
RUNG₅
RUNS₄
RUNT₄
RURP₆
RURU₄
RUSA₄
RUSE₄
RUSH₇
RUSK₈
RUST₄
RUTH₇
RUTS₄
SUBA₆
SUBS₆
SUCH₉
SUCK₁₀
SUDD₆
SUDS₅
SUED₅
SUER₄
SUES₄
SUET₄
SUGH₈
SUID₅
SUIT₄
SUKH₁₁
SUKS₈
SULK₈
SULU₄
SUMI₆
SUMO₆
SUMP₈
SUMS₆
SUMY₉
SUNG₅
SUNK₈
SUNN₄
SUNS₄
SUPE₆
SUPS₆
SUQS₁₃
SURA₄
SURD₅
SURE₄
SURF₇
SUSS₄
SUSU₄
TUAN₄
TUBA₆
TUBE₆
TUBS₆
TUCK₁₀
TUFA₇
TUFF₁₀
TUFT₇
TUGS₅
TUIS₄
TULE₄
TUMP₈
TUMS₆
TUNA₄
TUND₅
TUNE₄
TUNG₅
TUNS₄
TUNY₇
TUPS₆
TURD₅
TURF₇
TURK₈
TURM₆
TURN₄
TURR₄
TUSH₇
TUSK₈
TUTS₄
TUTU₄
TUZZ₂₂
VUGG₉
VUGH₁₁
VUGS₈
VULN₇
VUMS₉
WUDS₈
WUDU₈
WULL₇
WUSS₇
YUAN₇
YUCA₉
YUCH₁₂
YUCK₁₃
YUFT₁₀
YUGA₈
YUGS₈
YUKE₁₁
YUKO₁₁
YUKS₁₁
YUKY₁₄
YULE₇
YUMP₁₁
YUNX₁₄
YUPS₉
YURT₇
YUTZ₁₆
YUZU₁₆
ZUKE₁₇
ZULU₁₃
ZUPA₁₅
ZURF₁₆

Letters by positionIn 21% of these words the 4th letter is S.

1st letter

3rd letter

R13%
N11%
L9%

4th letter

S21%
E11%
A8%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 6 in Scrabble; FUZZ tops the list with 25. Scores before board bonuses.

44 points: 65 words
5 points: 62 words
66 points: 108 words
7 points: 74 words
88 points: 81 words
9 points: 46 words
1010 points: 33 words
11 points: 28 words
1212 points: 16 words
13 points: 18 words
1414 points: 9 words
15 points: 11 words
1616 points: 7 words
17 points: 2 words
1818 points: 1 words
19 points: 0 words
2020 points: 0 words
21 points: 0 words
2222 points: 2 words
23 points: 0 words
2424 points: 2 words
25 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
FUZZ	25	26	All three
BUZZ	24	26	All three
MUZZ	24	26	Collins only
QUIZ	22	23	All three
TUZZ	22	23	Collins only
JUJU	18	24	All three
KUZU	17	19	Collins only
ZUKE	17	18	NWL only
QUAY	16	16	All three
FUZE	16	17	All three
YUZU	16	17	Collins · NWL
FUTZ	16	17	All three

A fixed U in the second spot leaves plenty of options for a four-letter rack or a letter-pattern clue. The set ranges from everyday words like SUCH and FULL to score-heavy FUZZ and QUIZ. Of the 566 entries, 177 rank among the most common English words, so the pattern includes both familiar plays and less obvious choices.

Quick facts about the U-second pattern

The pattern contains 566 four-letter words found in at least one tournament dictionary.
There are 177 common entries, including JUST, MUCH, MUST, and SURE.
A total of 448 entries have definitions.
The average tile score is 7.8 points before any board bonuses.
Final S is the leading ending, appearing in 121 words.

Which endings and first letters lead?

Words ending in S lead by a wide margin: 121 entries finish that way, compared with 64 ending in E and 44 ending in A. That makes the final tile a strong clue when you already know the second letter is U; examples include GUNS, RUNS, and GUYS.

B is the most common first letter, with 52 matches, followed by P at 48 and D at 43. Try familiar combinations first: JUST, JUMP, PULL, PUSH, DUDE, and DUTY all fit. The pattern is much broader than one opening letter, though, so keep other first-letter options in play.

Scrabble scores for 4-letter words with U as the 2nd letter

FUZZ tops the score list at 25 points, while BUZZ and MUZZ each score 24. QUIZ reaches 22, and JUJU scores 18. The Z-heavy plays stand out because the letter values lift their base totals even before a premium square is involved.

For a familiar high-value option, QUIZ is easier to recognize than some of the other top scorers. Not every entry will appear in every game's dictionary: Collins has 556 matches, NWL2023 has 440, and ENABLE has 402. Check your game's word list when an unfamiliar play matters.

Questions people ask

How many 4-letter words have U as the second letter?

There are 566 four-letter words with U in the second position across the tournament dictionaries counted here. Coverage varies by list: Collins includes 556, NWL2023 includes 440, and ENABLE includes 402. Those dictionary counts overlap, so they should not be added together.

What is the highest-scoring 4-letter word with U second?

FUZZ is the highest scorer in this group at 25 points before board bonuses. BUZZ and MUZZ follow at 24 points each, with QUIZ at 22. These totals come from the tiles alone, so a premium square can raise a play's actual score.

What is the most common ending for these words?

S is the most common final letter, appearing in 121 four-letter words with U second. E is next with 64, followed by A with 44. Words such as GUNS and RUNS show the S ending, while SURE and CUTE illustrate other common finishes.

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