5-letter words with U as the 2nd letter and H as the 4th letter

The pattern is _U_H_: U is fixed in the second slot, H in the fourth, and three letters remain open. The matches range from familiar words such as OUGHT and SUSHI to less common entries such as VUGHY and BUCHU. Only two count as common by Word Puzzle Answers’s frequency measure, so expect plenty of dictionary-only possibilities.

The _U_H_ pattern at a glance

• All 31 matches appear in Collins; 23 appear in NWL2023 and 18 in ENABLE.
• Just two matches meet Word Puzzle Answers’s common-word cutoff.
• Six matches are Wordle answers, and all six are allowed guesses.
• Eleven words end in Y and seven end in S; Y is the most frequent final letter.
• VUGHY scores 15 points, ahead of DUCHY and HUSHY at 14 each.

5-letter words with U as the 2nd letter and H as the 4th letter

OUGHT and AUGht show how much the first letter changes the look of this pattern. SUSHI takes a different route, with I in the last slot, while DUCHY, PUSHY, BUSHY, MUSHY and CUSHY all finish with Y. Those familiar examples give you solid candidates before you try rarer spellings.

The ending distribution is unusually lopsided: Y leads with 11 words, while S comes next with seven. A final Y is a strong fit, but it is not a sure thing. A, T, E and U also occur at the end, so keep those options open when your other clues support them.

How should you use these matches?

For a word puzzle, lock in U and H first, then test the remaining slots with known letters. OUGHT and SUSHI are recognizable trial words, but only two matches are common overall; many technically valid options are unlikely everyday guesses. Six are Wordle answers, though the available facts do not identify which six.

For a word game, check the dictionary used in your match: Collins has 31 entries with this pattern, compared with 23 in NWL2023 and 18 in ENABLE. The gap matters if you are relying on an obscure candidate. The 11.1 average score also makes the high scorer an exception, not a typical result.